Opinion

The things we share

By Carlos Basurto · Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

"So connected are we with all else, yet so distinct. Not so dissimilar from every individual in the human genus, we who differ so but are nevertheless one. So incongruent, so paradoxical – so human."

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Picking favorites

By Richard Taylor · Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

“I think it is time for me to plunge myself into the dimension of matter and particularity, in hopes of finding Christ at the bottom. It is time for me to start picking favorites.”

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An Observer sports year in review

By Tyler Reidy · Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

”A lot of people have stepped up within and beyond the sports department, and I want to use this piece to highlight and appreciate some of their best work from the past 11 months.”

On Meatless Mondays and state terror

By Olemo Gordon Brian · Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

“Do we all really need to purchase our own cloth hangers, carpets, futons, previously scooters, bicycles, utensils, TVs?”

An ode to Rust Belt nostalgia

By Redmond Bernhold · Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

Call it cliche or predictable, but that old adage is true: it’s people who make a place.

Belonging is not futile

By Letter to the Editor · Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

We all love Notre Dame. So let us do that radical thing that Jesus demonstrated for us throughout his entire life — let us love each other.

What can I say about love?

By Madyson Casiano · Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

Romance means everything, romance is everything!

A token of my love and a song or two

By Soledad Castellanos · Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

I do find myself to be quite the expert in curating an amazing Valentine’s Day Playlist. And what makes me an expert? Well, my obsession with having a love song dedicated to me of course, and my undeniable talent of picking the perfect thirty second clip of a song for my Instagram feed.

The art of the distraction

By Jack Sirianni · Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

The American people are being tricked.

All that we touch, we change

By Gracie Eppler · Friday, Feb. 14, 2025

We create change through our everyday choices and in our everyday relationships.

Now that I’m not in love with anyone

By Kate Casper · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

“Now that I’m not in love with anyone, I admit there are a few perks.”

You don’t have to understand art for it to be good art

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

“To call a work of art bad because it does not elicit that initial reaction, it only means you must look deeper within the piece and yourself. I invite you to do so in 2026.”

A message to seniors

By Emma Duffy · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

“No matter who you are, there is something to be done before we are out of time.”

On student government

By Duncan Stangel · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

“My first thought — lackluster. Instead of students participating in the fruits of democracy, the ‘election’ was a coronation.”

Notre Dame dining hall mushroom meat faces opposition

By Joe Rudolph · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025

“MUSHROOMS?! AH YA FREAKIN’ KIDDIN’ ME?! MUSHROOMS?!”

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Don’t invite Trump to speak at commencement

By Aynslee Dellacca , Kathryn Muchnick , Gray Nocjar and Caroline Collins · Monday, Feb. 10, 2025

“The 2025 graduates don’t deserve their commencement to be turned into a battleground for political protest and unproductive dialogue. They deserve so much more.”