commencement column // The Observer

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Dear everyone,

Colin Capece | Friday, May 13, 2022

As you may have guessed from the title of this final column, and from my almost unbridled excitement about the Marcus Freeman era for Notre Dame football, I’m a big letters guy. The tradition actually goes back a long way for me. At every single important moment in my life that I can think of, my

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What you don’t see coming

Nelisha Silva | Friday, May 13, 2022

If you told me three years ago I’d be writing a commencement column for The Observer, I would have laughed in your face. Me, writing for public consumption? Being perceived by the general public? Absolutely not! Yet, here we are — the last place I imagined myself finding a home at Notre Dame, and now,

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ICYMI: editorials, news and goodbyes

Isabella Volmert | Friday, May 13, 2022

To those may be new to the commencement addition, every year, the graduating seniors of The Observer write these columns as our final farewell. For mine, I would like to highlight the work of this past year’s Editorial Board at The Observer, and a few other pieces as well. Every full week of class, the