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Thursday, April 2, 2026
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Coronavirus: the Freaky Friday solution

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With the start of online classes this week, I fear that Notre Dame is making a huge mistake. Look, we had to cancel classes — it's the right thing to do without a doubt. However, Notre Dame is taking a big misstep by turning the school to online classes for everyone. With the inevitable struggles of migrating courses online mid-semester, it will take a strong combined effort from both students and professors to continue the high level of learning typically present at this University. This is why, for the sake of this institution as a whole, we need to give up on spring semester seniors.






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Columnist of the century

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This is an important time on campus. The reasons may seem obvious, but I feel that I should spell them out anyways, in order to be perfectly clear. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, other columnists were unable to submit to The Observer this week. Ben Testani and myself were asked, and humbly accepted the burden of writing additional Viewpoint columns to fill the deep void this week. It appears that we are all that is holding The Observer together. It is left to us to answer the important question on everyone’s mind: Who is The Observer’s Columnist of the Century?