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-13 posts tagged "Advice"
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
Adam Ramos | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
After four years of writing for The Observer, the time has finally come to write my final inside column. So, in line with many that have come before me, here comes some reflective advice. And while I endorse the classic senior recommendations of “Always try new things” and “Take advantage of Notre Dame’s bountiful resources,”
Courtney Phelan | Wednesday, September 14, 2016
You’re a few weeks into this college thing and you’re feeling overwhelmed. Maybe you’re feeling lonely and like everyone else already has more friends. Maybe you’re feeling the opposite of lonely, like you’re surrounded by people you don’t know and you don’t like and you don’t know how to get away from them. Maybe you’re
Megan Valley | Thursday, September 1, 2016
As the new year gets started, everyone has advice for freshmen; there are entire shelves of books in your local Barnes & Noble about adjusting to college life. Most freshmen need some sort of help, but they’re not the only ones. I’d like to address the sophomores out there. The summer after my freshman year at
Rachel O'Grady | Friday, March 18, 2016
“Here’s to strong women — may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.” — Unknown I want my sisters, Caroline and Alexandra, to know that it isn’t about being women. For my last column, I wrote about how we are O’Grady’s and therefore we “try, don’t cry.” But it is fundamentally important
Michael Fliotsos | Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Another summer has come and gone, meaning those of us returning to campus will experience once again the drawstring-bag toting, loaded-cargo-shorts wearing, staring-at-the-Notre-Dame-mobile-app-map freshmen. Before you ask, no, this is not going to be a ‘freshmen are the most annoying thing ever’ column. Trust me, I would not have accepted an RA position if these things actually
Matt Miklavic | Thursday, April 23, 2015
Robert Frost famously stated, “I can sum up everything I’ve learned in life in three words: It goes on.” I am no Robert Frost. As I look back on my time at Notre Dame, I’ve learned far too much to incorporate into three words. But I tried to keep it short: Embrace your dorm. For
Matt Miklavic | Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Dr. Seuss once said, “You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted, but mostly they’re darked.” Seuss, surprisingly enough, wasn’t referring to the netherworld of South Bend. Rather, he was speaking to the paths we will find and “The Places You Will Go.” His work and those
Kyle Witzigman | Sunday, April 27, 2014
On Friday in South Dining Hall’s Oak Room, AnnaLee Rice, a Tocqueville Fellow and senior political science major who will work at Red Edge Digital Advocacy, organized and moderated a “Seniors for Lunch” panel to give seniors a chance to look back and share advice on the undergraduate experience. The four seniors comprising the panel