Noname is a poet first and a rapper second. The 26-year-old Chicago native, formerly known as Noname Gypsy, does more with words than any other artist today, crafting creative and captivating songs that express complex emotions. It’s this talent that made the young female artist a key player in the Chicago rap scene in early
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Notre Dame (5-5-0, 1-1-0 ACC) snapped its four-game losing streak Sunday against Wake Forest behind a second-half goal from freshman midfielder Brooke VanDyck. With the 1-0 win, the Irish earn both their first conference and road victories of the season. The Irish struggled to find a rhythm early in the game, looking flat as play
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I am a Catholic, but in light of the sexual abuse perpetrated by other Catholics, I am ashamed to be a Catholic. The Greeks considered music an essential component of a person’s education. The ability to recognize and orchestrate harmony from separate melodies was a human skill in a universe that, for all its imperfections,
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The typically silent Le Mans Green was bustling with noise Sunday evening when the Saint Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) and the Student Activities Board hosted a movie night complete with frozen yogurt, t-shirts and popcorn. Students came to the front of Saint Mary’s signature building to celebrate sisterhood and friendship with a showing of the modern
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Editor’s note: Throughout the 2018 midterm election season, The Observer will sit down with various student organizations and professors to discuss political engagement and issues particularly pertinent to students. In this third installment, the Center for Social Concerns discusses how Notre Dame students voted in the 2016 presidential election. In the lead-up to the 2004
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In political theory, there can be a fine line between justice and morality. Recently, I was wondering what the conversation would be like if the current President of the United States and Socrates had a conversation in the spirit of this unique relationship between justice and morality, as well as the qualities it takes to
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Hollywood is in the middle of a monumental change within the world of television. Streaming companies such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have proven they can reach a high number of viewers by creating their own content and can even compete against studio giants like Paramount, Fox and HBO during awards season. Amazon is looking
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At their first tournament of the year, the Badger Invitational, freshman Taichi Kho led the Notre Dame in scoring with a 217 over 54 holes. Last weekend at the Northern Intercollegiate, junior Hunter Ostrom led the Irish, and the field, turning in a 210 for the event. This week at the Old Town Club Collegiate
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Though Notre Dame is located in Indiana, it caters to a national population with students from many different states. At Notre Dame, student-run state clubs perform the function of bringing together students from their home areas. According to SAO, there are clubs representing nine states: California Club, Connecticut Club, Hawaii Club, Louisiana Club, Minnesota Club,
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Yves Tumor is hard to pin down. The Tennessee artist rarely gives interviews and has gone by pseudonyms of Rahel Ali and Sean Bowie throughout his career. Tumor’s elusiveness is a perfect descriptor for his album “Safe In the Hands of Love.” The experimental project jumps between genres as quickly as it jumps between the
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At the end of last semester, Connie Adams, who served as the director of the Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) for eight years, stepped down from her post as the director of the organization. Since then, the organization has seen changes in its operations but maintains its mission at Saint Mary’s. BAVO “educates students about
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Opening their season at three different event sites this past week, Notre Dame started the season with strong performances across the board. Thursday, senior Grayson Broadus, junior Guillermo Cabrera, junior Matt Gamble and sophomore William Howells competed at the Milwaukee Classic. In singles, Broadus, Cabrera and Howells all advanced to the round of 32 with Howells making
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No. 8 Notre Dame will seek to end a three-game losing streak Tuesday night as they host an undefeated Xavier team. The Irish (3-3-1) are coming off losses against three top-5 teams in No. 2 Indiana, No. 5 Michigan State and No. 3 North Carolina. The Musketeers (3-0-4) are coming off a double-overtime draw against
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Across the nation Monday afternoon, individuals participated in a national walkout and gathered in public places — some sporting black clothing, others holding up signs — to signal solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. Thursday, Ford will testify
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Coming off an improved performance at the 2018 Northern Intercollegiate tournament, the Irish headed into Monday’s Old Town Club Invitational with hopes of riding the momentum and building off their second place finish the week prior. Unfortunately, the Irish took a step back as opposed to a step forward early this week in Winston-Salem, North
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It seems as though we all just teleported back to 1991. An accusation treated with no sense of severity and respect, but with a sheer partisan will. A testimony destined to be undercut and a sexual abuser seemingly destined to be confirmed. Many would think that we would learn from our mistakes. Perhaps, we would
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Windy days can be the enemy of those walking around a city or campus in a dress — a wayward breeze could cause a serious wardrobe malfunction. Christina Dunn, ’07, and Peter McCullough, ’06, engineered and manufactured a solution to this problem. Dunn and McCullough started DressStrong, Inc., a business that sells DressWeights. DressWeights are
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They were on top of the world, or so it seemed. After three self-released albums in the span of a year, BROCKHAMPTON had signed to RCA records on March 30, 2018, and looked destined to take their sound out of the Los Angeles underground. The group, a self-styled boyband and rap collective from Los Angeles,
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Hopefully most people at Notre Dame would agree that someone’s worth is not based on their circumstances, accomplishments or abilities, but simply on the fact that they are a human person. Regardless of our political or religious persuasions, this idea is generally a point of common understanding — and if this is not always the
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Saint Mary’s College Residence Hall Association (RHA) is hosting Spirit Week, a week of events aimed to strengthen the Saint Mary’s community, executive board members senior Joanna Collins and junior Grace Kelly said. To kick off the week, students tie-dyed shirts and made door decorations for their rooms, and as the week progresses there will
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