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-11 posts tagged "Joy"
Ciara Hopkinson | Monday, May 1, 2017
My mom was surprised the first time I texted her on a Sunday afternoon telling her I would not be able to have our normal hour-long Sunday night phone conversation. I hadn’t just lost my voice like your average person loses her voice; I was actually unable to speak. I couldn’t make a sound louder
Rebecca Feng | Friday, February 24, 2017
That winter, Fr. John Jenkins refused to declare Notre Dame a sanctuary campus; this winter, the cheers of the hockey game were echoing in my bones; that winter, Trump attempted the travel ban and millions of immigrants’ dreams were shattered inside their own already weak stomach; this winter, he and I spent hours during dinner
Natalie Weber | Thursday, February 23, 2017
I have been advised — on multiple occasions — to write down three positive things that happened to me each day. Supposedly, this practice would help me to increase my ability to engage in positive thinking. However, I always thought it sounded like tacky advice pulled from a cheap self-help book and never bothered to
Matthew Williams | Thursday, February 16, 2017
Of all the existential questions to get tossed around on Friday nights or over coffee on Saturday mornings, my all-time favorites are those considering the point of human life. They usually begin as raw why questions about our existence, which get mixed into questions of how to live a “meaningful” life, before finally rising into
Jack Rooney | Friday, May 13, 2016
A lot can change in four years. When I first arrived at Notre Dame four years ago, my dad, like many other fathers, helped me move into my new dorm. He carried boxes, lofted beds and sweated along with the rest of the class of 2016 and their parents as we began our time at
Sam Fentress | Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Resting next to “Creed” and “Steve Jobs” on this year’s shelf of Academy snubs — in some cases, complete misses — is David O. Russell’s “Joy,” the vibrant, spry comedy that found unstable critical ground in its one-month run. David O. Russell directed “Joy,” but perhaps I should correct myself: “Joy” belongs wholeheartedly to Jennifer
Letter to the Editor | Monday, December 7, 2015
As winter draws closer, once again public discourse in this country turns in part toward what some call the War on Christmas. As a Jew and as an atheist reflecting on what I see, hear and feel, I have some humble thoughts I’d like to share, especially with my many Christian friends. I like this
Jennifer Vosters | Thursday, December 3, 2015
It’s a strange time for Christmas. Of course, it’s happened every December for a while now, but looking around at our country and our world, it’s a strange time for “the most wonderful time Of the year.” We’ve gotten our fill of Thanksgiving delights, but somehow we’re more ravenous than ever, with Secret Santas and stockings and
Janice Chung | Friday, November 13, 2015
At what point do we stop dreaming, and resign ourselves to lives of monotony and conformity? As children, we are all taught we can be whatever we want to be, we should follow our passions and if we do what we love, we will never work a day in our lives. This is the key
Scott Boyle | Thursday, January 22, 2015
I think we spend too much time wishing we could time travel. That probably sounds like an odd statement, but hear me out. I can spend a lot of time analyzing the past. “Gosh, I wish I would have done…” or “Dang, it would have been so much better if…” or “I feel really bad