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-Thomas Diehl | Thursday, April 30, 2020
We all have our go-to song. My girlfriend’s is “Island in the Sun” by Weezer. My mom’s is “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa. My friend Ian’s is “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra. My friend Blake’s is “Everybody” by Logic. These are songs that can turn our frowns upside down on any given
Thomas Diehl | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
As an avid runner, nothing makes me happier than seeing so many people outside running. It seems like every day I see more and more people taking this quarantine as an opportunity to get outside and run. To me, running is one of the best exercises out there. It doesn’t cost anything (besides purchasing shoes),
Thomas Diehl | Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Did you know Joe Biden is facing sexual assault allegations? Maybe you did, because you are on Twitter a lot and noticed the recent #TimesUpBiden trend. Most of you, though, were probably unaware because no mainstream news sources have chosen to follow up on the story. Better yet, Joe Biden has yet to even address
Thomas Diehl | Tuesday, March 3, 2020
“Ellen is cancelled.” When I first scrolled over this tweet in 2019, I did not know how to react. Had cancel culture gone so far as to engulf Ellen DeGeneres, the superstar comedian and LGBTQ+ community leader? What could she have possibly done to deserve these attacks? I thought she was liked by everyone! Nevertheless,
Thomas Diehl | Friday, February 21, 2020
Dear Grandpa, Somehow, some way, you managed to live through 19 years of my life. You got to watch me grow up. You got to watch me graduate from high school. You got to watch me become a Domer. Never in a million years did I think that all of this possible. Yet, there I
Thomas Diehl | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Sitting at home on my couch, watching the Notre Dame basketball game against Indiana, I could not help but continually yell at the television. Things like, “Juwan, why would you do that?!” and, “Hubb is a turnover machine,” flew out of my mouth at a constant rate. Was there extra pressure for Notre Dame to
Thomas Diehl | Tuesday, January 21, 2020
When I visited Notre Dame during the summer of my junior year of high school, it was nothing short of memorable. The tulips around the Basilica’s Jesus Statue had fully bloomed as the Golden Dome radiated sunlight on this 60 degree day. The grass was perfectly cut in a pattern without a blade out of