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36 posts tagged "summer"

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‘The Age of Pleasure’: A raw celebration of the self

Cozette Brown | Wednesday, September 13, 2023

You might’ve been in your Taylor Swift era this summer, but I’ve been in my “The Age of Pleasure” era since the album’s release June 9. Artist Janelle Monáe — whose last album “Dirty Computer” was nominated for Best Music Video (“Pynk”) and Album of the Year at the 61st Grammy Awards — might not

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The eternal sunshine of Margaritaville

Erin Drumm | Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Two days before I left home for my drive back to Notre Dame this fall, my sister and I visited New York City for the day. The city was crowded with people speaking different languages while they rushed past beautiful, towering buildings, men selling roasted chestnuts and people dressed as Disney characters smoking cigarettes with

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Do it with heart

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 28, 2023

With spring coming to a close and graduation just around the corner, it seems like just about everyone has finalized their summer plans. Maybe all of your friends are interning at the prestigious company of their dreams. Maybe your LinkedIn feed, like ours, has become a parade of joyous job and internship announcements. Maybe your

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‘Glass Onion’: A layered mystery

Andy Ottone | Thursday, December 1, 2022

As the sun starts setting later and the wind gets colder, we all need a sunny, summer escape. “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” centers on private detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig; “Casino Royale,” “No Time to Die”), returning from the film “Knives Out.” Blanc finds himself on a private island getaway with a billionaire

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Center for Social Concerns ends SSLPs, introduces NDBridge

Tess Brennan | Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The summer service learning program (SSLP) and its international counterpart (ISSLP) have been phased out by the Center for Social Concerns. NDBridge is the University’s new summer community engagement program, limited to rising sophomores. The previous programs were open to students in each of their three summers. NDBridge will continue to offer eight-week service-based immersion

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Fall is here, but I swear, summer is forever

Kate Casper | Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Perhaps the start of fall isn’t marked by last Thursday’s Autumnal Equinox at 9:04 p.m. Eastern Time — maybe it’s the August 30 return of the Pumpkin Spiced Latte to Starbucks, or the day the box fans start to disappear from dorm room windows. Maybe it’s the first chill of fall you feel on an

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Grant to help provide pre-college programming for underserved high school students

Colleen Farrell | Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Notre Dame office of pre-college programming has received a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc, a private charitable organization based in Indianapolis. The funding provided by this grant will go towards providing pre-college programming for teens from underserved high schools in Indiana.  The Lilly Endowment has offered other grants in the tri-campus community, including

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Scene Selections: Summer reading

Anna Falk, Claire Lyons, Maggie Eastland, Isa Sheikh, Matheus Herndl, Kate Casper, Reyna Lim, Angela Mathew, Gracie Eppler, Cecelia Swartz, Natalie Allton, Nicole Bilyak and Justin George | Friday, April 22, 2022

When’s the last time you read for fun?  Yeah. That’s what we thought. But when finals are over and the dust settles, $cene hopes you pick up some summer reading.    “I am the Messenger” by Markus Zusak Claire Lyons, Interim Scene Editor Imagine “Taxi Driver,” except it’s wildly optimistic and made in Australia.  The

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Anne Frank’s words of wisdom

Sarah Kikel | Thursday, August 13, 2020

As college students who were used to daily freedom and spontaneity, suddenly being forced to return home due to COVID-19 was a difficult adjustment for us. Feeling disheartened by the unexpected changes, I turned to Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl,” hoping to be comforted by her ability to embrace life in hiding, during

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Summer’s over and Whitney’s ‘Forever Turned Around’

Mike Donovan | Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Whitney’s debut, “Light Upon the Lake,” shone over a midsummer breakup, illuminating, albeit weakly, the lifeless reflection of a lost relationship. “How cheap were the nights you used to keep me warm,” drummer-vocalist Julien Ehrlich questioned while he dipped his toes in the water and watched the reflection ripple. No one answered. Ehrlich was left in the cold — “awake in all kinds of darkness” — miming the reluctant

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