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-9 posts tagged "Hurricane María"
Kathryn Muchnick | Wednesday, February 16, 2022
It has been almost five years since Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico, but its memory is far from gone. This is especially true for Xavier Navarro Aquino, assistant professor of creative writing at Notre Dame and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies (ILS). In January, Aquino published his debut
David Henry | Thursday, September 23, 2021
9/11 was a tragedy. Many lost their lives and many more suffered indirectly through the loss of loved ones and the psychological stress caused by the event. Surely it is an event worth discussing, being the first attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor, but 20 years later, why does it still hold so much
Maria Luisa Paul | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The heavy winds started around 4 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2017. An hour later, sophomore Alvaro Carrillo’s house lost power as Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico. A high school senior at the time, Carrillo had to witness the destruction the storm wrought on his native land. His family’s house endured the 155 mile-per-hour winds.
Caroline Pineda | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The best piece of career advice I’ve received is “Say yes to everything; never turn down an opportunity.” With that in mind, when given the chance to participate in a reporting trip to Puerto Rico with a Notre Dame journalism course, I obviously said yes. Our trip took place over spring break, roughly a year
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, January 23, 2019
During Energy Week 2018, Darron Scott, president and CEO of Kodiak Electric Association in Alaska, spoke about his island’s transition to nearly 100% renewable energy. This was done without rate increases to the members of the co-op. Hawaii is working toward a fossil free future by 2045. Across the U.S., over 100 counties, cities and
Kelli Smith | Thursday, November 1, 2018
A few months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in Sept. 2017, Marisel Moreno received an email. The email was addressed to her and Thomas F. Anderson, both professors of romance languages and literature. It invited them to speak about the impact Hurricane Maria had on Puerto Ricans in a series of informational videos. A
Raymond Ramirez | Wednesday, October 3, 2018
I’m going to go out on a limb here and take a position that might put me at odds with a number of mainstream Americans: sins are bad. You remember sins, don’t you? Those are the things we are “heartily sorry” for, whether they were sins of commission — “what I have done” — or
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 29, 2017
You do not stand in solidarity with those affected by natural disasters. On Sept. 20, Puerto Rico was hit with one of the most devastating hurricanes in the island’s history, Hurricane Maria. The scene that followed was horrific. Houses ceased to exist, families lost everything, and chaos ensued in the streets after 100 percent of
Letter to the Editor | Friday, September 29, 2017
Dear Notre Dame family, By now all of you have heard about the devastation that Hurricane María recently inflicted upon Puerto Rico. A week after María hit with a destructive force never before experienced on this small Caribbean island, most of its 3.5 million inhabitants — all of whom are U.S. citizens — are facing