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The future is behind us

Spencer Kelly | Friday, May 19, 2023

In my very first college class, my professor showed us the following monoprint, titled “Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee: It’s not exactly a looker. However, this objectively ugly image hides a beautiful truth, as my professor showed in this interpretation from the philosopher Walter Benjamin: “A Klee painting named ‘Angelus Novus’ shows an angel looking

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I did it my way

Genevieve Coleman | Friday, May 19, 2023

Writing this column will be the hardest part of my time here. Not being sent home in the middle of freshman year. Not triple majoring. Not writing my thesis. Not student teaching.  Because finishing this column inevitably means the end of a very long journey which started when I tentatively attended my first Saint Mary’s

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Learning to listen

Ayden Kowalski | Monday, May 1, 2023

Listening is an underrated form of engagement. While we experience encouragement to find and use our voices here, it is equally important to recognize when we need to be focused on someone else’s voice, and how this absorption of another’s message can stir us. Exactly how our quiet attention aids us and our relationships differs

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The dust jacket paradox or: How I learned to keep worrying and love the library

Isa Sheikh | Friday, March 31, 2023

I still never know what to do with a hardcover book that comes into my possession. Do I throw off the flimsy dust jacket that gives the book its character, or do I keep it on as it writhes and wrinkles at the edges? Every time I prowl the less-than-pristine shelves of a used bookstore,

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Spend it wisely

Jose Sanchez Cordova | Friday, March 24, 2023

Money comes back. Those are the words a good friend said to me during our first week in Paris. Probably not great long-term financial advice, but he’s an econ major, so I’ve been living by those three words since. First, I realize this attitude comes from a place of privilege. I’m lucky to study at

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How does knowing the end affect the journey?

Alysa Guffey | Friday, March 3, 2023

On Sept. 12, 2019, I achieved greatness. I wrote my first news article for The Observer.  The 618-word article was arguably the most researched, well-crafted story The Observer had ever seen. The story offered a behind-the-scenes, intimate look into one of the most beloved traditions at Our Lady’s University: the annual Lewis House of Pancakes

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Racism in the brain

Carolina Jiménez | Friday, February 24, 2023

Racism seems to be a never-ending battle that our modern society desperately tries to dig itself out of. We have battled external cues and blatant discrimination, believing that this will eliminate the big issue that is racism. However, these observable demonstrations of racism and explicit racial attitudes are minimal to the real battle we have

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300+ stories later, I’m almost out of words

Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, February 22, 2023

It turned out that a week of sleepless nights in December of 2021, just a few months before I began as Sports Editor, was just some foreshadowing to a wild year that defined a significant part of my college experience. While the resignation of Brian Kelly and ensuing hire of Marcus Freeman remained one of

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Being Anna

Anna Hurt | Monday, February 20, 2023

My name is Anna and I’m a student at the University of Notre Dame. This is a sentence dozens of girls on this campus, including myself, could say truthfully. Dozens more could say something similar — “my name is Hannah,” or “Annie,” or “Annalise,” or “Annika.” It feels like at least once a day I

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The Newf’s phenomenon: a guide

Bella Laufenberg | Monday, February 13, 2023

Newf’s: If you know, you know. And if you don’t know, you’re about to find out. Before we get into it, I should preface this by saying I do not condone underage drinking, and I am 21 years old! (feeling #elderly over here) Finnie’s Next Door—affectionately nicknamed New Finnies or Newf’s for short as compared

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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