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Letter to the Editor | Friday, January 21, 2022
Speaking from a retrospective point of view, last semester was certainly a unique blend of everything that had been missing over the past two years. The dining halls bustled with laughter and commotion, and intensely long wait lines became the norm for the evenings. Tailgating made its return during football season, and performance halls opened
Rose Androwich | Thursday, January 20, 2022
“After We Fell” — based on a Harry Styles Wattpad fanfiction — was recently released on Netflix as the third movie of its series. Some fans of the movie will be thrilled to see Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) and Tessa (Josephine Langford) back on the screen; I, however, will not. The truth is, despite watching all
Bella Laufenberg | Thursday, January 13, 2022
Editor’s Note: Mental health resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross websites. COVID-19 has upended normalcy across the globe, and at the University of Notre Dame, the class of 2024 has felt the brunt of the pandemic’s impact. With a vaccination requirement and the disappearance of masks in certain places on campus for
Letter to the Editor | Friday, December 3, 2021
I’ve thought this over for months, and now, I think I understand. I believed it was love. I really did. It felt like the movies: a meet-cute when I wasn’t expecting or anticipating any type of romantic relationship, spending the chilly fall nights riding our bikes around Notre Dame and watching the seasons change with
Crystal Ramirez | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of eating disorders and self harm. A list of resources can be found on the National Eating Disorder Association website or through their helpline. The Saint Mary’s Eating Disorder Awareness Club (EDAC) hosted its first meeting and lecture for the tri-campus community in an effort to combat stigma surrounding eating disorders,
Ellie Konfrst | Tuesday, October 12, 2021
I missed my therapy appointment last week. It was completely my fault: I thought the appointment was at a different time, but the hour I was actually scheduled was during one of my classes. I shouldn’t have been that upset — I had been laying in bed for the half hour before my appointment thinking
Jonathan Bachelor | Monday, October 11, 2021
“Psychonauts 2,” a video game by Tim Schafer released this summer, follows a smart yet optimistically naïve protagonist, Razputin “Raz” Aquato. Raz must utilize his psychic powers to find the mole within the Psychonauts organization and stop an evil, hydrokinetically-powered woman named Maligula from rising again. The story of “Psychonauts 2″ continues from where the
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, October 1, 2021
Friday marks the end of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As September ends, The Observer encourages the tri-campus community and our readers to continue to advocate for mental health and support one another, especially as the pandemic approaches its 19th month. As mental health resources became inaccessible to many people as a result of social distancing
Megumi Tamura | Thursday, September 30, 2021
Rap undeservedly gets a bad rap. People sometimes associate rap music with drugs, violence, the degradation of women, sexual exploitation, etc., but this blanket stereotype for an incredibly diverse and culturally important genre of music is unfair. Of course, some rappers and songs do include content which could be considered as perpetuating a negative message
Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The process of securing funds from Lilly Endowment Inc. started a year before pilot communities appeared in selected dorms during the spring 2021 semester. Christine Caron Gebhardt, associate vice president for student services, said she began developing a grant proposal in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck campus. Before she started working on the