On a rainy and cold Sunday, April 14, South Bend’s Mayor Pete Buttigieg held an event at the Studebaker 84 Building to formally announce his presidential campaign for the 2020 election. Two students working with The Preface were in attendance, Carter DeJong and Taylor Hill.
By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu The International Food Festival was held on April 6 at the University Grille. The event featured 20 different countries from around the world. As soon as you entered the building you were met with smells from around the world as students walked around in the traditional dress of their
By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu Political science professors Elizabeth Bennion and Steven Gerencser recently shared their thoughts on the current state of American politics, including the 2020 Democratic primary. Many people might agree that our nation has never been as divided as it is today. According to Gerencser, this is because Republicans and Democrats
By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu Marvin Curtis has announced he will step down as Dean of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of Fine Arts at IU South Bend on June 30, 2020. By then, he will have served as dean at the school for 12 years. Curtis has many accomplishments during his time at
By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu Seven of the nine Democratic candidates were present at the first primary forum of the 2020 South Bend mayoral race held at the Addicott/Yoshi Performance Hall. Candidate Will Smith did not appear at the debate since he is being held without bond after being arrested on a warrant out
By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shahir Rizk has become the first faculty member at IU South Bend to receive the Cottrell Scholar Award. Only eight faculty in the entire IU system have ever received the award. “I am really grateful for the support that I have here from
By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu The mayoral race in South Bend now has 10 candidates vying for the office. The first debate of the 2020 South Bend mayoral race will be hosted on campus, at the Louise E. Addicott and Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall in Northside Hall on March 5. The event will
Carter Dejong Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu Last Tuesday, Feb. 5, the American Democracy Project (ADP) of IU South Bend held a discussion and watch party for the Presidential State of the Union Address (SOTU) at River Crossing. The evening began with a panel discussion of the recent 35 day partial government shutdown. Assistant Professor Sungkyu Jang
