Vol.162No. 4
Notre Dame, in conjunction with outside sponsors, hosts countless academic competitions each year — including...
After years of planning and construction, the Duncan Student Center opened to the public on Jan. 15.
Since our election last February, we’ve watched the national climate influence our work on campus.
Early February ushered in the annual ScreenPeace Film Festival, an effort to educate members of the Notre Dame community on issues of peace and conflict resolution studies.
As I close one personal chapter, Scholastic as an institution simultaneously turns a new page while looking back into its long and storied past.
This year’s roundup of candidates for student government simultaneously draws from the past while looking forward.
Ranges of Experience and Age Come to a Head in This Year's Elections
Approachable, Collaborative, Transformative: These are the adjectives that Gates McGavick and Corey Gayheart have chosen to define the main tenets of their ticket.
Alex Kruszewski and Julia Dunbar are a team that promise to “tackle the impossible,” and are well equipped to do so.
Two fresh faces joined the race to be the next leaders of the student body: Zahm House freshmen Andrew Gannon and Mark Moran.
There is always a buzz in the spring semester that sets it apart — for us, that buzz carries with it the realization that we are closing our final two months in office, but also excitement for all that is still left to come.
Though we live in a country that has never seen a female president, we are lucky to attend a school in which we look to a female student president and vice president duo for leadership.
Mechanical engineering professor Jim Schmiedeler has been teaching at Notre Dame for almost 10 years.
The legal, political and ethical ramifications of abortion have divided both a nation and the Notre Dame student body, for decades.
After a hugely disappointing 2016 season which saw the Irish trudge to a 4-8 record, change swept over much of the coaching staff.
On New Year’s Day, the Fighting Irish defeated a Southeastern Conference competitor in dramatic fashion, coming back from an 8-point deficit to clinch a 21-17 victory.
Notre Dame’s third-party health plan partners will continue to provide contraceptives to plan members, the university announced on Nov. 7.
The decision came as a major turnabout after the university notified faculty and staff on Oct. 27 that Notre Dame would act on the Trump Administration overhaul of an Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” mandate that required employers to provide birth control coverage. …
What happens when the nation’s most pressing social issues come into play on Notre Dame’s campus? How do those in positions of power and authority react to these conflicts? In what ways do the affected students, faculty and staff come to terms with these decisions?
Sérgio Moro, a Brazilian federal judge and leader of Brazil’s anti-corruption movement, will receive an honorary degree and serve as Notre Dame’s 2018 Commencement Speaker next May.
A few weeks ago, a family from Granger, Indiana appeared on the “Today” show. In many cases, it would be cause for celebration to see a family from eight miles down the road on national television.
On Sept. 22, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ department announced that the current presidential administration would be rescinding Obama-era guidance on how to handle sexual assault on campuses across the country.
This past month, we saw the resurgence of the #MeToo campaign on social media.
In 1984, the world was still gripped by the Cold War. Harsh rhetoric flew back and forth between Washington and Moscow, and fears of nuclear Armageddon would not have been misplaced.
Professor of anthropology Natalie Porter focuses her research primarily on interactions between humans and animals, and how these interactions affect human and environmental health. Scholastic spoke with Porter to understand her research and learn about her travels.
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, the 2017 Notre Dame Forum officially kicked off.
In the third installment of our 150th anniversary celebration, we spoke with Dan Murray, Scholastic editor-in-chief from 1966 to 1967.
Four leading sustainability speakers gathered on Monday, Oct. 9 to discuss sustainability efforts with Notre Dame students on campus. The panel aimed to “increase visibility and education of climate change and the role of renewable energy,” said one campaign organizer.
The panel was hosted by Impact, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, and co-sponsored by minor in sustainability. …
On Sept. 12, the St. Joseph County Council passed an interlocal agreement that, once signed, will redirect cases of discrimination within the county’s limits from Indianapolis agencies to the South Bend Human Rights Commission.
In Scholastic’s November 1998 issue, Erin Lum wrote about her vain attempts to turn in an assignment past the deadline for a class taught by a “stickler for rules” — a frustration that college students are all too familiar with.
Transparency is the key to any functioning government, so in every issue, Scholastic will attempt to pull back the curtain on student government and see what makes the Senate, elected to represent the interests of the student body, tick.
We ran on the idea of flipping the model; that is, coming to you rather than always asking you to come to us. We are excited to take that vision to the next level with our upcoming project, Town Halls On-the-Go.