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-365 posts tagged "COVID-19"
Megumi Tamura | Thursday, September 16, 2021
As I wrote about in one of my columns from last semester, I tested positive for COVID-19 in March of 2021. In that column, I described what a month with no sense of smell or taste — as a result of the virus — was like and how it was changing my experience of food
Blake Ziegler | Thursday, September 16, 2021
Last week, President Joe Biden announced a series of policies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which has become increasingly complicated due to the delta variant. Among the initiatives, two executive orders mandate the vaccine for federal executive branch employees and the employees of any contractor who does business with the federal government. The Centers for
Olivia Seymour | Monday, September 13, 2021
The Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City was alive with contagious energy on the night of September 2 as audience members rose to their feet, cheering loudly before the curtain had even risen. Just moments later, Sara Bareilles stepped onstage, opening her musical, “Waitress,” on Broadway for the first time in nearly 18 months.
Ryan Peters | Friday, September 10, 2021
Notre Dame recently announced policies regarding COVID-19, masking and activities for home football weekends in an email sent to students, faculty and staff. The policies include not requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test before entering the stadium, requiring all visitors to wear masks when in indoor buildings on campus
Colin Capece | Friday, September 10, 2021
As a New Yorker, September 11, 2001 is a day that’s impossible to avoid. If you ask anyone who’s lived through it, no one forgets where they were or who they were with on that Tuesday morning. Twenty years later, it’s a day that continues to draw out a wide array of visceral emotions for
Alexa Schlaerth | Friday, September 10, 2021
I’m a bit of a hypochondriac. I’ve been accused of faking illness for pity or a break or even attention. I had been in some situations where going into the doctor led to no diagnosis at all. Sometimes aches and pains would come and go for no particular reason. There was no instruction packet sent
Genevieve Coleman | Friday, September 10, 2021
In one of my education classes last week, my professor asked us how we can instill a sense of wonder in our students and in ourselves. I’ve been turning this idea over in my head ever since because I miss the fleeting wonder of my summer job at Notre Dame’s very own ECDC. Flash back
Ian Kyle | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Study abroad students are able once more to travel to international destinations this semester, but they are faced with new changes, restrictions and regulations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every study abroad location is different, in both experiences offered and in COVID-19 regulations, senior director of global education Hong Zhu said. “We developed
Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 6, 2021
Recently, I read Blake Ziegler’s piece about inappropriate comparisons of coronavirus restrictions to the Holocaust by certain factions of American politics. I cannot emphasize enough the extent to which I agree with the sentiments Mr. Ziegler expressed. Indeed, it is beyond sickening that any member of the United States Congress could make light of the
Blake Ziegler | Thursday, September 2, 2021
In case you missed it, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) found herself in another antisemitic controversy over the summer. In multiple tweets and an interview, she compared proof of vaccination and mask mandates to the yellow stars Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. Fortunately, her comments were widely criticized by Republicans and Democrats.