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Hand Habits’ ‘placeholder’: an exploration of anxiety

Hanna Kennedy | Friday, March 29, 2019

Anxiety-ridden, confused, refusing to use capital letters. These adjectives could describe the average college student, or they could describe the second album released by Meg Duffy’s Hand Habits: “placeholder.” Available since early March, the project continues Duffy’s exploration of vulnerability that began with their first release, “Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void).” Hand Habits’ characteristic

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Ranking the relationships at Notre Dame

Davis Gonsalves | Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Notre Dame is unique in many ways. Our relationships with varying groups on campus set us apart from other schools. However, the relationships within the school are hardly unique among students, and I am attempting to rank these to bring them out to fruition. 11. Traveler and Coach USA attendant The worst relationship at Notre

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My Snapchat story

Julianna Conley | Friday, November 9, 2018

A list of things I am not proud of: When I was five years old, I got distracted during church and carved my name into the pew with my cross. As the only “Julianna” in the Orange County Greek Orthodox community, there was no question who the vandal in question was. During Welcome Weekend, I

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The dangers of politics and relationships

Julianna McKenna | Wednesday, November 7, 2018

“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines

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The subculture of vendors

Gary Caruso | Monday, September 3, 2018

Society by nature is a conglomerate of segments — categorized by a myriad of descriptive attributes like gender, race, faith, beliefs, size, ethnicity, habits, hobbies, occupation, geographical location and innumerable other characteristics — most of which we routinely ignore each day. One such subculture that I befriended but did not learn to appreciate for more

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Vance Joy explores the ups and downs of relationships on ‘Nation of Two’

Hanna Kennedy | Monday, March 5, 2018

Vance Joy is no longer the same starry-eyed boy “scared of dentists and the dark,” as he describes himself on his recently-released sophomore album, “Nation of Two.” The Australian singer-songwriter maintains his signature acoustic simplicity and combines it with unique, personal narratives to craft songs that stand out for their upbeat, infectious sound and light,

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Identity Project of Notre Dame prepares for annual Edith Stein Conference

Alexandra Muck | Thursday, February 15, 2018

Under the theme “Even Unto Death: Embracing the Love of the Cross,” the Identity Project of Notre Dame is hosting its 13th annual Edith Stein Conference, the largest student-run conference on campus. The event will start Friday at 1 p.m. and end Saturday with a banquet starting at 6:15 p.m. in McKenna Hall. Co-chair and senior

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Vulnerability is not a bad word

Show Some Skin | Tuesday, February 13, 2018

In a world where we are constantly interacting with and presenting ourselves to others, there is little room for vulnerability. We hide what makes us vulnerable, and sometimes it’s necessary in order to stay sane. Hiding physical and emotional weaknesses is a survival tactic; it has always been and probably always will be. However, our

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Lecturer discusses impact of pornography

Colleen Zewe | Thursday, November 9, 2017

During Wednesday night’s installment of Saint Mary’s Theology on Fire lecture series, Katherine Elliot explored pornography’s impact on relationships. Elliot, who holds a Ph.D. in theology from Notre Dame, said pornography separates us from God’s gift of genuine sexual relationships. “Sex is a gift from God, but only when it happens in a context of mutual

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Saint Mary’s speaker addresses intimacy and dating

Sydney Doyle | Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Kerry Cronin, the associate director of The Lonergan Institute at Boston College, spoke at Saint Mary’s on Monday about the search for the other and the meaning of intimacy. Cronin said that she was invited to Saint Mary’s to speak about sexuality in the dating and hookup culture on college campuses nationwide, through a Catholic lense. Cronin

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