My drive — nine hours on the Pennsylvania Turnpike — to Notre Dame inspired some relief… and some fear. Even two years of university under my belt (and six times two years more of school otherwise) could not ameliorate any first day of school anxieties. Walking under the golden dome felt like exposing…
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…
A few months ago, my flight from Boston to Chicago made me realize that common sense isn’t exactly common when you’re 30,000 feet in the air. What was a short, peaceful flight quickly became an uncontrolled competition of who could take up more of the armrest space and who could watch their TikTok…
The 2025-2026 school year marks the 50th anniversary of women’s varsity athletics here at Notre Dame. Women were first admitted to the university in the fall of 1972, and just four short years later, tennis was introduced as the first women’s varsity sport. Since then, Notre Dame women’s sports teams…
At 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, amidst the general buzz of excitement for Saturday’s home football game against Boise State, fans gathered around a half-court in the Eddy Street Commons for the first-ever “Irish Jam,” a free outdoor event celebrating Notre Dame basketball and the South Bend community.…
Blake Kelly of Notre Dame men’s soccer shouldered an incredible responsibility last season. For a team that had reached the College Cup final a year prior, the Michigan native earned the job of starting goalkeeper to start his freshman year.
For both Kelly and the Irish, 2024 brought ups and…
On September 13, the excitement for the new season was palpable as Irish fans flooded into the stadium for the season’s home opener versus Texas A&M. The crowd’s energy alone could have powered the stadium lights as the Fighting Irish took the field for the first time since last season. The students,…
I had prepared my whole life, or at least every second of high school, for this moment: to attend a top university. Nonetheless, it still felt surreal to leave the only place I had called home to go to college. Despite being an adult and being supposedly ready for this transition, it was shocking…
What was once a crowd favorite serving up acai bowls and quesadillas has now transitioned into a new sushi place. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, Flip Kitchen was replaced by Fujisan Sushi in Lafortune. While the exterior remains the same, the food is a whole new experience. This new concept features…
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:…
Since beginning my first year at Notre Dame, I have already overheard countless conversations about taking day trips to explore Chicago. I will admit, I am one of those insufferable people who clarify that I am from downtown Chicago, not the suburbs, when introducing myself. And so, because I am a…
This summer, not once, but twice, my 15-year-old brother told me that I was going to end up in Hell. To be fair, both times were after I had forced him to go thrifting with me, an activity that wears on the patience of even the most seasoned scavengers. We flipped through interminable racks of clothes,…
At 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, amidst the general buzz of excitement for Saturday’s home football game against Boise State, fans gathered around a half-court in the Eddy Street Commons for the first-ever “Irish Jam,” a free outdoor event celebrating Notre Dame basketball and the South Bend community.…
Every school has its token celebrity (think — UT Austin and Matthew McConaughey).
Because Notre Dame is such a national brand, we have no shortage of public figures who resonate with our culture. By now, I hope everyone has seen that picture of Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez repping ND visors…
The Trump administration’s latest changes to U.S. visa policy are drawing concern from universities nationwide, including the University of Notre Dame. Here, international students make up roughly 10.6 percent of the student body, according to College Factual.
On Sept. 19, President Donald…
In recent months, the Trump administration has reduced or threatened to reduce federal funding for select universities, citing concerns the institutions are misaligned with the administration’s current policy agenda. The scope of such funding cuts has become exceedingly broad; as of July 2025, the…
The ground is shifting beneath the feet of college athletics, and at the University of Notre Dame, all eyes are on Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua. Hired in 2024, Bevacqua stepped in not just to fill a role, but to answer a call. At a time when name, image and likeness (NIL), the transfer portal and…
Notre Dame is probably one of the few institutions left that requires their first-year students to live with a roommate, for a full year, who is randomly assigned to them. I remember the summer before freshman year when my home friends were scouring their future university’s various “Class of 2025”…