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Crystal Ramirez | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
April 19th marked the beginning of Taurus season that ends on May 20. Now I am not a big astrology person, but I would be lying if I said I don’t occasionally read my horoscope and read on the characteristics and traits of astrological signs. I don’t have a ranking of zodiac signs and don’t
Matthew Doktorczyk | Monday, May 10, 2021
At least twice a week over the past few months, I have received all-caps text messages from one of my best friends from high school saying something like, “BRO, CHECK BITCOIN!” or “DOGECOIN UP 40%!!” In the beginning, I would usually check out a cryptocurrency market report to see what he was talking about, and
Allison Thornton | Monday, April 26, 2021
Warning: I apologize in advance for the sappiness. Yesterday was my sister’s high school senior prom. First of all, as the older sibling, you never realize how fast your younger siblings grow up when you leave for college. As I was standing there taking pictures of her and her friends, I realized that she is
Ryan Peters | Monday, April 19, 2021
I’ve been wrong about a lot of things during my 18 years on this planet. Looking at a microwave does not give you cancer. Jim Boylen did not lead the Chicago Bulls to an NBA title. Gum does not sit in your stomach for seven years if you swallow it. COVID-19 did not result in
Veronica Navarro | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
At 14 years old I created my first (parent-approved) Instagram account. My very first post was a heavily-filtered photo I had taken of myself with a full face of makeup, curled hair and jewelry. I remember posting the photo after I had followed every single one of my friends and family, waiting for each of
Stephen Hannon | Monday, April 12, 2021
It’s that time of year again, when the graduating Observer seniors write columns looking back on their past for years. But as a graduating Observer senior in These Unprecedented Times, I’m going to use my last column to write about COVID-19, on-campus abortion housing and the leggings vaccine. Just kidding. Buckle up and indulge me,
Ryan Israel | Friday, April 9, 2021
In a recent letter to the editor, a pair of esteemed and clearly well-educated Notre Dame graduate students highlighted a grave issue related to the Pfizer vaccine currently being doled out to Notre Dame students. Specifically, that the vaccine makes use of an aborted fetal cell. Their outrage is understandable and must be adequately addressed.
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, March 31, 2021
On the regular, I — like most students here at Notre Dame — find myself heading to bed between 12:30 and 3:00 a.m. on any given day. That’s a good six-plus hours after dinner, and after having been in class all day, a late-night snack is the only option left. But what to have? And
Abby Patrick | Monday, March 29, 2021
The other day, my friends and I were eating breakfast on South Quad, enjoying the wonderful sunshine we seem to have been so graced with lately and allowing ourselves the respite of a slower weekend morning. In the course of the more or less meaningless chatter of the morning and our easy companionship, we got
Alysa Guffey | Friday, March 26, 2021
March 2021 — the start of spring, the anniversary of a year of lockdowns, the midmark to a stressful semester with no midterm break. Yet, along with a month that many people have associated with difficulty, uncertainty and loss came the annual celebration of Women’s History Month and recognition of women across the globe who