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Theresa Tulsiak | Monday, April 6, 2020
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt I think a lot about the firefighters that stood in front of the Twin Towers, looked up and ran straight into the building with the knowledge that this may be the last time they ever put
Max Lander | Monday, April 8, 2019
During my time here at Notre Dame, I’ve had a pretty fulfilling college experience. I’ve learned a lot, I’ve tried new things, I’ve made great new friends — most of the things you hear about people doing in college. But I do feel like I am missing one important thing: a nemesis. Now don’t get
John Darr, Erin McAuliffe, Jack Riedy, Kelly McGarry and Jimmy Kemper | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
No matter what the denizens of Scene past will tell you, the class of 2017 is a special one. Notoriously banned for writing music reviews during their freshman year in an attempt to publish articles on someone besides Kanye West, this year’s Scene-iors are perhaps the most in-tune in the section’s history. They can be
Alaina Anderson | Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Most people have someone they look up to and call a hero. I am lucky to have two heroes, my loving grandparents who I call my Nonna and Nonno, which means Grandma and Grandpa in Italian. My Nonno is 86 years old, has survived a stroke, a heart attack and triple bypass surgery. As a