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-Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 26, 2018
In my four years at Notre Dame, I’ve collected a lot of secrets. I know the best time of day to sneak food out of the dining hall. I know which offices have the best candy dishes — Theology, thank me later. I can even tell you the best bench locations categorized by mood, time
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 26, 2018
As my first year here at Notre Dame wraps up, I find myself eager to return home to Grosse Pointe, Michigan — and hopefully to better weather. My mother visited only last weekend, and we found ourselves touring Notre Dame in 40-degree freezing rain. As miserable as it sounds, we were still able to enjoy
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
“Berlin SONAR: Past, Present, Future” is the celebratory culmination of a course predicated on the belief that one must immerse oneself in a city’s geographic, historic and architectonic to glean a robust appreciation for the city. According to German art historian Karl Scheffler, “Berlin is a city condemned always to become, never to be.” Indeed,
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
A question I never thought I would be asking on freshmen move-in day. It was August 18 and my mind was filled with anxiety and excitement for the friends, football games and classes of college life. However, just as I was settling into my new dorm, Sorin, I discovered my third-floor quad had more to offer than
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 23, 2018
I still remember where I was, anxiously awaiting to see which of the 29 dorms I’d been chosen to live in, a dorm that would begin to define me in just a few short months. Being new to Notre Dame, I had saved one of the free campus maps in my bedroom for this exact
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 23, 2018
The world is full of do-gooders. I consider myself one, and I’m sure you are too. But we need more than just spontaneous do-gooders and volunteers. We need consistency. We need to claim our own cause — and we really only need one. I say this, because I have excelled at the opposite. I have
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 20, 2018
My perspective is an uncommon one, but it is equally important as those recently and increasingly offered on the same subject. It might very well surprise some at the University of Notre Dame to know that there are students, staff and faculty among them who identify as both Roman Catholic and gay (“living with same-sex
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 19, 2018
President Trump’s use of the term “Pocahontas” in reference to Senator Elizabeth Warren sparked outrage across the nation, particularly among American Indian communities. But just as soon as this controversy arrived in the news, it departed from the public eye as the latest scandal of the Trump administration replaced it. The controversy surrounding the name
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 18, 2018
When Welcome Weekend rolled around back in August, I repeatedly heard the sayings “welcome home” and “home under the dome” almost to the point of annoyance. To me, this seemed absurdly impossible. Nothing and no one could beat the relationships I had with my family and high school friends or the great memories I had
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 18, 2018
GALA ND/SMC, the LGBT Alumni/ae affinity group for Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s, adds its voice in support of the Observer Editorial, “Don’t just include, protect.” Over the past year, a number of significant events at Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and the broader Catholic Church have called into question their commitment to either inclusion or