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Football. Even though my team doesn't always win, having passionate fans is a tradition that never dies here.
Service. Over eighty percent of my students engage in community service. They're just good like that.
Business. The Mendoza College of Business has been ranked number one for the fifth year straight.
Making people fall in love. Besides the many marriages and Notre Dame families that I foster, students undoubtedly will fall in love with me.

Notre Dame Football Season Tickets. 'Nuff said.
Winter gear. It probably won't actually keep you completely warm, but it's worth a try.
Guys: Boat shoes. They're the most reliable shoes that still pass for dress shoes. Girls: Heels. My students will still wear them out when it's below zero.
Laptop. Taking notes on paper is so '90s. Wait, isn't that cool now or something?
Charm. I'm the Fighting Irish, after all. You'll see many a student sporting school-themed charms around here.

In the fall, I'm at a football game. If there isn't a home football game, I'm somewhere watching the football game. After the game, I'll probably go to the Linebacker. I'd link you to its webpage, but it's too much of a dive to even know what the Internet is.
In the winter, I'm debating between going to a dorm party, hitting one of the local bars, or whether I'd rather avoid the tundra altogether and just stay in with my best buddy, Netflix.

South Dining Hall. A necessary stop during a busy day to eat with friends along great, long tables for pretending you're at the last supper. On the wall, there's a portrait of my founder, Father Edward Sorin, displaying his long, Dumbledore-like beard before the Great Hall.
Club Hes. Not a real club (in fact, it's really a library), but at least you'll feel as though you're doing something cool.
La Fun. Also known as the LaFortune Student Center. Grab some Starbucks in the morning and some Taco Bell after a night out.
The Rock. The Knute Rockne Memorial Gymnasium is a place to swim, rock climb, play racquetball, lift weights, and most importantly, train to look like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

I am a liberal arts college and require a rigorous set of University requirements, including two theology and two philosophy courses.
I have single-sex dorms and parietals. "Parietals" is a word for curfew in disguise that requires all males to exit female dorms and all females to exit male dorms by 12:00AM on weekdays and 2:00AM on weekends. I like to avoid riffraff.
I'm surrounded by the industrial city of South Bend. "City" is a strong word for South Bend. The city has declined since the demise of The Studebaker Corporation. Now, it's a slightly more flattering version of the 1985 dystopia that Marty McFly returns to in Back to the Future.

Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State
Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ. Yep, Jesus went here.
Joe Montana, the famous quarterback
Regis Philbin, from oh-so-many TV shows
Nicholas Sparks, responsible for more teary-eyed women than I can count