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Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 25, 2019
If you follow any graduate school network, or even education news in general, then you’ve probably seen the headlines. In 2018, a survey conducted by researchers at the University of Texas revealed that graduate students are over six times more likely to experience moderate to severe depression and anxiety than the non-student population. Another study
Gary Caruso | Friday, February 26, 2016
The time is at hand for presidential contender and Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders to demonstrate his raucous revolutionary power. The issue is not a sexy campaign matter but a serious and tedious procedural act that is uniquely accessible to but a few, namely members of the U.S. Senate who have standing to force consideration
Gary Caruso | Friday, January 29, 2016
Monday, after the Iowa votes are tabulated, Democrats may sport two winners and Republicans as many as four winners. Only in American politics does a presidential candidate lose the actual vote count but beat expectations and get declared a winner. A media thirst for sensational storylines drives their overreach to hype expectations and skew how
Louis Bertolotti | Friday, January 15, 2016
Twenty-four million people watched the first Republican debate in August, and 15.3 watched the first Democratic debate in October. These numbers set the records for the most watched primary debates of all time. The American people are clearly interested in the presidential election, and yet that election is still 11 months away. Why do we start
Observer Editorial Board | Thursday, October 8, 2015
Respect. Honor. Tradition. Those words have been repeated over and over in the run-up to this weekend’s football game between Notre Dame and Navy. For both schools, that last word, tradition, matters immensely. Starting with Friday’s pep rally and extending all the way until the Alma Maters at the end of Saturday’s game, this weekend
Rachel O'Grady | Monday, September 28, 2015
To say I’m excited for 2016 and the prospect of a new campaign season is an understatement. Since the morning of Nov. 5th, 2014, I have impatiently been counting down the days until someone announced their candidacy. I was looking for something to replace the unique buzz created by campaign season, the kind of buzz