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-Ellie Dombrowski | Thursday, April 11, 2019
Who am I supposed to be? I always thought I knew the answer to that question. When I was 5 years old, my answer was vet. When I was 10 years old, my answer became astronaut (watching “Contact” ended that prospect really quickly). When I was 14 years old, it became surgeon. I came to college
Ellie Dombrowski | Thursday, March 28, 2019
Today, the word “feminist” is often synonymous with a man-hating, bitter woman who assumes that there is only enough power and influence in the world for half of the population. This misconception is a major problem for us all. As Emma Watson says in her speech for gender equality at the UN HeForShe campaign in
Ellie Dombrowski | Thursday, March 7, 2019
Stuart Little, The Rats of Nimh, Charlotte’s Web. Penicillin, meningitis vaccines, antibody therapy. These are sides of a spectrum I could not reconcile. If you are like I was, these two lists first appear unrelated. Much to my dismay, rats have been instrumental in the development of medicine. I learned this when I applied to
Ellie Dombrowski | Thursday, February 21, 2019
We are a part of the generation of the “Long Peace,” a time of unprecedented lack of global conflict since World War II. The term was coined by John Gaddis in his novel “The Long Peace” (1989), and the period is well known because of the Cold War (1945 – 1991), which was marked by a
Ellie Dombrowski | Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Throughout history, one means of progressing medicine was making the decision that one’s assumptions and definitions of disease were no longer consistent with the scientific evidence of one’s time and no longer served an individual’s health care needs. This applies to the field of medicine today with Alzheimer’s disease, which now requires a change of
Ellie Dombrowski | Friday, February 8, 2019
What is diversity? A number? A feeling? At Notre Dame, it can feel like an obligation. The University reports that 80 percent of the current student population is Catholic. No matter what these numbers tell you, it is the feeling that means more to me. Do I feel at home? Do I feel like I
Ellie Dombrowski | Thursday, January 24, 2019
Where I am from, Republicans are like unicorns: mythical creatures that we may never see in our lifetime, but we believe to exist. Maybe this is because I was raised in New York, or maybe I just didn’t look hard enough. Either way, coming to Notre Dame opened my eyes. These unicorns that I didn’t