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-21 posts tagged "Advice"
Emma Duffy | Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Every year, Forbes magazine releases their 30 under 30 lists. Within these lists, the 30 most accomplished people in their fields under the age of 30 are highlighted. This year, seven Notre Dame alumni were included. The alumni In order to address national housing issues, Colin Devine, a 2016 graduate, co-founded and acts as chief
Alexa Schlaerth | Thursday, September 15, 2022
It is almost 10 p.m. on a cold Sunday evening in December, and I am walking across the quad on my way home from a (somewhat frantic) Principles of Microeconomics TA review sesh, the likes of which I’ve never experienced before. It is chilly and dark, and the campus has a general “stressed out pre-finals”
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 2, 2022
With another academic year comes the day-to-day stress of being a student on the tri-campus: early morning labs, long hours studying and papers that won’t write themselves. Then, there’s adjustments in dorm life, from having a random roommate to feeling the pressure to go out every weekend. No matter where you are in your college
lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Your first year at Notre Dame is hard. It can be exciting, life-changing, terrifying, revelatory, unforgettable and probably every other adjective you can think to ascribe to it, but at the end of the day, it is still hard. When you first arrive on campus, it’s easy to feel somewhat adrift. You’re separated from your
Hannah Hebda | Monday, March 28, 2022
I love cliche advice. Whether it be that “good things come to those who wait” or “what goes around comes around,” I fully believe in it. Dealing with some difficult situations over the past few weeks, I have offered an abundance of this advice to my friends, all of whom hate the cliches. You see,
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 23, 2021
Editor’s note: The following letter includes mentions of suicide. When I was a senior in high school, I competed to give one of the commencement speeches for my class’ graduation. Unfortunately, I was not chosen. But much like Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune, a deep-seated desire to provide some solemn words of wisdom that I had amassed
Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Everyone is always trying to give you advice — I know — but hear me out on this one. As a self-proclaimed introvert, I know how scary the advice “put yourself out there” can sound. However, at the end of the day, you get out of life what you put in, so let’s unpack. First,
Sarah Kikel | Thursday, August 13, 2020
As college students who were used to daily freedom and spontaneity, suddenly being forced to return home due to COVID-19 was a difficult adjustment for us. Feeling disheartened by the unexpected changes, I turned to Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl,” hoping to be comforted by her ability to embrace life in hiding, during
Gabriel Niforatos | Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Dear freshman self, Junior self here. It’s the end of another semester, and I thought I would write you during the quiet-of-the-storm period right before finals (don’t worry about how I’m writing this letter to you. It’s a wrinkle in time, timey whimey kind of thing. I don’t clearly understand it, and you will definitely
Nicole Simon | Thursday, March 7, 2019
I’ll admit it, I read my horoscope. I don’t necessarily read it every day, and I certainly don’t make my life decisions according to it. But, I definitely read my horoscope more often than most. It started as somewhat of a joke because, like many people, I found it to be freakishly accurate. Every time