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The Ostermann drum has already been beaten

By Duncan Stangel · Friday, Feb. 20, 2026

“Ostermann is a consummate professional, a kind teacher and an informative instructor. The reduction of her character to one belief is something that is decidedly not Christian.”

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Off the Dome: Steve Krojniewski

By Allison Elshoff · Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026

Yogi, drummer, community-builder.

The Singularity — It’s Here.

By Ana Prestamo · Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026

Unrestricted AI systems will change the meaning of humanity.

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Remembering Ernest Morrell: scholar, mentor, gentleman

By Oliver Ortega · Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

Morrell was one of the most accomplished scholars I have ever met. His resume was both inspiring and intimidating. He authored more than 100 articles, book chapters and research briefs, and wrote or edited 17 scholarly books.

Another kind of rebellion

By Hannah Alice Simon · Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

“See me now, the blind girl, living, taking up so much space, making herself at home where she does not belong. See me, the blind girl standing tall, not alone. See me and my mother, holding onto each other, rebelling together, our bodies shaking with laughter, our hearts contained in a world of our own making.”

Feel the sadness: An open letter to Fr. Dowd

By Letter to the Editor · Monday, Feb. 16, 2026

"We are writing as recipients of Notre Dame’s Evangelium Vitae award, given by the university in recognition of our and the University’s shared commitment to the defense of human life from conception to natural death."

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What is your true light?

By Noirin Dempsey · Monday, Feb. 16, 2026

It’s time to admit where our priorities lie.

Notre Dame must choose courage

By Liam Kelly · Friday, Feb. 13, 2026

Notre Dame is now at a time for choosing whether it will remain resolutely and unapologetically a Catholic university or if it will continue down the slow and lamentable drift of secularization.

The exemption process is naught but honeyed venom

By Carlos Basurto · Friday, Feb. 13, 2026

Nearing the end of my freshman year, something had become apparent to me: Dorm life was not and will never be for me.

The business case for removing Susan Ostermann

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026

“Is Notre Dame abandoning its Catholic mission, too?”

Where is our spine?

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026

“Are we a force for good in the world or aren’t we?”

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In defense of performative studying

By Sophia Anderson · Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026

Is studying cool now?

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Ostermann makes Notre Dame great

By Letter to the Editor · Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026

“The core of the Keough School is seeking to understand how to best accompany our fellow man to the full realization of their human dignity.”

Politics has never been kept out of sports

By Amaris O’Connor · Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026

We should end hateful polarization in sports and reclaim freedom of expression and, more importantly, tolerance.

You will be disabled one day

By Patrick Kompare · Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026

We must be prepared to live with disabilities and make the world as accommodating as possible.

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Finding pleasure in the pain, in Russian

By Sienna Stephens · Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

“Sometimes, the most meaningful happiness comes from choosing a challenge over ease.”

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Love us or hate us, you still watched

By Grayson Beckham · Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

College Football Playoffs. Bowl Game. Marcus Freeman. Ice Chapel. The Liu Institute. The world is watching Notre Dame. Let them.

Aiming inward: What Confucius taught me about success

By Ana Prestamo · Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026

“We must pause and ask what target we’re actually shooting for, and whether it’s worth hitting at all.”

Ostermann’s appointment is an insult to ND women

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026

In appointing Susan Ostermann to director of the Liu institute, Notre Dame fails its obligations to female students.

Tale as old as time: Students across the nation mobilize against ICE

By Thea Bendaly · Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026

The week of January 20th several high schools across the country saw hundreds of students walking out to express concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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Notre Dame must choose courage

Global affairs professor Susan Ostermann, an expert on laws and norms in South Asia. Ostermann spoke to The Observer from Pakistan.

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It is time for Notre Dame to leave the football kids’ table

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