Gray Nocjar | The Observer An example of a wide receiver robot created for the Notre Dame team. The Collegiate Robotic Football Conference (CRFC) held their 2023 fall combine at Notre Dame on Saturday. The event was conducted in the Stepan Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and featured teams from four other Midwestern universities: Valpraiso University, Trine University, Calvin … [Read more...] about Notre Dame hosts robotic football fall combine
Sorin hosts two day ‘Otterfest’ music festival
Annelise Demers | The Observer Sorin residents and guests gathered in the Sorin courtyard for the second annual “Otterfest” music festival. Two days of jammed packed music and food flooded Sorin College’s courtyard and the surrounding area this past Friday and Saturday. This was Sorin’s second year hosting “Otterfest,” a play on Oktoberfest. Evan Johnson and Joe Dicola are … [Read more...] about Sorin hosts two day ‘Otterfest’ music festival
Board of Trustees to elect new president after Jenkins’ tenure
Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame Fr. John Jenkins will step down as president at the end of the academic year. On Oct. 13, University President Fr. Jenkins announced he would step down from his role at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, leaving the Board of Trustees to select his successor. Jenkins was elected the 17th president of the University in 2005, … [Read more...] about Board of Trustees to elect new president after Jenkins’ tenure
PEMCo lives forever in ‘Tuck Everlasting’
Maria Tobias | The Observer “Good girl Winnie Foster, every day / Is in bed at seven,” sings Pasquerilla East Musical Company’s (PEMCo) leading actress Serena Melonio. Yes, precocious 11-year-old Winnie Foster is well-behaved. She is the kind of little girl who says please and thank you and ma’am. But the year is 1893 and the place is Treegap, New Hampshire, a small and … [Read more...] about PEMCo lives forever in ‘Tuck Everlasting’
‘Print journalism is dead.’
Print journalism is dead. At least, that’s what the critics say. If you’ve been paying attention, it seems as though news boxes lie empty on every street corner. This material fact has heralded the death of good old-fashioned print newspapers and the rise of digital editions, e-readers and a plethora of online news substitutes. According to The Washington Post, local newspapers … [Read more...] about ‘Print journalism is dead.’