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-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