The Irish Rover (newspaper)

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The Irish Rover
Serving Notre Dame Since A.D. 2003[1]
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TypeBiweekly
SchoolUniversity of Notre Dame
Founder(s)Joe Lindsley
PublisherElliott Simmons[2]
Editor-in-chiefMary Frances Myler[2]
Managing editorElizabeth Self[2]
FoundedDecember 2003
HeadquartersNotre Dame, Indiana
Websitehttps://irishrover.net

The Irish Rover is an independent,[3][4] conservative,[5][6] Catholic[7] biweekly[8] student newspaper[9] serving the University of Notre Dame community. The paper was launched in 2003 by Joe Lindlsey,[10] when he and students believed that The Observer, another student publication, was showing a liberal bias in their coverage of events. The paper provides news coverage of campus life and features regular opinion columns from alumni and faculty.[8]

History[]

The Irish Rover was launched as a free print newspaper in December 2003.[8] In 2005, editors of The Irish Rover revealed that they received significant funding from the conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute.[8]

In 2009, The Irish Rover joined with a coalition of other student organizations to oppose the invitation of then-President Barack Obama to deliver Notre Dame's 2009 Commencement address, writing that they pledged "to acts of witness that will be characterized by respect, prayerfulness, outspoken fidelity to the Church and true concern for the good of our University".[11]

In 2013, The Irish Rover was recognized as the publication of the year by the Collegiate Network.[12]

On December 4, 2017, the editorial staff of The Irish Rover published an open letter[13] criticizing the decision of University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. to provide for coverage of contraception, sterilization, and abortion in the university's employee health insurance plans.[3] The university had previously sued the Obama administration to obtain an exemption from the mandate that would require them to do so, leading editorial staff to write, that Jenkins's "reversal has left many dumbfounded — shocked that after a long and costly lawsuit in which Notre Dame asserted that it was against its Catholic values to play any part in providing contraceptives and abortifacients to employees and students, it would abruptly reverse course and willingly participate in such action[s]."[3]

In 2019, The Irish Rover became the subject of controversy following an on-campus protest. Catholic News Agency reported that the protest involved a "hand-painted sign" that was placed on campus that "implicates Catholic student journalists, faculty, and alumni for the deaths of people who identify as queer."[9] According to Catholic News Agency, the sign contained clippings from articles published by The Irish Rover and fellow student newspaper The Observer with the names of the student journalists and others being circled in "blood-red" paint. According to National Review, the creator of the sign created and published a video during which she beat the sign with a crowbar.[4] The video drew allegations of violating Indiana's intimidation law, a law that "makes it a crime to incite violence or to take action intended to expose a person 'to hatred, contempt, disgrace, or ridicule.'".[4] In response to the incident, Rod Dreher, senior editor of The American Conservative, wrote that "[w]hoever put this sign up slandered others at Notre Dame, attacked free speech, and is clearly trying to incite violence against them with that kind of incendiary rhetoric and symbolism."[14] Kevin Molloy, a writer for New Ways Ministry, later defended the protest, writing that while the sign and accompanying video were "provocative and graphic, we are obligated to hear the pain, the anguish, and the isolation in its words".[15] According to the Catholic Herald, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. "declined to comment on the matter, though sources said several attempts were made to prevail upon him to do so."[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mission". The Irish Rover. 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Staff". The Irish Rover. 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Carey, Ann (January 26, 2018). "Notre Dame community reacts to controversy over contraceptive coverage". Catholic News Service.
  4. ^ a b c Desanctis, Alexandra (October 2, 2019). "Unrest and Inaction at Notre Dame". National Review.
  5. ^ Banerjee, Neela (February 18, 2006). "At Religious Universities, Disputes Over Faith and Academic Freedom". The New York Times.
  6. ^ a b Bloom, Jordan (October 10, 2019). "Is Notre Dame a safe space for outspoken Catholics?". Catholic Herald.
  7. ^ Kaczynski, Andrew; Steck, Em (October 9, 2020). "Amy Coney Barrett initially failed to disclose talks on Roe v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups on Senate paperwork". CNN.
  8. ^ a b c d Cohen, Ed (Spring 2005). "The student media frenzy". Notre Dame Magazine.
  9. ^ a b "Notre Dame students disturbed by anti-Catholic rhetoric". Catholic News Agency. October 2, 2019.
  10. ^ D'addario, Daniel (January 9, 2014). "First excerpt of explosive Roger Ailes biography: Five biggest shockers". Salon.
  11. ^ Buckley, Madeline (March 26, 2009). "Coalition condemns Obama's invitation". The Observer (Notre Dame).
  12. ^ Bradley, Michael (November 8, 2013). "Student publication honored by national conservative organization". Notre Dame News.
  13. ^ "An Open Letter to the Administration". The Irish Rover.
  14. ^ Dreher, Rod (September 27, 2019). "Anti-Catholic Hate At Notre Dame". The American Conservative.
  15. ^ Molloy, Kevin (November 27, 2019). "Notre Dame Protest Poem Furor Has a Lesson to Teach Catholics". New Ways Ministries.
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