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Adriana Perez | Friday, August 21, 2020
Inside Notre Dame’s Mail Distribution Center, sorting shelves are carefully labeled and coded with blue, pink, orange and green Post-it Notes. A four-minute walk away, two Amazon packages sit forlornly by the elevator on the first floor of Farley Hall. The next day, a few more appear on the floor by the mailroom. The Mail
Caroline Lezny | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
“I sometimes worry I’d be less of a feminist if I had bigger tits,” Fleabag says in the midst of a silent Quaker meeting. This scene provides the opening of the fourth episode of the show’s most recent season. As shocking as her comment is, Fleabag’s inappropriate outburst is perfectly characteristic of the lascivious humor
Jim Moster | Thursday, August 29, 2019
In July 2019, a Facebook group called for the building of a coalition to storm Area 51 and “see them aliens.” Days later, the meme elicited an official response from the United States military. Celebrities and corporate social media jumped to capitalize on the running joke’s popularity. Then the meme died. On the surface, the
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 11, 2019
In a previous Observer letter to the editor I argued that the extreme wealth gap in America was partly attributed to misaligned personal incentives between corporate owners and managers. In the conclusion, I mentioned that I disagreed with prominent liberal voices that have recently been supporting a 70% marginal tax rate. In my opinion, this
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 21, 2019
In 2016, CEO of Amazon Web Service Andrew Jassy made $35.6 million; Amazon CEO worldwide consumer Jeffrey Wilke took home a total of $32.9 million; Diego Piacentini, senior vice president of international consumer business, made $23.7 million. Excluding founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ $81.8 million dollar beneficial ownership stake as of 2017, the median annual
Oliver Ortega | Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Amazon is taking over the world. I kid, I kid. But the thought comes to mind whenever I hear the latest about the “retail apocalypse” wrecking through a shopping mall near you. Or the up-to-date tally of Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos’s ginormous net worth ($140 billion and increasing by the day). Or, on
Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, February 19, 2019
On Thursday, Amazon announced it would no longer be building its planned “HQ2” in New York. After months of courtship and discussion, the company had decided to place one half of its new headquarters in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York. Amazon would have earned the city approximately $27 billion in tax
Sam Gutierrez | Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Hollywood is in the middle of a monumental change within the world of television. Streaming companies such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have proven they can reach a high number of viewers by creating their own content and can even compete against studio giants like Paramount, Fox and HBO during awards season. Amazon is looking
Matthew Munhall | Monday, October 9, 2017
One of the recurring motifs in the fourth season of “Transparent,” the Amazon series chronicling the trials and tribulations of the dysfunctional Pfefferman family, is the music of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Humor is mined from this Jewish family’s infatuation with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical/rock opera about Jesus — a highlight, for me,
Matthew Macke | Monday, April 11, 2016
If you have a Netflix account, chances are that, starting next month, you’re going to be paying more to keep satisfying your media streaming addiction. Netflix announced an initial price increase back in 2014, but allowed old plans to be grandfathered in for two years before being switched over to the new price ($8.99, or