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Luke Sisung | Tuesday, March 31, 2020
During this dreadful time of isolation, I have decided to spend a decent portion of my free time watching movies I consider valuable. This catalog of movies ranges from Hitchcock classics to “Finding Nemo.” Typically, when one sees a great movie, there is some willingness to watch that movie again at a later time. Through
Sara Schlecht | Monday, March 30, 2020
Having been forcibly returned to my childhood bedroom for the rest of the semester, I am now surrounded by the possessions not deemed worthy of getting rid of quite yet but also not so essential to my life to be in my beloved room in Le Mans Hall. Most of these are books — some
Serena Zacharias | Thursday, March 26, 2020
My dog’s quarantine routine differs minimally from his regular routine: 6:47 a.m. — Gets startled by my dad making coffee so early and wakes up. Refuses to move from bed but moves ears rapidly searching any other signs of life. Gives up when he realizes no one else is awake. 6:55 a.m. — Growls
Mia Marroquin | Tuesday, March 24, 2020
In short, the past week has been one of the most miserable, lonely weeks of my life. My story begins the moment my plane touched down March 6 in Barcelona. Knowing there were a couple hundred cases of COVID-19 in Spain, I was equipped with Lysol wipes, hand sanitizer and my naive attitude. There was
Katie Harmeyer | Friday, March 20, 2020
Truly, have you had a conversation about anything other than COVID-19 in the past week? And while, of course, it’s important to be informed and aware, talking this to death isn’t going to help any of us. When we’re talking about (and reading about) coronavirus nonstop, we’re perpetuating a culture of anxiety that only suppresses
Jimmy Ward | Thursday, March 5, 2020
This Viewpoint column really snuck up on me. As I brainstormed ideas of what I could write about with so much going on in the global scene and scrolled through Twitter, I was reminded of my sacrifice for Lent. My goal was to reduce my screen time. Usually when I check my phone I am
Colleen Fischer | Tuesday, March 3, 2020
A spoof of “To All the Boys I’ve loved before” Does your mother know your name? We have the same socks — they have holes in the toes and their soles are run thin. I watch out the window at the concrete passing behind your ears, and think old Cannastra’s neck. In two parts —
Nola Wallace | Thursday, February 27, 2020
Sometimes within our tri-campus bubble, we forget to think about the community outside of the University. South Bend, even with all of its hot spots and local charm, is a city in need of service from people like you. There are many organizations in need of young, smart and energetic volunteers — that I know
Matthew Kellenberg | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
“Venite ad me omnes” — “Come to me all of you,” reads the base of the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue on God Quad. The statue extends its arms toward Main Building, a symbol of our multicultural family. Yet, despite Notre Dame’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, our student body is visibly homogenous. With this in
Maeve Filbin | Thursday, February 20, 2020
Co-Star is a “hyper-personalized” daily horoscope and planet mapping service “powered by artificial intelligence that merges NASA data with the insight of human astrologers,” endorsed by trusted individuals such as Vogue writers and Dua Lipa. It’s also an app that I downloaded as a joke, which got funnier when I asked my parents the exact