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Hey, you! It’s okay to age

By Zora Rodgers · Friday, April 4, 2025

"Age proudly; not everyone gets to."

The light on the Hill

By Jack Sirianni · Friday, April 4, 2025

If Democrats can be a light over the next four years, then when voters return to the ballot boxes, America may be free of this political darkness.

A midwestern Catholic’s guide to a subpar Lent

By Gracie Eppler · Thursday, April 3, 2025

If we had but one ounce of Job's discipline, we'd spend a lot less time angry at the world for our minor inconveniences, and a lot more time appreciating the gifts we've been bestowed, up in our ivory towers.

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Nightmares about California

By Kate Casper · Wednesday, April 2, 2025

"And I believe it. And I too will believe it, in California, a place that was never my home, but someday will be."

Catholicism cannot be the only true faith

By Jackson Lang · Wednesday, April 2, 2025

“There exists an idea among many religious believers that the faith tradition they subscribe to is the ‘one true faith.’”

On reality television

By Duncan Stangel · Tuesday, April 1, 2025

"I recommend that everyone reading this applies for ND Survivor, fan or not, as the skills you practice last far beyond the mock version of the show in which we participate. It's a community of friends with a layer of competition and a reminder of why we play these games: to test ourselves and play a human game."

When the brass shows up

By Letter to the Editor · Monday, March 31, 2025

"Fair winds and following seas are bringing one of our finest back home. Like so many of my fellow members of the Notre Dame family, I look forward to hearing the wisdom he's gathered along the way."

Globalization as a bridge

By Molly Wu · Monday, March 31, 2025

"As brands continue to evolve in their global strategies, cultural integration will undoubtedly remain a key factor in building lasting customer relationships."

A city, not a checklist

By Allison Elshoff · Monday, March 31, 2025

"To me, "flâneuring" is less about wandering aimlessly and more about curiosity. It's being aware that as a newcomer, you're barely scratching the surface of a place, a place that someone else calls home."

A response from president Katie Conboy

By Letter to the Editor · Monday, March 31, 2025

Saint Mary's College president Katie Conboy responds to a concerns about this year's commencement address speaker.

The craze of digital cameras magnifies our overconsumption

By Redmond Bernhold · Friday, March 28, 2025

“We all want to look better, but is it coming with an even greater price than hundreds of dollars: our reliance on materialism and excessive consumerism?”

Don't tarnish our degrees by giving an honorary one to Trump

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, March 27, 2025

"God, Country, Notre Dame" was intended to memorialize the Notre Dame students who died in World War I. Those 56 Notre Dame veterans lying in Flanders' Fields deserve better.

When Notre Dame speaks my mother tongue

By Hannah Alice Simon · Thursday, March 27, 2025

In this place where we were once strangers and longed desperately for our familiar worlds, we are given the opportunity to celebrate and share with the larger Notre Dame community the pieces of home that we hold onto.

Biden fell first, now the nation: national security breaches and declining diplomacy

By Declan Burke · Thursday, March 27, 2025

Ultimately, this national security breach just cements the defining narrative of the Trump presidency, the fall of the United States on the world stage.

Kudos to Notre Dame for increasing plant-based options in dining halls

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, March 27, 2025

"Keep the thought-provoking conversations coming, Notre Dame — and keep those mushrooms coming, as well."

Thank you for your interest

By Liam Price · Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Nobody can take the experience away from us who have attended this school. Not the books we’ve read, the friends we’ve made or the Ginger races we’ve watched.

Letter of concern regarding former Irish President Mary McAleese as commencement speaker

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, March 26, 2025

"We cannot, in good conscience, remain silent about a speaker who openly admitted she had ‘no hesitation’ in voting to repeal Ireland’s Eighth Amendment, effectively legalizing abortion and denying the pre-born the right to life."

Bumps, no's and the road ahead

By Reyna Lim · Wednesday, March 26, 2025

"What I’ll try to do is I’ll try to start cutting myself some slack. And you should, too, because for each no we’ll be up against, we have plenty of yeses under our belts already."

Underqualified and overwhelmed: a message to the stressed-out student

By Sophia Anderson · Tuesday, March 25, 2025

“So, as a reminder to myself and to anyone else restlessly dwelling on their future right now, I will say this: don’t be discouraged. We will all get where we’re meant to be.”

Becoming a bookworm

By Moira Quinn · Tuesday, March 25, 2025

“This might not be the best time to praise reading for fun, as we’re all probably reading a ton for other reasons, but if you can, I encourage you to pick up a new book in the foreseeable future.”

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Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese speaks in Carroll Auditorium of Madeleva Hall at Saint Mary’s College.