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Maria Luisa Paul | Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Commonly known as “the Rainbow,” a mosaic of millions of red, blue, yellow and black tiles adorn the floor and walls of Simon Bolivar International Airport. The merging blocks of colors crafted by the renowned artist Carlos Cruz Diez are the only thing left in Venezuela with any structure or sense. Walking through those tiles
Abby Patrick | Wednesday, April 29, 2020
My year was upended even before coronavirus took away what remained of our semester and our sense of security. I found out my family is moving this summer from Wisconsin to Texas. Now I know I’m in college and I spend less and less time at home anyway. But I mostly grew up in Wisconsin,
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
I know how to find an inmate. In Florida, you can go to the department of corrections site and look up inmates via a combination of their last name, first name and DC number. This DC number is a combination of six digits, or an alpha character followed by five digits, that is used for
Julianna Conley | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
When I was fourteen, my grandmother was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. What we’d thought was pain from working too hard in her garden actually turned out to be a broken pelvis caused by the spread of abnormal cells to her bones. After a month of my mom driving an hour every day to
Gabriel Niforatos | Tuesday, November 19, 2019
There is a Thanksgiving that my family and I had one blustery November in New Mexico that stands out from others I have experienced. On its face, it might not seem all that different to you, but it is special to me in a way that is hard to describe. If I told you what
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Friday, November 8, 2019
Dear Sister, Yes, I am indeed writing about all I love about you in the old-fashioned letter-writing method. But wait, before you roll your eyes at me, did anyone else write you a letter through a column in a newspaper? This idea has crossed my mind several times throughout the past couple of months. However,
Campus Ministry | Monday, April 8, 2019
March 17 is a day most people highlight on their calendar. It’s a day to celebrate a great saint, an honorable heritage, a beautiful country and, simply, a reason to turn anything and everything green. I’m Irish and only Irish, and green just so happens to be my favorite color, so you won’t hear me
Letter to the Editor | Monday, February 25, 2019
I love Notre Dame — always will. While I wasn’t a fan of the Crossroads project when it was first announced, I was always willing to admit that there were significant needs for more student union-type spaces, and that using the space around the stadium was creative, even if it was not a desirable symbol.
Lucy Collins | Thursday, November 29, 2018
The only thing my dog was practically good for was replacing our broken doorbell. For as long as I can remember, growing up in my house meant missing visitors, because our doorbell never worked, and for some reason no one fixed it. It was not uncommon to be alerted of someone’s presence by a phone
Michelle Mehelas | Monday, September 24, 2018
Last semester, I took a communications class at Saint Mary’s with the theme of nonviolent communication. It taught ways of building bridges to others by not using hateful speech. One of the TED talks we listened to focused on the theme of personal identity. There were four speakers who each shared how they felt that