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-Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, November 9, 2022
As I write this column, I find myself in a slightly uncomfortable position. It is currently on track to be printed after the conclusion of this week’s midterm elections, but will be written before the United States goes to the polls. Since I could not find any crystal ball to accurately predict the future in
Pablo Lacayo | Friday, October 28, 2022
There is no doubt 2022 has been a very rough year for humanity, as the world struggles to keep up with a wide array of crises, including red-hot inflation, surging energy costs, increasing levels of food insecurity and the ever-looming prospect of a global recession. The United Kingdom has stood out among the Western world,
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, October 5, 2022
When my friends and I welcomed the new decade alongside the intermittent crashing of waves on the delectable shores of Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, we took a moment to predict what the 2020s would herald for our own lives and the potential events that might shape up the world in the years immediately ahead. Besides a
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, September 21, 2022
In just over a month and a half, the United States of America has a very important date to keep: the 2022 midterm elections. Since the winter of 2021, every instance of significance that has dominated the news cycle at one point or another has come to be judged through midterm lenses, as political analysts,
Pablo Lacayo | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
When one thinks of powerful and influential women in the second half of the 19th century, it would not be surprising for the list to come up rather short, as the circumstances most women around the world found themselves in prevented them from foraying into society beyond a limited set of roles. Over the past
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, April 20, 2022
This Thursday, Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II will welcome her 96th birthday. This summer, the United Kingdom and her other realms will commemorate her Platinum Jubilee, marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the British throne. She has become the longest-reigning monarch in British history, a feat that will probably remain unparalleled for
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Western consensus with regard to how a country’s government should run places great emphasis on the value of representative democracy. In their eyes, some semblance of a democratic republic is the best way for a country to organize its governance. Monarchy is permissible, if and only if it is constitutional and the powers of
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Notre Dame prides itself on being one of the world’s finest Catholic higher education institutions. Its name carries a strong level of prestige that other universities can only aspire to achieve in their dreams. As a Catholic school, the University tries its best to teach its student body in ways that align with its corresponding
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A couple of weeks ago, a good friend of mine called me out in the middle of class for not paying attention to the lecture, and beckoned me to stop goofing around my computer. She asked me what I was doing, unable to figure out the purpose of the website I was playing around in
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, February 16, 2022
The life of a Notre Dame student is jam-packed with activity. Beyond the burden of academic responsibility, adding the weight of extracurriculars, part time jobs, recruitment and a social life can quickly consume every last minute of your day. My life is not exempt from this, and upon coming back from winter break, I quickly