Opinion

Notre Dame: perfectly imperfect

Lucas Masin-Moyer is graduating with dual degrees in American studies and political science. Following a summer of classes, he will be teaching with Notre Dame’s ACE program, teaching fifth and sixth grades in Minneapolis. He thanks every single person who has made The Observer such a meaningful part of his experience at Notre Dame and can be contacted at lmasinmo@nd.edu

Thank you

For custodian who died in the parking lot

Selwin Wainaina

The iced coffee manifesto

Francis Hagan

We live in hope

Maggie Skoch

A letter from Fr. Jenkins

Fr. John Jenkins University President Feb. 18, 2017

Senior exclusion policy: Hall presidents respond

Courtney Sauder, sophomore, president of Lyons Hall 2018-2019

University President rejected our request for a porn filter

Jim Martinson

Why Notre Dame needs potty talk

Imagine you’re sitting in class and your professor is trying to get out the last points of a lecture amidst a shuffling of papers and backpacks, but you aren’t listening because all you can think about is how badly you need to pee. When the professor finally ends class, you squeeze past your classmates and bolt out the door to the nearest set of bathrooms. It’s a close call, but you make it just in time.

Sri Lanka and Notre Dame: Christianity under fire

The pain of a name

Corey Gayheart

Why you should be paying attention to Ajax

Thank you, Avengers

Paul Ryan will not educate our students

On April 15, Notre Dame announced former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will serve as a faculty member during the 2019-2020 academic year, namely as guest lecturer in economics and political science. Noted topics include “the fundamentals of American government, the current state of political polarization and Catholicism and economics.”

The mysteries of the sea

Pressing my hands against the Plexiglass, bathed in the dark blue hue of the water’s reflection, I watched as a massive shark moved ominously inches from my face, disturbing the spongy corals beneath him.

A reminder for myself

Matt Brown

A Pangborn welcome

Ellen Pil, Irene Newman

An open letter to the entire campus

Cindy Sescleifer

The importance of hospitality

According to Merriam Webster, the definition of hospitality is “hospitable treatment, reception or disposition.” That doesn’t really explain anything, so I turned to the definition of hospitable which is “given to generous and cordial reception of guests” and “offering a pleasant or sustaining environment.” Before my year studying in Innsbruck, I knew what the terms meant in a theoretical sense. However, my former German host family has shown me what those two terms mean in reality.

Doctor, I can’t afford this