Architecturally, the school has a Catholic character. Atop the Main Building's gold dome is a golden statue of the Virgin Mary. Immediately in front of the Main Building and facing it, is a copper statue of Christ with arms upraised with the legend "Venite Ad Me Omnes". Next to the Main Building is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Immediately behind the basilica is the Grotto, a Marian place of prayer and reflection. It is a replica of the grotto at Lourdes, France where the Virgin Mary reputedly appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. At the end of the main drive (and in a direct line that connects through 3 statues and the Gold Dome), is a simple, modern stone statue of Mary.

As at most other universities, Notre Dame's students run a number of news media outlets. The nine student-run outlets include three newspapers, both a radio and television station, and several magazines and journals. Begun as a one-page journal in September 1876, the Scholastic magazine is issued twice monthly and claims to be the oldest continuous collegiate publication in the United States. The other magazine, The Juggler, is released twice a year and focuses on student literature and artwork. The Dome yearbook is published annually. The newspapers have varying publication interests, with The Observer published daily and mainly reporting university and other news, and staffed by students from both Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College. Unlike Scholastic and The Dome, The Observer is an independent publication and does not have a faculty advisor or any editorial oversight from the University. In 1987, when some students believed that The Observer began to show a conservative bias, a liberal newspaper, Common Sense was published. Likewise, in 2003, when other students believed that the paper showed a liberal bias, the conservative paper Irish Rover went into production. Neither paper is published as often as The Observer; however, all three are distributed to all students. Finally, in Spring 2008 an undergraduate journal for political science research, Beyond Politics, made its debut.

1. What is the institution of focus?
2. What is the place's character?
3. Who runs media outlets at the school?
4. How many are there?
5. Do they have a TV Station?
6. Do they have a radio station?
7. What about magazines and journals?
8. What is the name of their magazine?
9. When does it run?
10. How often is the yearbook published?
11. What's its name?
12. Which publication comes out daily?
13. Who shares in its publications?
14. Why did the Common Sense publication come about?
15. When did this happen?
16. What type of paper is Common Sense?
17. Which students receive these papers?
18. When did Beyond Politics come out?
19. What type of publication is it?
1. Notre Dame
2. Catholic character
3. student-run
4. nine
5. No
6. Yes :)
7. Yes
8. the Scholastic magazine
9. twice monthly
10. annually
11. The Dome
12. The Observer
13. students from both Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College
14. The Observer began to show a conservative bias
15. 1987
16. a liberal newspaper,
17. all students
18. Spring 2008
19. an undergraduate journal for political science research