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Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Observer

Opinion


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Bring back desperation

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There’s no need to walk away from great people and great opportunities because we know we already have something good going. 



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ND Dining weaponizes Lent with fake meat

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“What’s the use in serving fake, malnourished and unhealthy vegan meat to save carbon if South Dining Hall emits more carbon in a week than can be saved with 100 years of composting and cow-free production?”


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On going home

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"Nostalgia is potent, and it was valuable to unwind. In honor of the DOGE chief, I will describe my week using Elon Musk’s five-point formula."

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From Mar-a-Lago with love

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"It has always been general policy to shy away from commenting on trending topics which in most cases are empirical manifestations of larger structural phenomena but these are extraordinary times."



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Older not wiser

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“That young childlike wonder is still inside all every one of us, you just have to dig deep and find it again.”






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Fr. Dowd, if not now, when?

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“The hostility toward higher education is not a passing storm — it is an intentional pillar of the new political order.” 




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Hey Dems, just be American

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One day, we will look back at the history books detailing this era of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, where we saw Nazism and tyranny rear their ugly heads. As we read the pages, how will that story go? Will their power go unchecked, or, just like every other time in our American story, will the forces of evil be slammed into the dustbin of history?



Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a South Bend rally in May.

Make Trump listen to the valedictorian

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“Let Trump come to Notre Dame and speak whatever he wants to a captive audience of thousands of students, faculty, administrators, parents, siblings and friends. But then the civil discourse starts and he is part of the captive audience. And someone he has to listen to should then speak.”


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Listen to those you disagree with

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“Never silence another person, no matter how strongly you may disagree. True growth comes from understanding, and understanding begins with open dialogue and mutual respect.”


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Aging out

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“I know it’s ending because I find myself in class fantasizing about my last summer of freedom back home, on the other side of graduation, before moving across the country to properly begin my 20’s.”