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Oluwatoni Akintola | Monday, March 27, 2023
Stop complaining about the Starship robots. Seriously. First of all, they’re unimaginably polite. They yield the right of way to people and even squirrels, which makes them more considerate than 99% of electric scooter riders on campus. But secondly (and more importantly), their presence on campus is valuable because they serve as the harbingers of
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, February 22, 2023
If you’ve taken a stroll across campus in recent weeks, you’ve no doubt noticed a new resident ambling amongst the various pedestrians, cyclists and scooter-riders inhabiting the sidewalks of Notre Dame. Sleek new Starship delivery robots, moving with either extreme confidence or halting uncertainty, are now serving up Grubhub orders for the low delivery fee
Spencer Kelly | Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) may seem like a distant technology, confined to Terminator-style sci-fi stories for the foreseeable future. But the rapid advances in AI capabilities, as exhibited recently with tools like DALL-E and ChatGPT, demonstrate that AI is already here and impacting our everyday lives. While AI holds the promise of advancing society and shaping
Emma Duffy | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Life Outside Reentry Assistance has come to South Bend. The organization works towards helping those formerly incarcerated by acting as a middleman and providing connections to those who are trying to adjust to life outside of prison. Jeff Walker, co-founder and board president of Life Outside Reentry Assistance, first heard of the Reentry Council in
lettertotheeditor | Friday, December 2, 2022
These words were tattooed on my high school math teacher’s forearm — to serve as a dual reminder of the time he spent living in Germany, but also to be thankful for his return to his personal home in the United States. For many Notre Dame students, in an adjacent way, the acceptance letter serves
lettertotheeditor | Monday, October 31, 2022
I came to Notre Dame wanting it all. I wanted incredible memories. I wanted success. I wanted to get holy, get fit and get involved. I wanted to waste no time. I knew that this experience, like high school, would fly by at an incredible pace. Like a fleeting shadow. A blink of an eye,
The Observer | Wednesday, October 26, 2022
It’s too easy. I just stop looking at my work for a second to check my phone. A notification pops up. I click on it. After viewing my notifications, I want to put off work just a little longer. So eventually, I think to myself: why not check on some Celtics or Patriots news? Then,
Meg Sluzas | Thursday, April 21, 2022
Notre Dame has a lot of best kept secrets and the Snite has often been listed as one of them. This spring, four Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) students displayed their art theses among the other collections of art in the Snite. The exhibit covered all aesthetics, from dainty mushrooms and flowers fashioned from porcelain,
Jack Viscuso | Thursday, March 3, 2022
Ahead of spring recess, the Notre Dame Investment Club board and its members gathered in Jordan Auditorium on Tuesday night to hear a pitch for medical device company Medtronic. Presented by sophomores Griffin Casella, Michael Gennaro, Ava Sciubba and Callen Smith, the team’s pitch centered on their confidence in the company’s product offerings and strategies
Ellie Konfrst | Tuesday, March 1, 2022
As part of my internship-less and vaccinated summer, in August I visited Glacier National Park with my boyfriend. We braved 1000 miles of Interstate 90 to have a chance to visit one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen, and I loved every minute of it (well, not every minute). On our second day