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Andrew McGuinness | Friday, April 21, 2023
There is nothing more exciting — or agonizing — in sports than watching a beautiful through ball head into the box. Anticipation rises as each second passes till the ball comes to Earth, and its fate is revealed. It can be exhilarating if finished off, but equally (if not more) devastating if it misses the
Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, April 12, 2023
I don’t know if I’ve told you, but last spring, I studied abroad in Dublin, Ireland. While a running joke in The Observer office is that I am quick to talk about it, to be honest, I don’t think I bring it up that much. Not any more than it deserves, anyways. In fact, it
Ari Denning | Monday, April 3, 2023
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” debuted in theaters Friday to a packed house, utterly crushing the box office this past weekend. It was an homage to the time-honored game, “Dungeons and Dragons,” that has ratcheted up in popularity in recent years with lockdown and its depiction in popular TV shows, such as “Stranger Things.”
Allison Elshoff | Monday, April 3, 2023
Last Friday, the Center for Italian studies hosted its annual Italian Community Concert in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Singers included Notre Dame faculty and students, who came together to perform an array of fantastic Italian music for a sold-out crowd. The Center for Italian Studies, in conjunction with the Nanovic Institute for European Studies
Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 6, 2023
Universities across the country wrestle with what it means to maintain academic freedom and free speech under the weight of an increasingly polarized culture. Law schools have not been immune to the influences of cancel culture, with prestigious institutions making headlines such as “US Judge Won’t Hire Yale Law Clerks Citing ‘Cancel Culture’” and “Georgetown’s
Claire Lyons, Ayden Kowalski, Anna Falk, Rose Androwich and Erin Farmer | Monday, January 30, 2023
Notre Dame’s Film, Television and Theatre students put Sundance to shame with the 34th annual Notre Dame Student Film Fest last weekend. With a diverse group of work — ranging from documentaries to dramatic shorts — this showcase demonstrates the creativity and wit of the Notre Dame student body. Working within the constraints of the
Stephen Viz | Thursday, January 26, 2023
Television, in particular paid programming television, has seen a cinematic revival since the turn of the twenty-first century. While once belittled as the little brother of the silver screen, the current landscape of television has changed drastically. No longer do actors smirk at the idea of taking on TV projects, but rather embrace it in
Ayden Kowalski | Thursday, January 26, 2023
Few franchises have a better pitch than “Pokémon”: tame and trained magical animals battle each other, save the world with a team of them and ultimately become “the very best, like no one ever was.” Whether each game brings the player into this dream is a different question. The previous main series games, 2019’s “Pokémon Sword” and
Anna Falk | Friday, December 2, 2022
Arctic Monkeys is one of the most well-loved rock bands of the 21st century. Hailing from Sheffield, England, this quartet has reached international fame over the past two decades. They’ve garnered a loyal fan base, put out albums relatively consistently and have created high expectations for the quality of their work — so how does
Ananya Dalmia | Friday, December 2, 2022
There are movies that make you feel something. Then, there are the gut-wrenching movies that shatter the very expectations that you have about love and leave you and your group of friends crying for 20 minutes after the credits have rolled. “My Policeman,” written by Bethan Roberts, does a phenomenal job of shifting the viewers