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-14 posts tagged "nostalgia"
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 17, 2020
As a frequent reader of The Observer during my time working at ND Listens, I’ve noticed that it’s usually around this time of year when a senior writes some sort of reflection piece. I figured I’d take the baton this time around. The sad part is that doing this requires me to finally own that
Julianna Conley | Thursday, October 31, 2019
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. In elementary school, teachers would essentially surrender the day to us, knowing all too well that no 7-year-old could focus on fractions with the prospect of Kit Kats and jack-o’-lanterns hanging in the air. Instead, we’d test how gourds float, count the seeds left over from
Claire Rafford | Thursday, April 25, 2019
“You see, the thing about living in Derry is, there’s nowhere to hide. Everybody knows everybody, knows everything about everybody and sometimes all I want to do is to be simply left alone.” These words — which begin the pilot of the U.K. series “Derry Girls” — are read directly from 16-year old protagonist Erin
Erin Shang | Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Gōng xǐ fā cái: 恭喜发财 Gōng Xǐ: to congratulate. Fā: to prosper. Cái: money, wealth. Gōng xǐ fā cái: wishing someone prosperity and wealth. When I was little, my deepest fear was being dragged along by my parents to visit relatives during Spring Festival. All the adults would gather and talk about the stock market,
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Thursday, February 1, 2018
On the night of Sept. 27, 2017 I danced beside Brittany Margritz and Ryan Hergenrother — two-fellow Notre Dame juniors studying abroad in Ireland — in Olympia Theatre in Dublin as LCD Soundsystem, my favorite band, ended their first of three shows on the Emerald Isle by playing their 2007 song “All My Friends.” The
Caroline Humphreys | Tuesday, August 22, 2017
I sit here trying to write about love as I kill the ants crawling over my computer keys. I’m in Thailand, and seemed to confuse “simple” and “rustic” when looking to get away and unblock my chakras or whatever soul searching I had in mind. My friend Steph sits opposite me, applauding the mosquitoes she
Adrian Mark Lore, Erin McAuliffe and Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, May 2, 2017
This week, we discussed music we listen to during the summer, or associate with the sunniest season. We all took different approaches to the question, but all of it’s worth checking out!
Matthew Macke | Friday, November 18, 2016
A couple days ago, I was scrolling through Facebook (avoiding doing something meaningful with my life while internally judging all my former classmates who are getting married and starting real jobs), when I ran into an ad for the upcoming “Power Rangers” movie. I didn’t know somebody decided to make a “Power Rangers” movie. I
Dakota Connell-Ledwon | Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara have been working to craft the soft alternative soundtrack to every girl’s teenage drama and subsequent nostalgia since the performers were fifteen years old. But from the moment the identical twins picked up a guitar and started a band without a drummer or bass player, their music carried
Jack Rooney | Thursday, January 14, 2016
President Obama scared me Tuesday night. In his final State of the Union address, in his final full year in office — his “senior year,” if you will — he challenged Congress and the country to think and act on the future. “For my final address to this chamber, I don’t want to talk just