Vol.169No. 7
I’m not sure if this trend was intentional, but as a lifelong country music fan,...
“Someday I’m gonna be somebody people want.”
These words float along the melancholic melody of Noah Kahan’s “Come Over,” a song on his hit album Stick Season, which sparked his rapid rise to fame. His words seem distant now; the folk-pop singer-songwriter is ranked as a No.1 artist on multiple…
Meet the alumni who are bravely using their Notre Dame degree to its fullest potential: on social media!
A couple of months before the start of freshman year, a girl named Faith liked one of my Instagram comments. I didn’t know her at the time, but I recognized her name as a fellow Illinoisan who was also headed to Notre Dame in the fall. The comment was under the post of comedian Connor Wood (you may…
For most Notre Dame seniors, the final year on campus is a race to check off a bucket list. For Leah Kern, a senior RA in Farley Hall, part of that bucket list is heavily focused on one thing: late-night dorm food. Realizing the clock was ticking on her goal to try every dorm restaurant on campus,…
The Meaning Behind Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show
Weeks of worry subsided a few Saturdays ago when the fine people of Legacy Village successfully hosted the Saint Patrick’s Day Darty. The event had been thrown into question after last year’s festivities “crossed a line” as “the police” said. But, praise be, this year’s partygoers were able to celebrate…
On fall Saturdays at Notre Dame, the campus transforms. Alumni flood the quads, grills smoke beneath golden domes and the roar of Notre Dame Stadium echoes far beyond its walls. For many international students, this spectacle is not just a sporting event, it is an introduction to American culture,…
The first cool mornings of October wrap Notre Dame’s campus in a kind of magic, one might say ... mist curling above the quads, golden leaves crunching underfoot and everything suddenly feeling cinematic. It’s the kind of crisp, golden hour atmosphere that practically begs for a warm drink in hand.…
The parking lots pulsed with life as tailgate smoke and country drawls rose over humming radios. Irish melodies wove through “Something in the Orange” as strangers from Chicago to Grand Rapids shared coolers and laughter.
The sun was still climbing, it was barely noon. Before the concert even…
There once was a puddle of American folk music. Music poured into this puddle from the poor rural workers across the young nation. From this puddle flowed several genres that today are recast under the moniker “Country” for the sake of your Spotify algorithm. How and why this happened are both fantastic…
If you walk to the south end of campus, just beyond the stadium, you will reach Legends of Notre Dame, a university-owned restaurant and pub. Legends is not typically at the top of students’ lists as a going-out destination, but, four decades ago, the building housed a prime spot for upperclassmen:…
Our campus is constantly changing. Notre Dame has seen remarkable growth in the past few decades, not only in research efforts and academic programs, but also in its physical facilities. With expansion comes construction, and with construction comes speculation. We’re here to clear up the confusion…
Sharon Bain held a mug of tea in her hands as she spoke, and she took occasional sips throughout the afternoon. It was rooibos tea, native to South Africa. She had just returned from a weeklong trip to Italy the day before.
“I never thought I would stay in South Bend,” said Bain.
Bain,…
How a South Bend native started his own vintage clothing business.
A Notre Dame Foodie's ultimate guide to eating well in South Bend.
“He was Walter Kantorowski, he was my grandfather. He started here — well, they didn’t own the building in 1919 — he started on the Colfax Bridge. Then they bought this property, and he was one of the original ones that were here.”
“Here” is the South Bend Farmer’s Market on 1105 Northside…
The Stuhldreher Family came to the Shamrock Series in New York that celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the famous "Four Horsemen" Game.
Painting and Constructing the Life of Faith
Notre Dame Campus Ministry organizes 10 faith sharing groups for students on campus including Asian, Black, Latino and International Student bible studies, and a group for first year and transfer students. While Notre Dame is a Catholic Institution, it welcomes students of all religions and provides…
Dorm Mass Food Traditions
Notre Dame is a top university in education, an epicenter for Catholic tradition and home to a remarkable football team. However, one can’t speak about Notre Dame without mentioning the sense of community created by the residence halls. There is a reason the hall you live in is a part of your Notre…
Are classic movies actually good, or just nostalgic?
The Notre Dame Neuroscience Club held the 9th annual ALS Walk on the morning of Oct. 6, raising $2,765 for patients afflicted with ALS and their caregivers in the Notre Dame and St. Joseph County communities. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) “is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease…
Annie Dineen writes on ND's newest residence hall.
When Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni were announced as the leads of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel, “It Ends with Us,” the internet exploded. Lively, a star since “Gossip Girl,” and Baldoni, the heartthrob of “Jane the Virgin,” couldn’t have been more appealing to Hoover’s romance-obsessed fandom. However,…
Replacing a beloved main character is never easy. Do you quietly recast the actor, like Aunt Viv in “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”? Do you slowly reduce his role until there’s nothing left, like Mark Brendanawicz in “Parks and Recreation”? Do you [spoiler alert] the [spoiler alert] right in front of…
It’s a bright, sunny Thursday afternoon, and you and your fellow students are piling into the dining halls after 11 a.m. classes. Imagining the beautiful Southwest Salad at North Dining Hall has gotten you through the day, and the time has finally come. You swipe your card, smiling at the dining hall…
The year was 2005. The Xbox 360 was about to hit the market. Prince Charles was getting married again. Tom Cruise had successfully completed two missions that now, five missions later, are beginning to seem not all that impossible.
Most importantly, we here at Scholastic had just published…
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