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-12 posts tagged "abroad"
Jack Sirianni | Wednesday, May 17, 2023
It was a sight that was hard to forget as I made the turn from East Angela Boulevard onto Notre Dame Avenue for the first time. It was so much more than the view. As I lay there in the back seat, wedged between the mounds of snacks and clothes, I stood on the precipice
Willoughby Thom | Monday, April 4, 2022
Long time no see! The time has come to grace Viewpoint with a very Scene-esque Inside Column! In accordance with my last Viewpoint pieces — “Video didn’t kill the radio star” (2020) and “Public service announcement: revive the music scene” (2021) — music is at the forefront. Over the past few months, I have become an
Observer Staff Report | Monday, March 23, 2020
A Saint Mary’s undergraduate student tested positive for COVID-19, interim vice president for student affairs Linda Timm announced in an email Monday. The unidentified student returned to the U.S. on March 13 after traveling abroad. “[The student] came directly to campus to retrieve personal belongings from her residence in Le Mans Hall,” Timm said in
G. Matthew Molinsky | Thursday, February 6, 2020
During a six-week stint abroad in Rome, I fell in love with the European city. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor of a seven-story apartment building in the neighborhood of Garbatella. Every day, I made the 15-minute commute by metro to the Notre Dame Global Gateway, located a few blocks from
Erin Grimes | Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Hallo again from Innsbruck! My first semester here has just ended and a much-needed month long break has started. (The semester timing in Austria is different than the timing in the United States.) Here’s a small list of what have I learned this semester: how to navigate through airports and train stations, how to be
Jack Rooney | Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Every time I open my mouth in Ireland, somebody asks me about Donald Trump. My American accent gives me away, and everyone from curious taxi drivers and bartenders to the person sitting at the next table at Starbucks want to hear what I have to say about the new president. It’s been like this since
Emma O'Brien | Monday, September 12, 2016
Growing up, I’ve always had a passion for traveling to places I’d never been before. I didn’t realize just how strong that passion could be until my sophomore year of high school when I decided to go on a school trip to London, Paris and Barcelona. Honestly, going on this trip was the last thing
Renee Griffin | Thursday, September 8, 2016
The month is January, the city is London and the building is Notre Dame’s Conway Hall. Flat 301 houses 10 girls, split between two quads and a double, with beds thrown into high lofts to make space for the few possessions that fit into the overfilled suitcases brought across the Atlantic. Fast forward to May,
Rebecca Feng | Friday, August 26, 2016
Another semester of uncertainty, and thus, of opportunities. Words carry weight, and weight fills hearts; words bring hope and hope brightens lives; words redefine beauty, and beauty shapes minds. To discover the beauty in others’ happiness, not judging it but simply portraying it in words, is the deepest joy of an observer, I guess. “You
Anthony Derouin | Thursday, October 1, 2015
This past summer I had the privilege of participating in the International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP). It was an experience that truly met and exceeded all of my expectations for studying, traveling and doing service abroad. I made many amazing new friends, saw breathtaking sights, experienced an incredible culture while sharing my own, tried a whole new palette