The Catholic Church, COVID and love
A friend recently suggested that I should write a Letter to the Editor to the Observer. He didn’t say exactly what I should write about, just that I should write something. What can the Catholic Church...
View Article‘This is the best of Notre Dame’: University begins vaccinating students at...
The University opened the on-campus vaccination site Thursday with plans to vaccinate thousands of students, faculty and staff with both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by May 6. The first vaccine...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s to require COVID-19 vaccination for student enrollment in...
College President Katie Conboy announced in a Monday email that all students are required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming academic year. The vaccine will be added to the list of...
View ArticlePlans to alter COVID tests, thousands of dollars of property damage, a...
Editor’s note: This story includes strong language, as well as mentions of sexual assault. A list of sexual assault reporting options and on-campus resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint...
View ArticleBeing ‘good’ is unfulfilling
The first words I ever spoke were “good girl.” I explained that to my therapist the other day and she looked at me a little shocked. We had just been talking about the kind of control I’ve tried to...
View ArticleSustainable co-op provides students with connection to South Bend community
At Purple Porch — a South Bend co-op grocery store that has a café, an ice cream stand and a weekly farmer’s market, and which takes Domer Dollars — students can both escape the Notre Dame bubble and,...
View ArticleNotre Dame men’s lacrosse downs No. 1 Duke in show-stopping home performance
It was a big weekend for the Irish as the No. 5 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team defeated No. 1 Duke in a home matchup on Saturday. The Fighting Irish (6-1, 2-1 ACC) delivered Duke’s (10-1, 2-1 ACC)...
View Article‘Something Rotten!’: The grand reopening of theater
Live theater has returned to Notre Dame with the April 2021 PEMCo production of “Something Rotten!” With theaters being closed for over a year during the COVID-19 pandemic, the dimming of the lights...
View ArticleTo vaccinate or not to vaccinate: Not so obvious
The time has finally come. For some, the day we’ve been waiting for: the chance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. For others, the day they’ve feared: the University’s vaccination requirement for fall...
View ArticleGunshots heard near Holy Cross Saturday night
The South Bend Police Department responded to shots heard in the Keller Park and Riverside Place area Saturday night, according to a Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD) spokesperson. The area where the...
View ArticleIrish bested by Hokies on senior night
Notre Dame closed the 2020-21 regular season with a fourth successive loss Friday night as the Irish (8-9-0, 4-7-0 ACC) fell 2-0 to Virginia Tech (6-6-2, 5-5-2 ACC) during their senior night at Alumni...
View ArticleScene Selections: April showers
Weather-wise, South Bend was spoiled at the start of this month. Over the Easter weekend, for example, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping — I even wore shorts! But as the month has meandered...
View ArticleIrish lose by one to No. 1 ranked UNC
The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team suffered a narrow loss to the UNC Tar Heels on Saturday. The No. 4 Irish (6-3, 3-3 ACC) hosted the No. 1 ranked team in the country, the unbeaten Tar Heels (12-0,...
View ArticleA nostalgic review of ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ (Ella’s Version)
It’s a rare and special moment when a piece of media can instantaneously catapult you back 12 years in the past, and that’s exactly what “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” did to me this weekend. Once I...
View ArticleA force for good
When Fr. Sorin survived the winter trek from Vincennes to found our University in the cold and snowy winter of 1842, he expressed his gratitude and his dream that someday “[t]his college will be one of...
View Article‘It’s been an exciting adventure’: Belles discuss running small businesses
The Observer interviewed five Saint Mary’s students about running small businesses and the importance of female entrepreneurship. Here are their stories. Anna Guerra Sophomore Anna Guerra started...
View ArticleTri-campus to host ‘Take Back the Night’ to raise awareness for sexual assault
Started in the 1960s, Take Back the Night (TBTN) is an international event and non-profit organization dedicated to ending sexual assault and violence worldwide. This year’s tri-campus TBTN will take...
View ArticleWhy liberal prospective students should come to Notre Dame
It is not uncommon for me to get a wide range of feedback from students, faculty and alumni after each of my columns. Of course, I receive the most comments after some of my more controversial takes...
View ArticleThe shallow depths of ‘My Octopus Teacher’
There are few documentaries as enticing and personal as “My Octopus Teacher.” Being Netflix’s contender for the Academy Awards’ Documentary Feature this year, it breaks the mold of most documentaries...
View ArticleA moment to see the poor at Notre Dame
Pope Francis tells us that it is the “moment to see the poor.” What does the Pope’s injunction mean for Notre Dame, especially now as Provost Marie Lynn Miranda has launched an important university...
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