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Erin Grimes | Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Hallo again from Innsbruck! My first semester here has just ended and a much-needed month long break has started. (The semester timing in Austria is different than the timing in the United States.) Here’s a small list of what have I learned this semester: how to navigate through airports and train stations, how to be
Mary Steurer | Thursday, November 29, 2018
Driving through rural Illinois for six hours leaves you with a lot to think about. This time of year, the land is very brown and grey, but also very beautiful. Fields of corn — Is it corn, or grain or something else? — sway in the wind. Clouds barrel along the big sky. The land
Gina Twardosz | Monday, March 26, 2018
The Midwest is not idyllic. Life in the Midwest is not enviable — especially in the winter, especially when it’s March and still thirty degrees outside. The Midwest is a rather shapeless entity, not too far south or north or west or east. Just smack in the middle of nowhere, amidst corn fields and signs
Lucy Collins | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
A lot of things run a bit differently here across the pond. One custom they (obviously) don’t celebrate over here is Thanksgiving. Given the day was originally in part a celebration of escaping the dear ole’ Brits, this wasn’t exactly unexpected, and I knew I would have to sacrifice my favorite holiday in order to
Caroline Humphreys | Monday, November 20, 2017
Alaska was my first love. Childhood here was full of extremes — winter, darkness, distance, daylight and hard work — but living in a place that constantly tests, nurtures and sculpts one like this is unique to Alaska. My upbringing pushed me mentally and physically in each season, and taught me to rely on myself
Kelly Burke | Wednesday, August 30, 2017
In an age of instant gratification and endless technological advancements, a phone call feels like dusting off an old typewriter. The clouds of earthy smoke obscured my vision as I scrolled through my contact list to find the receiver of my ancient ways. Fortunately, a thin “hello” traveled through the phone lines and unpacked its
Kayla Mullen | Friday, May 19, 2017
“I’m not going here.” My mom and I are sitting in the admissions office, and I am fuming as I page through the “Welcome Home!” view book. “They have Mass every day.” My mom looks at me, exasperated. After touring every college east of Chicago with me, it’s become almost her permanent expression. “That doesn’t
Rebecca Feng | Friday, March 31, 2017
Seven weeks prior to coming to Notre Dame, I had a conversation with a Notre Dame sophomore from Beijing. When I inquired about the food on campus, she answered, with an ethereal smile I did not quite understand — “There are two dining halls, North and South. Which dorm are you assigned to?” “Lewis,” I
Natalie Weber | Thursday, March 30, 2017
I grew up in the Grand Valley, Colorado, a cluster of about four different towns, on the western side of the state. Every year, the seniors at my school would talk about how they couldn’t wait to leave. We jokingly called Grand Junction — the central city of the Grand Valley — “Junk Town” and
Rebecca Feng | Friday, December 2, 2016
There are two concepts that have confused me since I came to Notre Dame — what is home and how to reject mediocrity. Let me start with my confusion over the concept of home. I remembered the first time I went back to China after my freshman year fall semester. Walking into the arrival area,