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Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 20, 2019
University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh once called Notre Dame “a place where the Church does its thinking.” Although the origin of Hesburgh’s words have been lost to time, their meaning remains clear: Notre Dame could be a sanctuary for Catholic reflection – a meeting ground for the Church read more→
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Friday, September 20, 2019
Yes, you read that right. I am going to write about all the things that scare me, all the things I don’t want to be. If I’m being honest, this is not particularly easy. I come from a family of dreamers. My mother was the optimist dreamer and always read more→
Tom Naatz | Friday, September 20, 2019
Last semester, I basked under the beaming glow of the Castilian sun in historic Toledo, Spain. I spent my time stuffing my face with heavenly jamón ibérico and bought so much European chocolate that a local storeowner subconsciously checked his shelf to make sure my preferred product was available read more→
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 19, 2019
It’s that time of year again. Time for someone to write the good ol’ “Notre Dame is Catholic and its Catholicism makes it valuable and unique, which means its LGBT students better suck it up and shut up” letter to the editor. Surely, as has happened before, upon reading read more→
Ben Testani | Thursday, September 19, 2019
In the past two years, there have been a tremendous amount of changes to student life at Notre Dame. Baumer Hall has its first residents. A new women’s hall is nearing completion. Pizza Pi opened up in place of Reckers (RIP) and serves alcohol on campus. The football program read more→
Diversity Council | Thursday, September 19, 2019
What would you do if your best friend told you they were having a bad day? Would you tell them to “cheer up?” Would you start talking about how bad your day was too, in an attempt to show them how much you “understand?” We’re always trying to make read more→
Colin Capece | Thursday, September 19, 2019
Monday was my 19th birthday. It was also probably one of the toughest days I’ve had since returning to Notre Dame this fall. If this makes no sense to you, allow me to explain. Growing up in an Italian American household, one of the core values that was stressed read more→
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
My phone’s built-in news app proffered this piece by Ellie Gardey, an undergraduate student at Notre Dame, that was posted today. Gardey reports on current efforts by some students to reduce heteronormativity at Notre Dame. In case you haven’t seen that particular tongue twister before, Gardey has done us read more→
Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
We may be over a year away from the 2020 Presidential Election, but the race for the Democratic nomination is in full swing. The field consists of 20 Democrats and, as of last Thursday, they have participated in three nationally televised debates. The intention of these programs, of course, read more→
Sara Schlecht | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The clock shows 2:30 a.m., and my roommate Maria (the inside column queen) says “Good night, sweethearts” to the room. She then pauses just long enough for me to fall into a blissful almost-but-not-quite sleep. “Sara, call us a term of endearment.” In my exhausted state, I struggle to read more→