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Thomas Murphy | Monday, April 15, 2019
Some people say that dancing is an art form. They say that a dancer can express emotion and passion through their movement. They say dancing can be elegant. These people have not seen me dance. Many things are elegant in this world. My dancing — which might be described as a cross between slalom skiing
Hayden Adams | Monday, April 1, 2019
Music is terrible nowadays. The music industry has been saturated with artists who pander to the masses with stupid “songs” with little-to-no substance. I miss the days when most artists could play an instrument, write and compose their own songs and sing it. I don’t want to be misunderstood. I enjoy some of today’s music,
Stephen Hannon | Tuesday, March 26, 2019
I’ve come to realize that I spend a fairly significant fraction of my waking hours walking — to and from class, the dining hall, the library, etc. I have also realized that it’s easy to fall into a rut when treading the familiar path between my dorm and those buildings. I have quickly figured out
Tom Naatz | Monday, March 25, 2019
“Señora! señora! Por favor, siéntese aquí!” (English: “Ma’am! ma’am! Please sit here!”) The words broke through my daydream on a full — yet otherwise unremarkable — Madrid Metro train. I watched one concerned woman, who I’d guess was about 60 or 65, spring into action as she rose urgently and without hesitation from her seat
Kelli Smith | Monday, March 4, 2019
Six-thousand-one-hundred forty-one miles. According to Google Maps, that’s the approximate distance between Jerusalem and South Bend. On the day meant to celebrate Editor-in-Chief turnover this year, that number became painfully clear to me when the computers in the office spontaneously shut down. Since I’m studying abroad in Israel for the semester, I am thousands of
Courtney Becker | Friday, March 1, 2019
Every new Editor-in-Chief of The Observer inherits one heck of a legacy. That’s the nature of taking on the mantle of running a 52-year-old daily newspaper. Legends have come before you, and maybe even gone on to win a Pulitzer Prize or two. To me, the biggest legend to come before me was the Editor-in-Chief
Thomas Murphy | Wednesday, February 27, 2019
We do a lot of walking as students. To class, from class, to the dining hall, from the dining hall, to the student center, from the student center — I could go on. Sometimes it’s cold, sometimes it’s hot. Maybe there are puddles on the sidewalks, or maybe there’s snow. If you’re lucky, the sky
Maria Leontaras | Tuesday, February 26, 2019
If you’ve seen any of my past work, you’d know a few things about me including, but not limited to, the following: I have a really hard time coming up with ideas for Inside Columns, and I really love myself in a not-vain way. I’ve been trying to come up with ideas for this all
Elizabeth Dundon | Monday, January 28, 2019
You may know Mumford & Sons as the “banjo band.” They prominently catapulted to fame back in 2010 with their debut album “Sigh No More,” bringing in new, yet old, sounds into the mainstream alternative rock stratosphere. The unique group’s earlier hits like “Little Lion Man” and “I Will Wait” always grabbed my attention. Whenever I
Tom Naatz | Tuesday, November 6, 2018
In addition to my job at The Observer, I give tours for the University admissions office. On a recent tour, as I paused to explain the bells and whistles of the Duncan Student Center, I noted with dismay that I was talking to myself. That is, no one was listening to me. Every single person