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Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The Notre Dame Band was ready for the Fiesta Bowl: We’d been rehearsing and preparing for the bowl game for months. We were excited to represent our school and play the greatest of all university fight songs for the Notre Dame family. So, we were taken by surprise when, less than a day before most
Letter to the Editor | Monday, December 6, 2021
There’s a (new) Magic in the Sound of Her Name … There is a palpable energy on campus right now. You can feel it. I was able to go over there Thursday for a meeting and realized it was something we’ve been missing for a long time now. What is it? It’s that spirit of
Anna Hurt | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
About a month ago I lost my little brother. He was my Irish twin, not even a year younger than I am. I don’t remember a time without him. Losing him to mental illness shattered my heart in a way that I don’t think I can ever recover from. In the month I’ve been back
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 10, 2021
A few years back, Student Affairs invited a student to talk to us about his experience as a gay student in his time at Notre Dame. The young man was poised, confident and eloquent as we hope all our graduates will be. He told us how growing up and experiencing same-sex attraction in a small
Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 8, 2021
Editor’s note: This Letter includes discussions of sexual abuse and violence. A list of sexual assault reporting options and on-campus resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross websites. Additionally, per our Viewpoint policy, The Observer does not typically accept anonymous submissions. An exception was made in this case, owing to recent events
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
We are writing as graduates of the Holy Cross-Notre Dame Gateway Program. We were shocked and disheartened by the recent news that the current Gateway class will likely be denied on-campus housing for the upcoming academic year (and quite possibly their entire time as Notre Dame students). The Office for Residential Life names dorm life
Alysa Guffey | Monday, March 1, 2021
In response to the University’s restrictive on-campus COVID-19 policies, a letter has been circulating around the Notre Dame community asking University officials to reevaluate the policies in order to protect students’ mental health. The letter had 1,576 signatures as of Thursday afternoon, including 964 students — roughly 11% of the undergraduate student body. The letter
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
To Whom It May Concern: We write in support of Notre Dame student and faculty advocacy to end Notre Dame’s investment in private for-profit prisons and to respond to the letter from Brian Evans (’90) of The GEO Group that was published in The Observer on Sept. 9. It is time to end what corrections
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 10, 2020
As I write to you COVID-19 still rages across the country, ricocheting state to state. It also rages on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, two weeks after the University fully opened for students and for classes. The outbreak is so alarming; Notre Dame is forced to shut back down. Putting students in
Sydni Brooks | Tuesday, September 1, 2020
When I proudly responded “Notre Dame” to the question “Where are you going to college this fall?” during the summer of 2018, I was met with roughly the same answer from every individual who asked — “You’re going to love it there; it’s a great community.” Though I knew of Notre Dame’s caliber and nobility,