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-36 posts tagged "identity"
Matt Baird | Thursday, September 7, 2023
I only wore white T-shirts and jeans for a month. No, I did not reek, but I discovered a lot about appearances. With every ingenious project, there is the mustard seed idea. I encountered a lot of freshmen boys last year who, without warning, showed up to class with a shaved head halfway through the
Gabrielle Beechert | Friday, September 1, 2023
I had just landed in Chicago after my eight-hour flight from Dublin when I received a dreaded text. It was Viewpoint Editor Claire Lyons reminding me (again) that it’s time to sign up for Inside Columns. Ugh. I would like to preface what I am about to say with an important point: This has absolutely
Carlos Basurto | Wednesday, March 29, 2023
As I traversed through the latter half of my Moreau course, answering the weekly reflection prompts and consuming the wide catalog of videos and readings, I once again noticed a trend that has bothered me throughout the entirety of the career selection process. Even though I had always been rather certain of my path, I
Liam Kelly | Wednesday, March 1, 2023
The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies hosted Kevin Byrne, consul general of Ireland to Chicago, in a panel Tuesday afternoon discussing Ireland’s relationship with the European Union (EU) over the past 50 years. Byrne was joined by Clíodhna Ní Chorráin, an Irish Fulbright language teaching assistant, sophomore Connor Marrott, who is the son of Irish immigrants
Reyna Lim | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
On the R train from Union Square to Prince Street, I sit across from a girl who seems to radiate the very signification of “cool”. Her red curls fall into place like puzzle pieces, a beguiling smile in her eyes underneath her mask. A seemingly careless outfit, yet its nonchalance manifests itself through all the
Emma Duffy | Friday, April 1, 2022
This article is part two of a series called “Ukrainian voices on campus” detailing the stories and perspectives of Ukrainian and Ukrainian American tri-campus community members. The first installment of the series can be read online. In light of the recent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the University of Notre Dame has been putting on
Renee Yaseen | Thursday, March 31, 2022
My 2020 column “Food for Faith: What it’s Like Being Muslim at Notre Dame” prompted more kind emails, warm and fuzzy direct messages, conversion attempts and pranks than any other article I’ve written. I’m serious, my inbox was pinging for weeks. I’ve been thinking about why that article resonated so much with people, particularly with Catholics. In it, I
Megan Fahrney | Wednesday, February 23, 2022
The annual “Show Some Skin” production is set to premiere Thursday, Feb. 24. The show will be a performance of a collection of monologues written and submitted anonymously by members of the tri-campus community. The monologues shared are stories about identity and difference in our community. Topics covered include race, gender, disability, sexual orientation and
Megumi Tamura | Thursday, October 14, 2021
For one of my classes, called “Simulating Politics and Global Affairs,” I recently read an article titled “The Evolution of Ethnocentrism” written by two political scientists, Ross A. Hammond and Robert Axelrod, at the University of Michigan. While ethnocentrism is generally seen as (and rightly so) a bad thing because it correlates with a sense
Kylie Henry | Monday, October 11, 2021
Personally, I’ve never declared myself to be a feminist in good faith. Once, when asked what I love about feminism — I turned to womanism. I turned to history and asked, what would white feminism have done for the black, the queer and the other in me? The only thing I’ve ever done is declare