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-BridgeND | Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Borrowing words from Confucius: “If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.” As I asserted in my previous op-ed, accessible and quality education is essential in closing the technological and knowledge gaps within societies. In
BridgeND | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The past 72 hours have been a blur. Alongside the typical slew of exams and papers, pretty much every organization that I’m involved in decided to hold a large event. A few of the highlights: Thursday, I was a moderator for Bridge the Gap, a series of small group roundtable discussions hosted by BridgeND. Covering
BridgeND | Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Whether or not it is wholly acknowledged, identity plays an integral role in our interactions with both society and ourselves. Seeking to ascribe definite messages to the intangible aspects of personhood and identity cannot be ignored; it must be reckoned with. However, the manner in which this internal and external recognition is accomplished is not
BridgeND | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
I have been asked on numerous occasions about the political makeup of Notre Dame’s campus. Typically, my response is something along the lines of: “We have very passionate advocates at both ends of the spectrum, but many people fall somewhere in the middle.” There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, some
BridgeND | Wednesday, February 22, 2023
I was watching Bill Maher’s show “Real Time” recently when Mr. Maher mentioned something that caught me by surprise: Numerous Republican governors in deep blue states have enjoyed indisputable success over the past half decade. According to Morning Consult, the three most popular governors in the U.S. last year — measured by approval ratings —
BridgeND | Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Many will say that with 2022 finally behind us, we have an opportunity to start anew and forget about the past; to move on and ignore the years of political tension on Notre Dame’s campus that accurately reflect the larger-scale crises in the United States. So, how do we move forward without disregarding all previous
BridgeND | Wednesday, January 25, 2023
One of the most striking aspects of language is its ability to be interpreted in many different ways. A phrase could mean a million different things to a million different people, and a simple change in tone, word choice and syntax could change everything. Language and politics are inseparable. Words are the modus operandi of
BridgeND | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Mahatma Gandhi once said,“If we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children.” If we are to begin with the children, we are to begin with their education. A quality education contributes not only to socioeconomic progress, but also to the holistic development of the individual. I
BridgeND | Tuesday, November 29, 2022
As Homeless encampments continue to grow, thousands of Americans are left in the dust. We need to do more. I will never forget the first time I drove through “The Zone,” a massive homeless encampment in the heart of downtown Phoenix. Far from my hometown of Cincinnati, I had arrived in Phoenix, Arizona the night
BridgeND | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Social media has given a platform for individuals to share their voices faster and to a broader audience than ever before. At our nation’s founding, it would have been unimaginable to predict that anyone would be able to speak at any time from anywhere. This phenomenon has lent itself to the creation of a new