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-Eva Analitis | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
“I don’t do politics.” Nowadays, this short sentence sparks fierce backlash from some, seeming like a spineless statement of privilege. In contrast, it garners nods of agreement from others who wish to stay out of the tangles of the political jungle. I used to be a member of the read more→
Devin Humphreys | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Sometimes, Notre Dame Law School presents us with an opportunity to engage in the more important questions of life. Among those questions is one I posed to my colleagues throughout the spring semester last year: “What is your favorite common-law writ or form of action?” The possibilities in answering read more→
Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 20, 2021
It all started with a sore throat on Thursday night. By Friday morning, my condition had worsened. The sore throat became a dry cough, and my body just wasn’t feeling right. I didn’t know what it was, but I suspected something. I called University Health Services (UHS) and told read more→
Trevor Lwere | Monday, September 20, 2021
As I followed the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on the U.S., I was struck by the similarity in outlook of both the U.S. leadership and the al-Qaida leadership. Defense Secretary Gen. Austin’s remarks during the commemoration reiterated the readiness and determination of U.S. read more→
Crystal Ramirez | Monday, September 20, 2021
It is that time in the semester where I find myself contemplating my relationships and feelings. I have never had the best of luck with love and my vocal “I hate men” agenda — which is true 90% of the time — doesn’t help. So I thought, what better read more→
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 17, 2021
We all want this pandemic to be over. We all want to return to normal and experience a regular school year, and we’re so close: Notre Dame has a vaccination rate of 96% and Saint Mary’s is close behind with 91%. Those figures make our campuses two of the read more→
BridgeND | Friday, September 17, 2021
On Friday, Father Jenkins announced that Notre Dame has pledged to become a carbon-neutral campus by 2050. While this announcement is encouraging, the university can and should take more immediate action to combat climate change, specifically through shifting its massive $13.3 billion endowment investment portfolio away from the fossil read more→
John Kalemkerian | Friday, September 17, 2021
“How was your summer?” A greeting that many of us have heard over the past couple weeks. A question that inspires a uniquely personal answer — or more often a simple “It was great!” — had been strangely tough for me to respond to. I was one of nearly read more→
Megumi Tamura | Thursday, September 16, 2021
As I wrote about in one of my columns from last semester, I tested positive for COVID-19 in March of 2021. In that column, I described what a month with no sense of smell or taste — as a result of the virus — was like and how it read more→
Blake Ziegler | Thursday, September 16, 2021
Last week, President Joe Biden announced a series of policies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which has become increasingly complicated due to the delta variant. Among the initiatives, two executive orders mandate the vaccine for federal executive branch employees and the employees of any contractor who does business with read more→