Looking good...

Jones: Right out of a page of GQ

... feeling good... and looking the part. That's exactly what Steds Vice-President Zach Jones was feeling and looking as he departed Steds for an interview at the  Career Center. Looking the part, and having done his due diligence of mock interviews and research on his potential employer, Jones was ready. Visibly beaming confidence and a stylish swagger, it was if Jones was a big sticker that read "HIRE ME." On looking the part, Jones, Steds junior and resident Texan, stated, “Life in Steds may be great, but we’ve all gotta enter the workplace sometime!”

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It's official...

Beth and Jackson with Fr. Ralph...

... they got married! Surrounded by family and friends, with Fr. Ralph witnessing, Beth Massaglia ’22  of Howard Hall and Jackson Amigh '22 of Steds were married at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. Again, it was a most beautiful and fantastic day for a wedding, and the day was only made more beautiful and fantastic by this beautiful couple. From their smiles to the vows they MEMORIZED and professed- and everything in between- it truly was a day that the Lord had made for them and their families and friends. On Beth joining the Steds family, Fr. Ralph said, "It's a match made it Heaven!"

Congratulations and best wishes Beth and Jackson!

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... then family and friends...

... and then reception time...

...  and old friendships were renewed with, former Stedsman, Skip Holtz!

The blocks...

Steds: Down, but still standing tall

... bumps, and breaks were against the kids. Sad, but true. Though they gave it their best, their best just wasn't good enough. Again, the blocks, bumps, and breaks, even back-row attacks, back set and butterflies weren't going the way of Steds. In the end, the Steds freshmen intramural volleyball team went down against Stanford- one the halls which was just announced as being demolished or in Notre Dame speak "decommissioned." On watching the Steds squad, Joe Robuck, Steds senior, 1st floor RA, and resident Marylander, shared, "We couldn’t demolish Stanford in volleyball today, but no sweat—the University of Notre Dame is about to take care of it for us."

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An old...

Spice it up!

... seasonal friend has returned. With meteorological fall happening at the start of September and astronomical fall happening at the autumnal equinox in late September, fall has finally arrived at Greg. That's right... Coffee mate Pumpkin Spice creamers have returned! A favorite of many at Steds, nothing says it's fall has arrived, then like pumpkin spice creamers. So, as the cool temps are making the Stedsmen grab their quarter zips and hoodies as they trek to class, they can also taste a little fall in their morning coffee with a little pumpkin spice. On the return of pumpkin spice creamers, Zach Zywiec, Steds senior, co-host of In the Red Room, and resident Ohioan, shared, "Pumpkin spice makes everything nice!" 

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Your Sunday picture...

Soak it up

... from Notre Dame. Here is the Notre Dame Trifecta... the steeple of the Basilica, the Sacred Heart statue and Mary and the Dome... captured all in an early fallscape. Yes, the leaves are beginning to change, and soon campus will be awash in fall colors. Enjoy, and enjoy your Sunday wherever you may be!

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Saturday Squirrel.

Bombus pensylvanicus

With our squirrels out and about searching for a handout, we have time to focus on yet another campus neighbor. Bombus pensylvanici, or bumble bees, are all about, but they are particularly about the environs of Steds. Really, they are! Why? Because on the southwest corner of the Hall is not one but three butterfly bushes. With giant white, red, and pink flowers, these bushes attract not so much butterflies as they do bumble bees... and in swarms do they come. Recently, this bee was spotted in a flower busily collecting nectar. On being spotted, this bumble bee non-verbaled, "Sweet nectar!"

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There be...

Schechter: Learning in progress

... studying! While it is the home of Folgers at Four on Fridays, an Enlightenment soirée of sorts with coffee, doughnuts, and conversation, the Gregorian Lounge is primarily a hall study lounge. Resigned in the renovation of 2015 and renovated to its current state in 2022 by Stedsman and Chicagoan, Chris Scott '18, the Gregorian, or Greg for short, is the "in-hall library" of Steds. Outfitted with the same furniture as in the swank Morris Inn and with the envy of every residence hall, an industrial Keurig coffee machine, the Greg is where the proverbial learning is happening at Steds. Suffice it to say, chatter, interruptions, and even high jinxes are kept to a minimum so as not to disturb the learning. Recently, Ben Schechter was spotted deep in thought in Greg. What was he pondering? Who knows because we didn't ask at the time. Later, when he was spotted in the hallway, we did ask. On being deep in thought in the Greg, Schechter, Steds freshman and resident Massachusettan, said, “While the casual observer might presume me wholly engrossed in the rich pursuit of Biology, the reality is that I am deeply occupied in this moment with feminist literature.”

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