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Ellie Dombrowski | Friday, February 8, 2019
What is diversity? A number? A feeling? At Notre Dame, it can feel like an obligation. The University reports that 80 percent of the current student population is Catholic. No matter what these numbers tell you, it is the feeling that means more to me. Do I feel at home? Do I feel like I
Charlotte Edmonds | Friday, January 25, 2019
As the anxiety of study abroad decisions set in for the sophomore class this past weekend, I was reminded of the crippling stress I experienced my senior year of high school, awaiting various packages that would determine my future. College admissions: a hell I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. Perhaps, I simply didn’t handle
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, December 6, 2018
I write today to remind the Notre Dame student body just how special Notre Dame is and how special Notre Dame students are. About two weeks ago a student in one of my classes brought a wallet to me at the end of class — telling me that he found it in the classroom when
Letter to the Editor | Monday, December 3, 2018
“Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law” (Psalm 119:53). These words appeared in a daily Mass reading, shortly following the announcement of the University’s decision to include contraceptive coverage in its self-funded health insurance plans. This verse accurately described my sentiments in response to the new policy, and the
Letter to the Editor | Friday, November 9, 2018
“Weksuye, Chiksuye, Miksuye … I remember, I remember you, Remember me” — Megan Red Shirt-Shaw Bozho, November is Native American Heritage Month. As part of a school-wide initiative to encourage dialogue, increase awareness and gain understanding of others, the Multicultural Student Programs and Services, Notre Dame Student Government and the American Indian Catholic Schools Network
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, November 1, 2018
In his statement justifying the six semester housing policy, Father Jenkins extolled such high-minded notions as “tradition,” “community” and “student feedback” before announcing that his way to deal with students’ growing preference for moving off campus was simply to take that option away from them. To the uninitiated, it would seem that Notre Dame was
Diversity Council | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
The lack of understanding between students at Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame came to fruition when, upon learning that Saint Mary’s is a women’s college, a Notre Dame student asked me “Does that mean you guys stock your nerf guns with tampons instead of foam darts.” This began many interesting remarks made towards Saint Mary’s
Brian Boylen | Thursday, October 4, 2018
You don’t need to stay until the end of football games. While the pressure to stay has been present throughout my career here at Notre Dame, it has never been as prevalent as it is now during my senior year football season. I’m not saying anyone is holding me hostage in the student section, but
Claire Rafford | Friday, September 14, 2018
My hometown’s almost daily forecast of constant sunshine and temperatures that fall on some scale of warm to “I am currently burning in my own skin” did not give me experience in navigating Midwestern weather. Even when it did rain back home in Tempe, Arizona, it was usually a comfortable sprinkle that lasted for no more
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 5, 2018
As an alumna, every so often I browse The Observer to stay informed of the current happenings of my beloved alma mater. Near the end of the last academic year, I decided to do this and I was extremely surprised to discover a viewpoint by Associate Professor Sara McKibben, who wrote on recent challenges for