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Interfaith relationships: Christian unity or division?
Relationships can never be an easy task. Expectations, cultural backgrounds, and career goals matters that provide much meaningful formation towards our own identities, can also cause much division in romantic relationships. The Catholic Church also recognized the emergence of new concepts of love and marriage coexisting even within religiously diverse households. Even though the Church does [...]
Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez discuss new film “The Way”
An early showing of a new film that depicts a father’s life-altering journey across the historical “El Camino de Santiago,” also known as the way of St. James, was recently presented at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. In an interview with THE IRISH ROVER, Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen explained the decisions to screen their film at Notre Dame. A father-son collaboration, “The [...]
“Engage Catholic culture in its fullness:” ND grad founds Integritas
In the following interview, Greer Hannan, a Notre Dame graduate, former ROVER executive editor, and events planning coordinator for the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, describes her program Integritas. A seminar and service-based program open to students at Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College, and Holy Cross College, Integritas offers students a unique opportunity to explore Catholic [...]
Historian discusses Mexican food crisis at undergraduate conference
Enrique Ochoa, professor of history and Latin American studies at California State University, Los Angeles, provided the keynote address for Notre Dame’s first annual Undergraduate Student Conference, “Mexico: 1810, 1910, 2010.” In his talk, entitled “Sin Maiz, No Hay Paiz: Mexico’s Food Crisis and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Historical Perspective,” Ochoa described the nexus [...]
Prominent urban sociologist delivers talk at Notre Dame
In conjunction with this weekend’s Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference, leading urban ethnographer Elijah Anderson gave a public lecture on race relations entitled “South Bend Days: Reflections of a Field Worker.” Anderson, a professor of sociology at Yale University, provided a sociological account of the nexus between race interactions and the morality of inner-city neighborhoods based [...]
A View from the True Center”
Professor Michael J. Baxter speaks at Bread of Life Dinner Notre Dame Theology Professor Rev. Michael J. Baxter, CSC, delivered a talk entitled “Ethics, Culture, and Life at Notre Dame: A View from the (True) Center” as part of the Bread of Life lecture series sponsored by the Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life. In his brief reflection, Baxter discussed beginning of life issues as well [...]
“Seraphic Singles” blogger sheds insight on singlehood
Dorothy Cummings McLean, the popular “Seraphic Singles” blogger, made a transatlantic flight from Scotland to discuss Christian singlehood at the sixth annual Edith Stein Project, a student-organized conference titled this year as “Irreplaceable You: Vocation, Identity, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” In her lecture, which she called “Waiting for Your Marching Orders: Staying Sane while [...]
“The King’s Speech”: A Voice Salvaged
“The King’s Speech”: A Voice Salvaged By Adriana Garcia, Culture & Thought Co-Editor . Directed by Tom Hooper, THE KING'S SPEECH explores the speech impediment of King George VI of England (Colin Firth). Viewers will not only feel the pain of the characters, but they will also experience the king’s cathartic victory over his [...]
Vampire hype: Professor discusses immortal fiends
In this year’s Center for Ethics and Culture fall conference “Younger than Sin: Virtues of Humility, Wonder, and Joy,” Professor Daniel McInerny from Baylor University presented his lecture entitled, “Sucking the Life from Our Children: Hollywood and the Romance of the Living Dead.” Professor McInerny addressed a packed audience of academics, laymen, and students as he discussed the [...]
Dia de Los Muertos Festivities Return
The traditional celebration of Dia de Los Muertos took place at Notre Dame with OFRENDA intact, VINUETE and mariachi music playing, and ballet folklorico performances in full swing. Sponsored by the Institute of Latino Studies, Snite Museum of Art, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Multicultural Student Programs and Services, the Dia de Los Muertos festivities brought together [...]
An Anthropological Take on Plagiarism
While thousands of fans awaited the season-opener against Purdue University, the College of Arts and Letters presented its annual Saturday Scholar Series at the Snite Museum’s Annenberg Auditorium, with Susan D. Blum’s lecture on “Plagiarism and College Culture.” A professor in the department of anthropology, Blum began her lecture by asking the audience, “What is plagiarism?” [...]
Hawai’i Club Lu’au Returns
The Hawai’i Club of Notre Dame presented their annual Lu’au 2010 at the Stepan Center, entitled “Na Mele O Na Moku (The Songs of the Islands).” A popular event of the year, the campus of Notre Dame got a taste of a significant tradition in Hawaiian culture. While Notre Dame students, faculty, and alumni provided the majority of the audience, local South Bend and Mishawaka residents who [...]