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Winter blues

Reyna Lim | Wednesday, January 25, 2023

It’s that time of year in South Bend where campus freezes over and the permacloud chronically deprives us of sunlight. It’s all about perspective, really, because when the snow on the ground is still white, my morning coffee tastes just bitter enough, and my Spotify shuffles to the right track by The Velvet Underground and

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The grass is greener where I am now

Kate Casper | Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Today, I want to be anywhere but here. Specifically, I want to be in Annapolis, Maryland, rolling around with friends on some grassy hill outside of the State House, discussing John Locke’s social compact over ice cream. The grass is soft and lush, and the sun is tucked behind a few trees, casting spiky shadows

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Why Notre Dame?

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