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From the Archives | Monday, September 9, 2019
When the first issue of The Observer was released in 1966, the Scene department didn’t exist. It’s not that our journalistic predecessors hated art — quite the opposite, actually. Early editions of The Observer included detailed analyses of literature, theatre and art exhibitions. These articles just lacked a formal category. However, The Observer’s earliest scribes
Chris Collins | Friday, May 18, 2018
I fell into The Observer freshman year after hearing of a friend who worked for them and got paid to go to the Florida State game to take photos. This sounded too cool to be true. I decided to meagerly reach out and apply for a position in the photo department, hoping that my hobby since
Emily McConville | Monday, October 31, 2016
In 1920, All-American football player George Gipp, locked out of his dorm, slept on the steps of Washington Hall and as a result contracted pneumonia and died. Not long after, the Gipper was sighted riding a white horse up the steps of Washington Hall. His ghost has haunted the building ever since. That’s one version. The
Courtney Becker | Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Last week a familiar question came up in one of my classes: “Why Notre Dame?” My classmates and I went around the room and shared our experiences of falling in love with this University and realizing it was the place for us. My answer was probably the quickest: My parents met working for the Observer at
Elizabeth Hascher | Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The August before my junior year of high school, I visited campus for the first time as a prospective student. The University of Notre Dame had previously existed only in my imagination, and it seemed perfect. It was in a location that would be just far enough out of my comfort zone, its name alone
Observer Staff Report | Monday, January 25, 2016
The Observer General Board elected current News Editor Margaret Hynds as Editor-in-Chief for the 2016-2017 term this Saturday. Hynds, a junior living in Pangborn Hall, is currently pursuing a major in political science with a minor in business economics. “Margaret is one of the most talented, resourceful and reliable reporters at this newspaper, and I can think
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 13, 2015
I find it unconscionable that The Observer would print the piece “Respect Life Beyond This Week,” by Louis Bertolotti. I find it to be both indefensibly provocative and poorly reasoned. The author advocates that we “alter or abolish” our form of government (a democracy, last time I checked) because we have a law with which he doesn’t agree.