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-Stephen Hannon | Monday, April 12, 2021
It’s that time of year again, when the graduating Observer seniors write columns looking back on their past for years. But as a graduating Observer senior in These Unprecedented Times, I’m going to use my last column to write about COVID-19, on-campus abortion housing and the leggings vaccine. Just kidding. Buckle up and indulge me,
Stephen Hannon | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The pandemic has changed just about every aspect of life at Notre Dame, and it’s easy to get caught up in thinking about how many things are worse now. We can’t visit friends in other dorms, and until recently, we couldn’t even go in the rooms of friends inside our dorms. Online classes make it
Stephen Hannon | Monday, December 9, 2019
The No. 15 Notre Dame football team will play Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Florida. After a 10-win season for the third consecutive year, the Irish (10-2) will try for their 11th win of the season against the Cyclones (7-5, 5-4 Big 12). This will be the first
Stephen Hannon | Monday, November 25, 2019
The Viewpoint section has seen a number of controversial opinion pieces recently, from parietals to leggings, from porn filters to homophobia, all dealing with serious issues. But none of these, I believe, are as polarizing as this column will be: South Dining Hall is better than North Dining Hall. First of all, South is just
Stephen Hannon | Friday, November 1, 2019
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly sat down Friday for the weekly “Brian Kelly Radio Show” after a wet practice, similar to the weather during last Saturday’s loss at Michigan. He discussed the lessons the game taught and how they can be applied to this Saturday’s home matchup against Virginia Tech. “It’s hard. It’s
Stephen Hannon | Tuesday, March 26, 2019
I’ve come to realize that I spend a fairly significant fraction of my waking hours walking — to and from class, the dining hall, the library, etc. I have also realized that it’s easy to fall into a rut when treading the familiar path between my dorm and those buildings. I have quickly figured out
Stephen Hannon | Thursday, October 25, 2018
For me, one of the most interesting parts about coming to college and making new friends from across the country and around the world is the differences in dialect. I may tease my friend about his “Lwoong Island” accent, but I actually find the uniqueness of speech to be fascinating. Thanks to seemingly minor factors
Stephen Hannon | Wednesday, February 14, 2018
For as long as I’ve had to do school projects requiring some amount of research — since maybe third grade or so — there’s been one word that seems to strike as much fear into my teachers’ hearts as a four-letter curse word. It’s the “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” of academia: Wikipedia. But Wikipedia is not something to