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Commencement 2020: Viewpoint
Observer Viewpoint | Friday, May 15, 2020

Every year, the graduating seniors from the Observer Editorial Board take to the commencement edition Viewpoint section for their final farewell and final byline. Read on for the work from our staff emeritus as well as the most memorable Letters to the Editor from the last four years.
Editorial Board Graduates
A broken kind of love by Kelli Smith, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Long distance friendship by Natalie Weber, Managing Editor Emeritus
‘Leave meeting’: The final click of undergrad by Mary Bernard, Assistant Managing Editor Emeritus
Forward progress by Tom Naatz, Notre Dame News Editor Emeritus
We were babies once … and dumb. by Mike Donovan, Scene Editor Emeritus
Thank you for the tradition by Connor Mulvena, Sports Editor Emeritus
The greatest students by Evy Stein, Viewpoint Editor Emeritus
Congratulations by Nola Wallace, Photo Editor Emeritus
Sadness won’t come until the last minute of saying goodbye by Zixu Wang, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Emeritus
Letters to the Editor: 4 years in review
2016-2017
Don’t invite Donald Trump to commencement
2017-2018
Condoms and contraceptive coverage
ND Right to Life statement on contraceptive coverage in University health plan
2018-2019
For the custodian who died in the parking lot
Senior exclusion policy: Hall presidents respond
2019-2020
Off-campus students deserve a place at the table
End Hate at Notre Dame manifesto
There is something wrong with “the new normal”
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