My standup special
Coronavirus has cost me a lot. It cost me not only my senior spring and commencement, but also my standup comedy debut. If I could pick any job in the world, it would be that of a standup comedian. I...
View ArticleObserver Sports March Madness Bracket — Round of 32, East Region
Yesterday, we produced our first predictions, meaning that by the end of this article, half of our Sweet 16 field will be filled out. The first region saw sixth-seeded Iowa pull a second-round stunner...
View ArticleIs it okay to cry?
I struggled to come up with words or even a comprehensive topic for a column this week — there is too much to say. Originally, I planned to write about the challenges of collective action and dealing...
View ArticlePosition group breakdown: Defensive line
Notre Dame’s 2020 defensive line will be vastly different than the 2019 unit. The Irish graduated three starters, who combined for 90 tackles and 15 sacks. The players that remain on their depth chart...
View ArticleHow the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill leaves students out in the cold
The class of 2020 is about to break a record my own class of 2009 thought wouldn’t be broken any time soon: graduating into the worst job market ever. Today’s seniors might even have it worse — the...
View ArticleLessons from ‘Contagion’
As the coronavirus pandemic continues its solemn march across the country (there are now nearly 200,000 cases in the U.S., and that’s only those who’ve been tested), Americans everywhere are turning to...
View ArticleClass of 2020 reacts to University’s commencement changes
University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Monday commencement for the class of 2020 will be held virtually May 17 with an on-campus celebration postponed until Memorial Day weekend 2021. With the...
View ArticleShower thoughts, quarantine edition
As I struggled, yet again, to come up with a topic for the dreaded inside column, my cabin fever-addled brain hit upon the phrase, “if these walls could talk.” I paused, wondering what the walls of the...
View ArticleOingo Boingo never dies
Oingo Boingo is a name you should know, and if you don’t, you’ll know it quite well by the end of this article. Oingo Boingo — one of my favorite bands of all time — was a Los Angeles new wave band...
View ArticleSMC student wellness committee gives encouragement and advice
The Saint Mary’s College Kristine Anderson Trustey Student Wellness Program committee is working to provide students resources to remain healthy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Committee member...
View ArticleGive your feelings a voice
The New York Times recently published a piece by Rachel L. Harris and Lisa Tarchak entitled “It’s Starting to Feel Like a Pressure Cooker in This House.” This piece complies reports of the pressures...
View ArticleGMB volunteers reflect on recent Panama trip
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Notre Dame-sponsored volunteer trips were cancelled. Although most of such trips were cancelled, one group remained: the Notre Dame chapter of the Global...
View ArticleZoom: The hottest online matchmaking platform
With classes being held online for the rest of the semester, you are undoubtedly devastated, kept up at night lamenting your failure to fulfill the fundamental item on your Notre Dame bucket list. No,...
View ArticleObserver Editorial: A call for unprecedented action in unprecedented...
Over the past three weeks, students at Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross have waited patiently for answers from their respective institutions as to how things will progress over the next few...
View ArticleAdams: Recruiting implications of Chip Long’s departure
The Lord — and the departure of Chip Long from Notre Dame — both giveth and taketh away. And much like the man upstairs, Long apparently worked in mysterious ways. He was a man of mystery. Actually, on...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s student creates petition for pass/fail classes, gets attention...
Access to reliable internet, time zones and lack of textbooks and materials are just a few of the obstacles that students face in the transition to remote learning. In light of the extraordinary...
View ArticleStudents unable to return home housed indefinitely at Morris Inn
The COVID-19 pandemic has dozens of students in the tri-campus community caught in limbo between school and home. In a March 18 email to the student body, University President Fr. John Jenkins...
View ArticleResidential Life announces fall room pick logistics
Notre Dame’s Office of Residential Life announced details for how University students will conduct room picks for the upcoming fall semester 2020 in an email Friday. “As always, room picks is driven...
View ArticleND juniors receive Goldwater Award
Three Notre Dame students, juniors Leah Harmon, Alex Kokot and Theodore MacMillan, have been named Goldwater Scholars for the 2020-2021 year, the University announced in a press release Thursday. The...
View ArticleHoly Cross announces no change to grading policy
Holy Cross will not be adopting a pass/fail or pass/no credit policy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, College provost Justin Watson said in an email to students Friday. Watson said there will not be any...
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