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The best photos of the week from the photography department!Photos by: India Doerr, Gabriella Martin, Mariella Taddonio,...
09/08/2026

The best photos of the week from the photography department!

Photos by: India Doerr, Gabriella Martin, Mariella Taddonio, and Emma Smith

This Friday, the University of Notre Dame will welcome the newest band to perform at Notre Dame Stadium. AC/DC, the popu...
09/04/2026

This Friday, the University of Notre Dame will welcome the newest band to perform at Notre Dame Stadium. AC/DC, the popular Australian rock band founded in 1973, is coming to campus tonight for a show scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. alongside The Pretty Reckless. As of Thursday, tickets were still available via Ticketmaster.

As students, faculty and members of the South Bend community prepare for the show, the University has been participating in a variety of behind-the-scenes efforts to ensure that all runs smoothly this evening.

Lee Sicinski, the executive director of University Events, noted that the interior setup of the stadium will match that of Billy Joel’s 2022 concert with an end stage, as opposed to the central stage for the Zach Bryan and Luke Combs concerts. This will allow for approximately 6,500 seats in the stadium.

Story by Matthew Morin

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This Wednesday evening, Fr. James Martin spoke about his new book, “Work in Progress: Confessions of a Busboy, Dishwashe...
09/04/2026

This Wednesday evening, Fr. James Martin spoke about his new book, “Work in Progress: Confessions of a Busboy, Dishwasher, Caddy, Usher, Factory Worker, Bank Teller, Corporate Tool, and Priest,” at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center with Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American studies and history.

Cummings introduced Martin, saying, “Fr. Jim tries to help others understand God’s love for them, helps them understand God’s desires for them and also helps them learn how to pay attention when God is communicating with them.”

During his talk, Martin noted that writing his book began as stories he hoped to pass on to his family, becoming a story of the progression of his work journey, with Martin adding that “I’m a work in progress.”

By Matthew Morin

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Many students will make the four-and-a-half drive to Lambeau Field for this year’s Shamrock Series game as the Fighting ...
09/04/2026

Many students will make the four-and-a-half drive to Lambeau Field for this year’s Shamrock Series game as the Fighting Irish square off against the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday.

The Band of the Fighting Irish will make the trip as well, as is custom for the Shamrock Series game. The bandmembers will leave for the game on Saturday morning and return on Monday.

“We got a bunch of stuff going on,” Saint Mary’s sophomore Alice Ries, an alto saxophone player, said, “It’ll be a lot of fun, lots of traditions.”

The band will partake in many of the same home-game weekend traditions in Wisconsin as they do on campus, including the midnight drum circle and concert, which typically takes place on the steps of Bond Hall.

Story by Andrew Poulton

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Saint Mary’s College is expanding parking availability this fall as the campus adjusts to its largest freshman class and...
09/03/2026

Saint Mary’s College is expanding parking availability this fall as the campus adjusts to its largest freshman class and prepares for continued enrollment growth. The College has introduced temporary free parking near the French Crossings lot, with additional construction on two new paved lots along Madaleva Drive, located east and west of Opus Hall.

Director of Campus Safety Phil Bambenek explained the plan to maintain the campus’s interior green space and shift parking toward the outer edges, all while keeping the policy that allows students to park their cars on campus starting their freshman year.

“Parking is always a challenge,” Bambenek said. “With an expanding enrollment comes expanding needs as well.”

Written by Ariel Medina and Berhan Hagezom
Photo by Berhan Hagezom

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The Saint Mary’s Information Technology department has launched the BelleHelp AI chat bot, and made significant improvem...
09/03/2026

The Saint Mary’s Information Technology department has launched the BelleHelp AI chat bot, and made significant improvements to its AskSMC site. Both resources can be found within the College’s student portal.

In an effort to streamline information and services, the IT department worked throughout the summer to simplify students’ access to information. This comes after reported feedback “from students, faculty, and staff that it was difficult to find the information they wanted in the portal,” as Chief Information Officer Katie Rose wrote in an email to The Observer.

On Aug. 17, 2026,students received an email notice introducing both the BelleHelp AI chat bot and the improved AskSMC site.

Written by Soledad Castellanos

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Tuesday evening, a group of panelists sat down in McKenna Hall to discuss the roles of the Catholic church in American s...
09/03/2026

Tuesday evening, a group of panelists sat down in McKenna Hall to discuss the roles of the Catholic church in American society, reflecting on the country’s 250 years of history.

Information for the lecture was provided through a posting on the University’s Strategic Framework site with a description providing students and potential attendees with a lecture preview.

“As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, polarization and the prevalence of “us-versus-them” narratives, both within and between identity communities, create a feeling of threat that leads many to build walls rather than bridges,” the website stated.

Written by Grace Shea
Photo by Mariella Taddonio

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Notre Dame’s Pre-Law Student Board is launching an undergraduate law review, where students can submit legal articles fo...
09/03/2026

Notre Dame’s Pre-Law Student Board is launching an undergraduate law review, where students can submit legal articles for peer review by student board members and faculty.

Led by Editor-in-Chief Sawyer Brockstedt, several members of the board noticed that Notre Dame lacked an undergraduate journal specifically dedicated to law.

“I had heard about undergraduate law reviews before at other schools,” Brockstedt said. “And I started asking around and realized there wasn’t one at Notre Dame.”

By Megan Cornell

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