‘Wildlife’ teaches understanding in times of disaster
Many of Netflix’s offerings this year include idiosyncratic characters, distant settings and altered realities. “Wildlife” possesses none of those features. Its elements exist in family dynamics today,...
View ArticleWhere is home when you can’t go back?
Commonly known as “the Rainbow,” a mosaic of millions of red, blue, yellow and black tiles adorn the floor and walls of Simon Bolivar International Airport. The merging blocks of colors crafted by the...
View Article‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things,’ but where to begin?
How do you solve a problem like Charlie Kaufman? Perhaps “problem” is the wrong word. Puzzle? Riddle? Rabbit hole? The Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Being John Malkovich” and “Eternal Sunshine of the...
View ArticleMoller: The uncertainties of the 2020 college football season
In a Sports Authority I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I predicted that college football would not happen in 2020. At the time it seemed reasonable, considering the Big Ten and Pac-12 had recently...
View ArticleGod and country
In his column “The role of religion in government,” Blake Ziegler asks whether religious belief can be accepted under the constitution as justification for passing a law, a question he leans towards...
View ArticleSingle occupancy students allowed to sit with others during football games...
Notre Dame students who were going to be forced to sit by themselves at football games this fall learned Thursday that they will no longer have to be alone. A petition to change the seating policy...
View ArticleThe emotion of animation
Two weekends ago, I watched a total of four animated movies in a four-day span. These films were, “Frozen 2,” “Inside Out,” “Ratatouille” and “Big Hero 6,” respectively. I have come to realize that I...
View ArticleIrish men’s, women’s cross country squads ranked first, third in ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference released its preseason coaches poll rankings on Tuesday for men’s and women’s cross country. The Notre Dame men, who secured the school’s first conference title in 2018...
View ArticleKelly talks Duke, position groups in Monday press conference
Notre Dame football head coach Brian Kelly took questions from the press and discussed the upcoming season opener against Duke University via Zoom on Monday. Kelly touched on the Blue Devils’ defense,...
View ArticleNotre Dame parents charged with misdemeanor after February fight at Brothers...
Two Notre Dame parents were charged with disorderly conduct Friday, following a fight at Brothers Bar & Grill in February, the South Bend Tribune reported Tuesday. A “younger patron” was asked to...
View ArticleIn response to student strikes
As a graduate of Notre Dame, it is good to see students who are passionate about bringing injustices to the forefront, and I agree that the community should engage in dialogue when change is needed....
View ArticleCOVID-related leave of absence deadline extended to end of semester
The Office of Undergraduate Studies announced an extension for students to elect to take a COVID-related leave of absence (CRLOA) in a Tuesday email. The email said students may declare a CRLOA through...
View ArticleNotre Dame students share varying experiences of early University-sponsored...
Editor’s Note: This was featured in Katie Couric’s newsletter, Wake-Up Call. Subscribe here. Missed meals. Lack of check-ins. Unclear departure dates. This is what early quarantine and isolation...
View ArticleWhat would Notre Dame fight for?
As I write to you COVID-19 still rages across the country, ricocheting state to state. It also rages on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, two weeks after the University fully opened for...
View ArticleWhen Duncan is nuthin’, and Baumer is best
USC and ND. North Quad and South Quad. Zahm, and literally everyone else. Rivalries have been, and always will be an integral part of this campus we call home. Little did we know, though, that the most...
View Article35 years later, ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’ retains all its power
“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It‘s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” Like most of their 1985 masterpiece, the title of the Pogues’ greatest achievement is borrowed from somewhere else....
View ArticleLet’s change the way we see teachers
My friends know I can talk anyone’s ear off about why I want to become a teacher. Let me give you an abridged version of my spiel. l believe when teachers create a positive learning environment,...
View ArticleAn open letter to the University’s leadership
Dear Provost Miranda, Fr. Jenkins and others, I am not an epidemiologist, and therefore am not writing to make an argument for or against remaining on campus. I pause, in the midst of planning for my...
View ArticleND athletics tells students ‘this is not the time to relax’ in preparation...
Vice president of Notre Dame athletics Jack Swarbrick urged the campus community Thursday in an email to continue following safety precautions at Notre Dame’s first football game of the season...
View ArticleZahm House has twice the amount of coronavirus infections of any other dorm,...
In an email to Zahm House residents, vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding revealed the men’s residence hall has twice the amount of coronavirus infections of any other hall on...
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