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-13 posts tagged "Kindness"
Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 27, 2023
On Oct. 2, senior associate dean emeritus and professor emeritus of computer science and engineering John Uhran passed away at age 87. His academic achievements were many, among them was bringing computer science to Notre Dame, but my memories of professor Uhran are more personal. Like an increasing number of Domers, I was the first
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Thursday, February 16, 2023
On Tuesday, Saint Mary’s students had the opportunity to stop on their way to lunch and spend a few minutes helping people who attend various programs at La Casa de Amistad, a South Bend community center. Christin Kloski, director of student equity, describes the organization as “a non-profit that serves our immigrant community.” The table
Julianna Conley | Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Before I even chose a college, I knew I wanted to write for the school newspaper. When a columnist dropped mid-semester of my first-year fall, I applied to fill the spot and joined The Observer family in October. Save a “sabbatical” I took to serve as my dorm’s vice president, over the last four years,
Maggie Klaers | Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Even the smallest of actions can brighten someone’s day or even change their life. During this time of the semester, while we all get swept up in our overflowing Google calendars, pack our weekends full of future memories and just try to get through the day on three hours of sleep, it becomes so easy
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Dear student body, Two years ago, I wrote a letter to thank you for the kindness that you’ve shown when the “Mass hype video” is aired during the home football games. Now, two years later I’m sitting behind my computer to write yet once again. Wow! I’m sometimes asked what I think about the response.
Julianna Conley | Wednesday, November 3, 2021
As children, we’re taught that if we don’t have anything nice to say, we shouldn’t say anything at all. By high school, it’s universally acknowledged that talking bad about someone behind their back is uncouth. In regards to unsolicited criticism, we are told to keep it to ourselves, to watch our mouths and to mind
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Monday, October 19, 2020
Some moments in life are so significant, so integral to your story, that they become forever ingrained in your memory. One such instance that has been on my mind recently is from when I boarded the airplane that would take me from London to my first semester at this spectacular institution. It would be the
Show Some Skin | Thursday, August 27, 2020
I spent a good portion of July spiraling. I ranted to those around me about how dangerous it was to pack thousands of college students into 1.2 square miles in the midst of a pandemic. I wore my family and friends out with a torrent of negativity. From the earliest of these rants, my mom
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, March 27, 2020
We are living in the midst of an unprecedented global event with lasting medical, social, political and economic effects, and it sucks. Period. Many of us are lucky enough to be watching life slow to a gentle halt from our homes, surrounded by family. Others are battling this novel coronavirus on the front lines, in
Erin Grimes | Monday, April 29, 2019
According to Merriam Webster, the definition of hospitality is “hospitable treatment, reception or disposition.” That doesn’t really explain anything, so I turned to the definition of hospitable which is “given to generous and cordial reception of guests” and “offering a pleasant or sustaining environment.” Before my year studying in Innsbruck, I knew what the terms