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-Drew Lischke | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Hanging on the wall of LaFortune Student Center is (what seems like) a decades old mosaic. Yellowed by the noxious fumes of Subway and what is certainly stains from the occasional — and utterly tragic — 3 a.m. quarter dog mishap, the mosaic depicts two pretty famous men, arms read more→
Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
We all know who George Wallace is. The four-term governor of Alabama is one of the most infamous figures in 20th-century American politics. He is the face of the anti-civil rights movement, shouting in his inaugural address “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” In June of 1963, he organized read more→
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
In a recent email to the student body, Fr. Jenkins stated his intention to cover the controversial Gregorian murals hanging in Main Building. As student government leaders, we support Fr. Jenkins’ nuanced approach to this complex issue, and applaud his decision. It is undeniably difficult to judge art produced read more→
Lucy Lynch | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
I saw a tweet the other day from actor Kumail Nanjiani that really struck me. It read: “Shower thought: It’s not the songs I loved that really pull me back to a specific place in my life; it’s the songs I liked.” In my final semester here at Notre read more→
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Dear Editor, This weekend, I went to the Bookstore to buy a ND women’s basketball jersey. The clerk said there were no women’s basketball jerseys. I also checked the Internet. I can buy men’s basketball jerseys, football jerseys and cheerleader outfits. It’s not fair that I can’t buy read more→
Jin Kim | Monday, January 21, 2019
Even if you’ve tried to block out the horror that is the news cycle, you must’ve heard by now: the United States federal government is shut down. To be completely accurate, the latest shutdown is a partialshutdown — 75 percent of the government remains open and has been funded through read more→
Letter to the Editor | Monday, January 21, 2019
Fr. Jenkins released a letter to campus on Sunday regarding the Columbus Murals in the Main Building. I have no comments to share regarding Columbus, Native American history or the murals themselves: I will leave that to others who have more developed and informed positions on the topics. I do, however, want to read more→
Campus Ministry | Monday, January 21, 2019
For nearly a half century, the Catholic Church in the United States has celebrated National Migration Week the week following the Epiphany (this year, the celebration was Jan. 6-13, 2019). The week is an opportunity for the Church to reflect on the circumstances confronting immigrants, refugees, children, victims and read more→
Gina Twardosz | Monday, January 21, 2019
I don’t really watch sports. I’ll follow the stats for the teams I like, but other than that, I really cannot understand the fervor behind televised sporting events. How can my father, and his father before him, watch not one, but four football games in a row whilst screaming read more→
Julianna Conley | Friday, January 18, 2019
One of my first weeks at Notre Dame, there was a particularly spectacular sunset. It was one of those days where the light seemed to bounce off dust particles in just the right way to make the world glow orange. Though I didn’t see the sky firsthand, I nonetheless read more→