The Observer is a student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary's & Holy Cross. Learn about us.
-36 posts tagged "Senior Year"
BridgeND | Wednesday, April 28, 2021
It’s hard for me to believe that my college career is coming to a close in less than a month. While I intend on living in the moment and making as many more memories as I can in the time that I have left, I’ve already begun the inevitable process of reflecting on the experiences
Stephen Hannon | Monday, April 12, 2021
It’s that time of year again, when the graduating Observer seniors write columns looking back on their past for years. But as a graduating Observer senior in These Unprecedented Times, I’m going to use my last column to write about COVID-19, on-campus abortion housing and the leggings vaccine. Just kidding. Buckle up and indulge me,
Mariah Rush | Monday, February 8, 2021
This isn’t going to be original. I’d like to preface that before I start. It’s not a hot take, and it’s not something reply guys will argue about. It’s about saying yes. In the case of the class of 2021, this is likely — if all goes well — our last semester here at Notre
Gabriel Niforatos | Friday, February 5, 2021
Dear Notre Dame, I feel as if I am writing too many letters these days, but maybe that is because I’m getting older. What am I saying? I’m entering my eighth and final semester of college, but it feels as if I have been here an eternity. It’s funny. I tell all my friends that
Letter to the Editor | Monday, August 24, 2020
Classmates and friends, Over our last three years, we’ve shared some outstanding memories and watched previous seniors create their own. As the experiences cumulated, we could envision what the fall semester of our senior year at Notre Dame would entail. It would have been welcoming the first-year students into your dorm culture. It would have
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, August 24, 2020
Looking across the room at my M.C. Escher print entitled “Hand with Reflecting Sphere” has made me think. M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist whose work in the early to mid-twentieth century is characterized by the interplay between reality and fantasy, often incorporating geometric figures that would be impossible within his works. The way
Mia Marroquin | Friday, August 21, 2020
Senior year. The last ride. One final hurrah. It didn’t really hit me that I was entering my fourth and final year at Saint Mary’s until I stood on The Avenue with some of my closest friends, jumping up and down welcoming first-years to their new home. I quickly realized that I had become that
Jackie O'Brien | Thursday, April 23, 2020
Graduating from the University of Notre Dame was my greatest childhood aspiration. It began with my earliest memories of attending a football game once or twice a year. I remember everything from the drive to campus, parking in White Field, hot chocolate at the games and of course sleeping in the back of the car
Vince Mallett | Thursday, April 23, 2020
It’s a common Notre Dame stereotype that everyone believes their residence hall to be the best. For my last column of the year, I am going to argue that this belief is true for one hundred men on campus. Well, ‘on campus’ is a stretch, but that’s an argument for another day. Let’s start with my own
Gabriel Niforatos | Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Dear COVID-19, It is not often we write letters to that which we despise, but you have touched so many spheres of life, impacted so many lives and changed so much that I find I cannot help but write to you. It is an understatement to say it is a chore writing to you. I