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Nelisha Silva | Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Who’s to blame when a marriage ends? In her latest album, “star-crossed,” Kacey Musgraves takes listeners through her journey trying to answer this question for her own marriage, reflecting on the same relationship that produced the joyful record “Golden Hour” just three short years ago. Described as a “tragedy in three parts” by Musgraves herself,
Nelisha Silva | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Terrence Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd and founder of the nonprofit We Are Floyd, discussed the fight for racial justice and his hopes for the future of America in a conversation with student body president Allan Njomo on Wednesday evening. The event was hosted by and part of Notre Dame student government’s department
Nelisha Silva | Monday, August 30, 2021
I love to read. It’s my favorite form of entertainment, over watching TV or movies, or listening to podcasts. I’ve always loved to read. My mom loves to tell me that I was an easy kid because all I did was read books quietly in the corner. I was definitely that weird kid in elementary
Nelisha Silva and Evan McKenna | Friday, August 27, 2021
This time around, Lorde’s doing it for the fans. “Solar Power,” the singer-songwriter’s third studio album, is rife with intensely weird, almost avant-garde musical choices — wispy, stripped-down sound, a prominent disregard for traditional song structure, the occasional spoken-word interlude — leaving most of its 12 tracks very radio-unfriendly. Gone are the screaming, sprawling arenas
Nelisha Silva | Monday, March 15, 2021
Not to be horribly cheesy, but Viewpoint was always my first love at The Observer. As much as I love our other departments, in my eyes, Viewpoint was always the most interesting department. When I first became a copy editor sophomore year, I was fascinated by the hot takes we published, but I had no
Nelisha Silva | Monday, November 9, 2020
As of Saturday, Nov. 7, Joe Biden is the new president-elect and Kamala Harris is the new vice president-elect. This is the first time a sitting president has lost reelection since George H. W. Bush in 1992, putting Trump on the short list of one-term presidents in the history of the United States. This election
Nelisha Silva | Monday, February 17, 2020
When most people at Notre Dame hear that I’m from Las Vegas, their first reaction is usually an emphatic and ambiguous “Ooo!” This is usually followed by a sometimes curious, sometimes oddly judgmental, “So do you live on the Strip? Or close to the Strip? Do your parents work on the Strip? What’s it like
Nelisha Silva | Wednesday, October 30, 2019
The week before fall break, I had the opportunity to participate in negotiations over a new treaty at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. I flew to New York with one of my classmates early Tuesday morning, and I returned to South Bend at midnight Thursday. I would be missing three full days