The Irish Rover (newspaper)
The Irish Rover is an independent, conservative, Catholic biweekly student newspaper serving the University of Notre Dame community. The paper was launched in 2003 by Joe Lindlsey, 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. History The Irish Rover was launched as a free print newspaper in December 2003. In 2005, editors of The Irish Rover revealed that they received significant funding from the conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute. 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". In 2013, The Irish Rover was recognized, for the first of two times, as the publication of the year by the Collegiate Network. On December 4, 2017, the editorial staff of The Irish Rover published an open letter criticizing the decision of University of Notre