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Jim Moster | Monday, January 20, 2020
Journalist and activist Naomi Klein hears the clock ticking on climate change. She sees the impact of current warming on innocent communities around the world. She fears the future that awaits us all. She also knows the solution — a Green New Deal in the United States and equivalent programs around the world. In her
Nicole Marcinkus | Monday, February 11, 2019
On Thursday, John Mellencamp took the stage in South Bend to promote the release of his 24th studio album, “Other People’s Stuff.” Mellencamp has been writing and performing his own songs for over 40 years, since his first professional album in 1976. Mellencamp took a few years off following disagreements with music executives and a
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The final weeks of the 175th fall semester are upon the student body here at the University of Our Lady, a semester that has featured late nights of studying coupled with long days of classes and extracurriculars. But for upperclassmen, the fall semester brought with it a new animal: the corporate recruiting process. The corporate animal
Rebecca Feng | Friday, February 10, 2017
The 2006 French Open was the first time Roger Federer played Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam final. Nadal won the game after four sets. It was also that sizzling summer I first started to practice tennis. The elegance of Federer and the persistence of Nadal kept me practicing each serve, forehand, backhand and interception.
Adam Ramos | Friday, September 9, 2016
In Rae Sremmurd’s recently released sophomore effort, “Sremmlife 2,” one track, “Black Beatles,” features a thought-provoking pastiche: Forty-six years since the release of their final album, The Beatles still manage to infiltrate pop culture. “I’m a f—– black Beatle, cream seats in the Regal / Rockin John Lennon lenses” Sremm’s Swae Lee boasts on the track
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 26, 2016
“What are you doing after graduation?” I am going home for the summer. Although a short response, this answer explains it all. Yes, I don’t have a job. Yes, I am a business major. Yes, I don’t have my life figured out. No, I am not a failure. No, I am not alone. I just
Erin Thomassen | Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Read slowly. A book is a treat. Would I wolf down an ice cream cone? Probably — I like ice cream. Would I enjoy it more if I ate it one lick at a time, truly tasting the cold, sugary cream before I swallowed it? Yes. When normal people eat ice cream, they get a
John Darr | Thursday, February 26, 2015
“Made for television.” In his brilliant novel “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” John Irving managed to capture an aging generation’s simultaneous condemnation and acceptance of new technology. The central character’s grandmother constantly connects the most melodramatic and far-fetched events in her life to television programming. Despite her contempt for broadcasted material, she consumes unholy amounts