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-20 posts tagged "acceptance"
Dane Sherman | Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Editor’s note: This column includes discussions of suicide and drug addiction. Do you ever wake up and feel something is wrong? On Aug. 18, 2014, the birds chirping, the sun shining brightly over Lake Washington and a fully planned day of hanging out with friends. The perfect way to end the summer. The recipe for
Emma Duffy | Friday, March 25, 2022
In the final days of the Njomo-Bisner administration, the Notre Dame student government is putting on Pridefest: a tri-campus event to spread awareness and appreciation for LGBTQ+ students. To kick off the weekend-long event, Pridefest featured an LGBTQ+ Student Experience Panel. Students from across the tri-campus came together for the panel to explain their experiences,
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 23, 2022
I sat on the floor of the shoebox-sized office we were occupying, my hands firmly wrapped around those of my friend. Between sobs, she told me how hard it was for her to be on this campus because she didn’t feel like she belonged. Shocking me when she said, “I wish I never came to
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
I recently consoled one of my dear friends as he sat crumpled on the carpet, shedding tears of shame and hurt, telling me how he wanted to end his own life. A young man, who since he was a little boy, has been taught that God rejected him, poisoned by a perversion of the love
Ashton Weber | Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The first words I ever spoke were “good girl.” I explained that to my therapist the other day and she looked at me a little shocked. We had just been talking about the kind of control I’ve tried to have over my whole life and I explained that I have some deep, compulsive need to
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, November 16, 2018
We’ve all been there. We’ve heard those off-the-cuff phrases that are tossed around in class or in the hall. And many of us have experienced the moments, or months, of isolation and loneliness. In October, Notre Dame released the results of its Inclusive Campus Student Survey, which was administered to the student body in February
Jim Moster | Friday, November 2, 2018
If you were to take Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki” and pick a scene at random, you’d think you’re watching a lighthearted story of teenage friendship. A girl in a yellow sweatshirt performs sporadic kick-flips on her skateboard through the bustling streets of Nairobi. Her friend unapologetically sports hot-pink braids. The two share laughter on
Show Some Skin | Thursday, October 4, 2018
For as long as you can remember, your father always told you that you could do even better. He wanted you to grow and so he’d always remind you of the room you had for it. He taught you to read when you were three and signed you up for piano lessons at four. Every
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Dear Editors: I have never written a letter to the Observer before criticizing anything written by one of our students, and I regret having to do it now. But what a sad representation of our otherwise wonderful student body in this our first week with the publication Friday of an op-ed piece allegedly summarizing “nightmare” statistics on
Soren Hansen | Monday, April 9, 2018
As April rolls around, I’ve been thinking about the two things which that old joke guarantees in life: death and taxes. Besides inevitability, they’ve got something else in common — I fear both death and taxes. Even so, it’s important to remember death (and your taxes, due April 15th — don’t forget). As a culture,