Win some subsidies for the Irish?

Last month the University of Notre Dame registered as a lobbying organization for the first time. The Fighting Irish had hired outside lobbyists since 1999 at least, but this fall is the first time they employed an in-house lobbyist — John F. Sturm, former head of the Newspaper Association of America.

Notre Dame’s disclosure form states that Sturm will lobby on budget and education matters in general, and under “specific lobbying issues” lists only “higher education related issues and initiatives.”