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Support from afar

By The Observer · Monday, March 5, 2012

I am writing in response to an article published on the front page of your Mar. 5 edition of The Observer titled "GSA Asks University for Official Recognition." I am in no way affiliated with Notre Dame, The Observer or the state of Indiana for that matter. I am a student at The American University in Washington, D.C. As a gay Catholic college student I am fortunate enough come from a university whose Methodist affiliation appears meager when compared to the prevalence of its religiously diverse student body, representing everything from Catholicism and Judaism to Mormonism and Islam. Additionally, The American University was given five stars in the Campus Climate Index, ranking it among the top LGBT friendly universities in the country.

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ND needs GSA

By The Observer · Monday, March 5, 2012

I am deeply disappointed by the SAO's apparent response to the current request for a gay-straight alliance.

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Believe in the run

By The Observer · Sunday, March 4, 2012

I don't admit this to many people, but I often find myself up far too late watching old Nike commercials on YouTube. It's seriously addicting — once you watch one video, you have to watch another, and another. By that point, you are feeling so motivated and inspired that you just want to go for a run. However, you can't go for a run because it is too late, so you just keep watching videos. Also, the songs from the commercials make great additions to any race playlist.

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Dialogue still needed

By The Observer · Sunday, March 4, 2012

Thank you to everyone involved in bringing Loyal Daughters and Sons to Notre Dame's campus this year. From those who were brave and generous enough to share their stories, to the writers who interviewed them and faithfully adapted the stories to the script, to the actors who portrayed them with sensitivity, to the crew who facilitated every aspect of the performance, to the producer and director who so skillfully shaped LDS — you crafted a moving performance and I'm grateful I had the opportunity to witness it this weekend.

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NEDA Week

By The Observer · Sunday, March 4, 2012

As many may have noticed by the abundance of eating- and body-themed activities on campus, last week was National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. In order to spread the word, many students banded together to spread awareness about this dangerous and highly prevalent set of disorders that affects men and women across the globe. Some of you may have participated in an eating habits questionnaire that was circulated early in the week, and for that we thank you! It was amazing to hear real feedback not from a national survey, but from one so much closer to home.

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This Republican primary makes me sick

By The Observer · Sunday, March 4, 2012

It isn't that I don't understand why Republicans or Tea Partiers might want a smaller government, lower taxes, more aggressive foreign policy, etc. I don't agree with these ideologies, but I can sort of see where they come from.

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Downton Abbey

By The Observer · Sunday, March 4, 2012

Almost everyone who knows me knows that right now, I probably love one thing more than anything else in my life — "Downton Abbey." Several of my friends are currently rolling their eyes or calling it "Downtown" while a few others are cheering me on.

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Think before you speak

By The Observer · Sunday, March 4, 2012

When I was 13, I accidentally kicked my soccer ball over our fence and into the woods. Finding my ball surrounded by thorns, I mumbled a certain expletive. My father's bionic hearing kicked in and from our back porch he sent me straight to my bedroom — grounded. His rationale? "Smart people don't use dumb words."

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We do this for you

By The Observer · Saturday, March 3, 2012

Every year on the last Monday before spring break, you read a column from the new Editor-in-Chief expressing how much he or she cares about you, the reader.

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Removing temptation

By The Observer · Saturday, March 3, 2012

I would like to thank Ms. Ryan for her letter, "A Lenten proposal," Feb. 22. She correctly points out meat is missing from Notre Dame's dining halls on Lenten Fridays, but remains available at other sites on campus. In addition, unhealthy foods many students gave up for Lent are still offered in the dining halls. How are students supposed to uphold their Lenten promises when bombarded by these temptations?

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A call for respectful dialogue

By The Observer · Saturday, March 3, 2012

For several weeks now, I've sat by and quietly read the ongoing debate over the HHS regulation requiring employers to provide preventative services for women. Both sides have been engaged in spirited dialogue, however, the last article written, "Notre Dame and the Catholic conscience," Feb. 28, represents the dangerous kind of digression we see in politics all too often.

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Cheers to a sustainable spring break

By The Observer · Saturday, March 3, 2012

While some of you have been planning spring break since October, when the winter weather set in, others of you I'm sure are scrambling to throw something together in the next four days.

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Alumni solidarity

By The Observer · Saturday, March 3, 2012

In the ten years since I have been a part of the Notre Dame family, I have been outraged and embarrassed by the lack of inclusion of the GLBTQ community. As a student, I had many ways to productively voice that discontent, but as an alumna I have found it challenging to find a forum to be an ally. Still, I cannot just watch from the sidelines and hope things change. Alumni, we need to help make it better because it is our moral obligation to do so.

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To writers and readers

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012

Substitute "The Observer" for "Hotel California" and the old Eagles classic rings even truer for us in South Dining Hall's basement.

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Spend a night dancing in the jungle

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012

The time of year has come again for a night of weekend dancing outside of the dorm room. Yes, the campus-wide ballroom-swing formal has returned. This year is a throwback to the first one of these held, which was held in the Knights of Columbus building by the gracious assent of the knights. This year it will be there again this Saturday. March 3rd from 9 p.m. ­- 2 a.m. If you have a dorm dance, come beforehand and get the legs warmed up.

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Faith, reason and Nietzsche

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012

Immanuel Kant, in his "Critique of Practical Reason," argues that there are three postulates of practical reason. We should have faith in our freedom, in God and in our immortality. For only if we understand ourselves as free can we understand ourselves as rational — as acting, that is, for reasons.

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For Abromitis and Martin, a round of applause

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012

For two Notre Dame student athletes, the past five years have been filled with trials and tribulations. They have faced injuries, transfers and controversy. But over the past three seasons, there is one thing these two have not faced — failure.

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