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Legacy

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, April 28, 2020

This is the last Observer column that I will ever write. In fact, it’s probably the last column I’ll ever write because, you know, writing columns in newspapers isn’t really a thing most people do. I thought about many ways to commemorate this moment, and sadly most of them have been “rejected” for being “bad”

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The senior list of demands

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

I’ll be honest. This really, deeply — in a way that cannot be overstated — is bad. The coronavirus is something I do not like at all, and I harbor no positive feelings towards it or the things it associates with. I don’t like it at all. If I saw it, I would try and

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Coronavirus: the Freaky Friday solution

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, March 24, 2020

With the start of online classes this week, I fear that Notre Dame is making a huge mistake. Look, we had to cancel classes — it’s the right thing to do without a doubt. However, Notre Dame is taking a big misstep by turning the school to online classes for everyone. With the inevitable struggles of

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Columnist of the century

Danny McMaster | Wednesday, March 18, 2020

This is an important time on campus. The reasons may seem obvious, but I feel that I should spell them out anyways, in order to be perfectly clear. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, other columnists were unable to submit to The Observer this week. Ben Testani and myself were asked, and humbly accepted the burden

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My proposal: hug a business major day

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, February 25, 2020

So hear me out. One week a year, there is Engineering Week. And on one day of that week, engineers wear shirts that say “high-five an engineer”*, and you know what, I like it. Some people might think it’s cheesy, but I think it’s actually a very good, fun thing. Here’s the thing, if your

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My response column to Ben’s response column

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

This past Thursday, Mr. Benjamin Testani wrote a column entitled ‘Why you are so whiny about your own school’ in which he whined about people saying that he whines in his columns. Naturally, when presented the opportunity to write a response column to another columnist’s response column to his responses on his columns, I felt

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Hard versus soft differentiation policy — what you need to know

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, January 28, 2020

This past fall semester, the administration held a forum to discuss the off-campus differentiation policy for students who decided they don’t like Notre Dame and wanted to live off campus. For starters, this column may seem a little premature. As you may well know, these policies have not been established yet, so there isn’t much point

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My fight for fair wages from The Observer

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

As many of you may or may not know from reading my previous columns, which you probably only read due to misleading titles that make it seem like what I write is important, this is my first semester writing for The Observer. It’s been a good one, and I believe that in my time here

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Opinion: Is Notre Dame renovating new dorms too quickly?

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, November 19, 2019

In my previous columns, I’ve often stated that I am The Observer’s foremost administration correspondent and advocate, and even though it gets edited out every single time I write that, I feel it’s important to start my column today doing that as well.* Really, I should try and find some way to refer to it

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My recommendation to make Notre Dame a better place: 8-step verification

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, November 5, 2019

In 2019, I believe we can all agree cyber security is of the utmost importance. Over the past few years, there have been countless examples of institutions — both major and minor — falling victim to mishandling online data. It is clear there is no measure too extreme when it comes to protecting our online

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