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Hannah Hebda | Wednesday, March 29, 2023
A couple of weeks ago on the drive to Midway before spring break, a friend asked me where I would go if I had to choose one place in the world to travel to. Of course, with how indecisive I am, I couldn’t pick just one destination. There are so many places I would love
Jack Sirianni | Thursday, March 23, 2023
Spring has always been my favorite season with the renewal of life outside, the smells of the loamy earth and the song of the black-capped chickadee. These little signs have always let me know that spring is in the air. This year, when the South Bend permacloud parted like the Red Sea and spring finally
Stephen Viz | Thursday, March 23, 2023
Over the past three weeks, I have traveled across the country like a madman. I have pulled off my best impression of George Clooney’s character in ”Up in the Air” while navigating the TSA, overpriced airport coffees and travel delays. My extensive travel was for both personal and professional reasons alike, but job interviews and
Peter Breen | Friday, February 17, 2023
The Class of 2024 welcomes parents and guardians to campus Friday through Sunday in celebration of the University’s annual Junior Parents Weekend (JPW). During three days of events, family members have the opportunity to get a taste of the lives of their Notre Dame students. Focal points this weekend include academic workshops and residence hall
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, April 22, 2022
Happening once every year during the spring semester, the Blue-Gold Game usually provides students and community members with a break from the hustle and bustle of the final weeks of school. This year, however, the scrimmage will also serve as an important source of funding for the Rockne Athletics Fund. This fund, which is one
Maggie Eastland | Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Let me introduce you to a little island between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. The name, once ‘Mitchimakinak’ now shortened to Mackinac, comes from the Native American word for “Great Turtle.” If you pronounce the ‘c’ in front of me, prepare to be ostracized. You can only visit Mackinac by ferry, meaning there are no cars.
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, February 3, 2022
The University campus will return to many protocols effective during the 2021 fall semester — including changes on masking, gatherings and travel — after consulting with public health experts, the University wrote in an email Thursday evening. All protocols will go into effect Friday at 5 p.m. Masks will not be required indoors on campus
Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 27, 2021
To everyone on campus, As each city has a flavor of its own, and each national cuisine is a mélange of these native or local seasonings, ‘food’ remains one of the most vibrant cultural aspects that surround a language and its community. In this letter, I simply wish to share some personal musings about the
Ian Kyle | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Study abroad students are able once more to travel to international destinations this semester, but they are faced with new changes, restrictions and regulations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every study abroad location is different, in both experiences offered and in COVID-19 regulations, senior director of global education Hong Zhu said. “We developed
Dessi Gomez | Monday, August 31, 2020
Zac Efron has taken on a new environmentalist angle in his executively produced Netflix special “Down to Earth with Zac Efron.” He and his health guru friend Darin Olien travel to eight different places in the eight episodes of season one. Within each episode and place, the pair focuses on different environmental issues, questions or