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You won’t believe what I heard

By Caroline Collins · Friday, Oct. 4, 2024

“I owe my closest friendships to the bonds I’ve formed while gossiping. From freshman year watching ‘Euphoria’ on the floor of Shannon’s common room, to sophomore year putting on purple sparkly eyeshadow with Vanshika, to junior year eating popcorn and debriefing in the 7B elounge to now senior year gathered around the kitchen island making dinner with my roommates.”

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Small but definite

By Reyna Lim · Friday, Oct. 4, 2024

So-hwak-haeng essentially means “a small but definite happiness”. It’s a singular thing, a singular happiness, that is uncomplicated but certain. A small treat you can rely on that will sprinkle joy into even one of the professors-in-cahoots weeks. 

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From that to sublime joy

By Molly Wu · Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024

“If everyone is blessed enough to have a golf maniac friend like me, maybe someday, people will read the palindrome’s complaint in a different way and the world will be a slower place.”

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Bridging the gap

By Thomas Dobbs · Friday, Sept. 27, 2024

Mentoring young men addresses overlooked societal challenges while offering Notre Dame students a chance to contribute to Fr. Dowd’s vision of deeper community engagement.

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A letter from underground

By Jackson Lang · Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024

But such is life, and who am I to change it? I am not writing this letter to evoke pity, although if you feel so inclined, then by all means, look upon me with heartfelt commiseration.

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