What are they...

Ryan and Ed golfing at Carne

… doing? Yes, what are our Stedsmen doing now that they no longer have classes to attend, papers to procrastinate writing, nor any thing else for that matter, especially if they have graduated?! Indeed, what are they doing this summer?! Moreover, what are Steds parents doing this summer.Well, for Ed Johnson '84, whose son Eddie '18 got married a couple of weeks ago, made the trek to Ireland. Yes, as the happy couple made their way to Hawaii for the honeymoon, Ed, with his younger son and Stedsman, Ryan '24, went to Ireland for a little R&R... and yes, golf too. On traveling and golfing in Ireland, Johnson shared, "Nothing is more Irish and Steds than being with your son in the Emerald Island. Eddie, Ryan, St. Ed's IS Ireland and IS ND."

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Your Sunday picture...

Good night from ND

... from Notre Dame. Here is a view of Mary and the Dome of the Main building at dusk. But if you look closely, you'll see something else... Venus! That's right! If you click on the picture and look right above the tree on the right, you will see Venus. Enjoy Venus, the view, and your Sunday wherever you may be!

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Saturday squirrel.

Butorides virescens

With our squirrels again on summer hiatus, we are able to turn our attention on yet another campus neighbor, the green heron. Seen at St. Mary's Lake in the late afternoon, this green heron was spotted as he was fishing in the shallows near the Peace Prayer Plaza. While his cousin, the blue heron, is much larger and more numerous around the lakes at ND, green herons are present too but just more difficult to spot given their small stature. On being spotted, this green heron non-verbaled, "Hi, but I am working here thank you."

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On the third day of classes...

Laxing in the Park: Chu and Vonderhorst

... they took another break. It should come as no surprise, but transitioning from summer to the classroom is never easy. One day, you're enjoying having no schedule, late lunches, afternoon naps, and the outdoors, but then, it's just the opposite. You got a schedule, no time for lunch nor  a nap, and a seat in dank, drab classroom. It's tough. Having a tough go of it, Steds seniors, Nate Chu and Jackson Vonderhorst took to St. Ed's Park for a little athletic diversion as well as sun. On laxing in the Park, Vonderhorst shared, "Nothing beats starting the semester with good weather, a lacrosse stick, and nowhere to be but the Park.”

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Something else...

Serving with a smile: Hickey (R) and Schober (L)

... that happened on the first day of classes was the opening of Ed's. Opening on the first day of classes-definitely a first for Ed's in its sixteen year history- was engineering by the "da' managers," sophomores, Caden Hickey and Evan Greer. Thanks to their foresight, organization, and tutelage, Stedsmen were able to enjoy their Ed's favorites once again, without having to wait, quenching that late night craving as well as fueling late night studying. On working opening night, Logan Schober, Steds sophomore and resident Missourian, shared, "Ed’s is great to see & serve the guys every week… working is great as long as you don’t forget to put cheese on the Tegers paninis!”

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No more...

Esdras with the newest residents

... excuses! Thanks to ND Day funds, there are no more excuses for dirty rooms at Steds as the Hall now has TWO new vacuum cleaners. With vacuums now on every floor, dust, debris, and detritus will have nowhere hide. Like the two jumbo jets, Pan Am One and Pan Am Two, that continuously circumnavigated the world inapposite directions, these vacuums, Steds 1 and Steds 2, will continuously be on the move at Steds, cleaning up whatever comes across their path. On the new vacuums for student use, Esdras, the Hall's Housekeeper, said, "They're going to be game changers!"

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On the second day of classes...

Classes? What classes?

... they took a break. While it may only be the second of classes, going to class can be grueling. The heat, the masses on the sidewalks, and the listening of others drone on, well, it's draining. THEN, figure on a tie up in the dinning hall that would rival a backup on the Jersey Parkway on Friday in summer, you're just beat at the end of day. And was certainly the case with some of our gentlemen, who felt spent and drained, after attending classes, but instead of napping or lounging and loafing about, they went to the Park, St. Edward's Park. On enjoying some time in the Park, Liam Verrier, Steds junior and resident North Carolinian, shared, “It’s always a treat to get some spikeball in with the boys, and on this sunny second day of class in St. Ed’s Park, we worked on shaking off that summer rust and getting back into in-season shape.”

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