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-Anna Hurt | Monday, February 20, 2023
My name is Anna and I’m a student at the University of Notre Dame. This is a sentence dozens of girls on this campus, including myself, could say truthfully. Dozens more could say something similar — “my name is Hannah,” or “Annie,” or “Annalise,” or “Annika.” It feels like at least once a day I
Anna Hurt | Wednesday, April 13, 2022
I like to think out loud. So, when I was brainstorming for this column, I said out loud, to myself “what should I write my column about?” to which my roommate jokingly replied “you should write it about me.” She was just kidding, but I think she’s an excellent topic to write about. She was
Anna Hurt | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
About a month ago I lost my little brother. He was my Irish twin, not even a year younger than I am. I don’t remember a time without him. Losing him to mental illness shattered my heart in a way that I don’t think I can ever recover from. In the month I’ve been back
Anna Hurt | Tuesday, March 3, 2020
When the LEGO Club at Notre Dame talks about building community, they mean it literally. With over 35,000 plastic bricks and a group of students passionate about constructing sculptures of all shapes and sizes, the club allows for students to combine creativity with engineering and architectural skills. Junior Colleen O’Leary discovered the LEGO Club at
Anna Hurt | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
When Susan Ohmer, professor of film and television, was approached about teaching a new course titled “Harry Potter, Medievalism and Transmedia Narratives,” she said “it didn’t take me more than five seconds to think about it before I said ‘yes.’” The class, which focuses on author J.K. Rowling’s popular fantasy book series and subsequent film