Your Sunday picture...

A God Quad sunset 

...from Notre Dame. Here's the Basilica of the Sacred Heart with a beautiful and peaceful sunset. Unfortunately, the phone camera cannot capture this sight in all of its glory, but still, you can enjoy it, taking some of it in. Enjoy your Sunday wherever you may be!

Saturday Squirrel.

A campus oddity

Okay, it’s not a furry friend this Saturday but rather an “autumn friend.” Calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the “giant puffball”, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests usually in late summer and autumn. This one was found around St. Joseph’s Lake and is the size of a basketball. Are they edible? Well, all “true” puffballs are considered edible when immature, but can cause digestive upset if the spores have begun to form. This is indicated by the color of the puffball turning to an off white. On eating this giant puffball, Fr. Terry Ehrman, C.S.C., said, "I'll pass. I would rather enjoy it from afar. Who knows? Maybe a squirrel might want to a nibble or two."

Look...

Steds Reunion: Connaughton and Haag

who's back... Pat Connaughton ’15! Connaughton, former Stedsman and Notre Dame Men’s basketball small forward, returned returned his old residence hall and campus. And how could he not? Connaughton was drafted by the Brooklyn Nets in 2015, but he then was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers. At the same time, Connaughton was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles to play baseball! Most recently, on October 18th, when the Trail Blazers were playing the Phoenix Suns, Connaughton scored a career high 24 points! On his recent visit to the Hall, Fr. Ralph said, “Connaughton never really left the Hall. Why I see him all the time…on TV.”

Good luck #5!

In case you...

NDH: Now open!

...didn't know... North Dining Hall is now open. Oh, it's been open since August, but in November, it's still being advertised to students and all who happen to come across NDH from the east. If the streams of students coming in and out of the building didn't tell you that this building was open for business, then this sign plastered in the windows will. On being shown the "NDH Now Open!" picture, a Steds freshman passing through the lobby said, "It's open? I am going right now!"

Lime biking...

Gambardella: All about the bells

...is not for all. For some, lime biking is like Seinfeld's George Costanza dressing completely in velvet... a giving up in life... and in bright and awkward colors no less! Yet, for others, it is a "way of life." And if you are the latter, then you can expect to see more, many more lime bikes, on campus. Pick one up wherever, and drop it wherever. Prior to the start of school a shipment of lime bikes was dropped off especially for campus, and on the word of someone in the know, students can expect to see another campus delivery in the near future. On using lime bikes, Josh Gambardella said, “I believe it was Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, who said, ‘Always be the guy on the limebike’. I live by this quote. I mean come on! They even have bells!”

What's going on

Badin Hall: A work in progress

…with Badin Hall? Great question. Last summer, Badin Hall moved to Pangborn Hall, a.k.a. “Swing Hall.” Swing Hall is no longer functioning as a residence hall and is the place where a functioning residence hall moves to when their hall undergoes a complete, one year renovation. As Badin Hall undergoes its renovation, something new will be the addition of chapel. Surprisingly, Badin was the only residence hall without a “real” chapel. Well, when the lady bullfrogs return to Badin, they’ll find a completely renovated hall as well as a new and spacious chapel. On the addition of a chapel, Fr. Ralph said, “I would love to be invited over for Mass, but I am already booked. Sorry!"

A blast...

More to come...

...from the past. Thanks to Neil Sielski '15, we have an insight into Notre Dame's past. Through a patient, Sielski came into possession of the Notre Dame Student Manual from 1941.

This week's installment from the 1941 Notre Dame Student Manual, page 25:

"CHAPEL: Students who regularly fail to attend morning and night prayers in their chapel are subject to the undesirability list."