Vol.170No. 3
Fifty years after the first coeducational class graduated, the campus papers of the time show...
In the fall of ‘88 “Mod Quad” was created as the newly built Knott and Siegfried Halls welcomed their new residents.
Happy springtime! We hope you’re enjoying the warm weather and the budding tulips and getting ready for summer break!
“In October, I had a horrible panic attack, I called my mom and broke down on the phone ... and was legitimately crying in the middle of class.”
“I didn’t know I had an issue with mental health until it got pretty bad.”
Honored. Fortunate. Excited.
In a move that has since ignited a social media firestorm, the Office of the President announced on Jan. 20 that it intends to cover the Main Building’s historic but controversial Columbus murals.
Outside the walls of Notre Dame’s campus, South Bend is suffering a crisis. The city’s eviction rate is 6.71 percent — almost three times the national average.
Bill Hederman is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the commissioner and founder of the Intercollegiate Robotic Football Conference started at Notre Dame.
As the close of our term in office draws near, we find ourselves contemplating the privilege we’ve had of serving you over these past months.
In the Oct. 23, 1931 issue, Scholastic announced that Notre Dame would be sponsoring a “minor sports program.” The annual boxing tournament known as the Bengal Bouts was born.
In 1962, the University of Notre Dame decided that its first-year students were not receiving the support they deserved.
Charged with sexually abusing minors and harassing and molesting multiple adult seminarians, former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, as the Vatican announced Feb. 16, has become the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to be laicized in modern history.
Due to the subzero temperatures and flight delays that accompanied the polar vortex, Notre Dame’s winter career fair was rescheduled from Jan. 30 to Feb. 13.
Resiliency and fortitude in the face of adversity often defines a person or group’s success.
In the April 15, 1999 issue of Scholastic, Heather Hogan wrote about the recent rise of MP3 player usage on campus, especially in regard to the party scene.
When Zahm freshmen Carlston Chang and Kevin O’Leary strolled into the Scholastic office wearing Zahm gear, shorts and Hawaiian shirts approximately one hour before the university shut down due to inclement weather, an interesting interview was all but guaranteed.
We hope you all enjoyed a great winter break! We're thrilled to be back under the dome with you and are looking forward to an incredible semester together.
There’s electricity in the air whenever discussing the remarkable life and resounding effects of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For the fourth consecutive year, the campus celebrated its unique shared history with the late reverend with a Walk the Walk Week that took place from Jan. 20-26.
With a recurring desire to keep platforms practical, the 2019 candidates for student body president and vice-president present a wide array of diversity in both ideology and background.
The university announced in October that Joseph Antenucci Becherer has been appointed the new director of the Snite Museum of Art.
In a campaign characterized by lofty ideas, Eduardo Luna and Haley Coleman promise pragmatism. As a team, the two juniors seem to balance one another.
Amongst competing platforms and campaign slogans, one word prevails in the 2019 race for student body president and vice president: diversity.
As minority students with no prior student government experience, Mario Markho and Charlie Ortega believe they represent “the people’s ticket.”
Just four hours after Notre Dame student government released the names of the four tickets running for student body president and vice president, junior Elizabeth Boyle and sophomore Patrick McGuire braved the single-digit temperatures on campus and made their way to the second floor of the Duncan Student Center to meet with Scholastic.
Tranquill Remains An Enduring Example of Notre Dame Character
Senior kicker Justin Yoon has made an unequivocal impact on Notre Dame’s football program since the start of his career back in 2015.
No matter what challenge lay ahead of them, they answered. No matter who they went up against, they weren’t intimated. Every week, they made a difference.
Between the final game of the regular season on Nov. 24 against USC and the College Football Playoff showdown versus Clemson on Dec. 29, Notre Dame looked ahead to its program’s future.
The 2018 season was nothing short of memorable, cementing its place as one to remember amid Notre Dame’s storied and iconic history.
Before the start of the season, the most publicity that junior quarterback Ian Book had seen was students chanting “We want Book. We want Book.”