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Studying abroad in Washington

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

Like many sophomores at Notre Dame, I always believed that when I "studied abroad" my junior year, I would actually be in a different country.

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Oh 'Glee'

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

When "Glee" premiered on Fox in May of 2009, it was the talk of the town. The show, about a high school glee club in Ohio, was clever, witty, featured great musical numbers by talented young performers and really captured the highs and lows of growing up in high school. However, now in its second season, "Glee" has gone stale, relying on popular music and tribute episodes to draw in audiences. Though still successful, I think "Glee" has lost everything that once made it great. But all hope is not lost. Though I am increasingly disappointed with where the show is going, I have hope that "Glee" can regain its status as one of the smartest shows on television.

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Celebrate seniors

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

The senior class is on the brink of an achievement that has never been accomplished. Assuming (and this is a big assumption) that the football team beats Tulsa this weekend, the game against Utah will be our chance to break the record of most losses in a four-year period, previously owned by the Class of 1964. When we get steamrolled by Utah on Nov. 13, we will officially be the losingest class in Notre Dame History. That day will also be Senior Day, a day that the senior class is allowed on the field at the end of the game. The senior class should not walk onto the field, but storm the field in celebration of its four seasons as spectators in the student section. The senior class should show its thanks and appreciation for a record-breaking four seasons by storming the field at the closing of the loss to Utah on Nov. 13.

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Absence of toughness

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010

I am writing this with 11 minutes to go in the third quarter, but this game is over. OVER. Perhaps we should rename ourselves the Gentle Irish. Or the Fighting Amish. Because we show no visible evidence of toughness, mental or physical. We are plenty athletic, but are devoid of heart. We win three games in a row and think we're really something. We didn't want to play Michael Floyd "unless it was an emergency???" Talk about not respecting your opponent. And we've been working on the option "since last summer???" If that's true, the entire defensive staff needs to be fired today. We do not need more talent. We need a complete attitude overhaul.

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A new NHL great

By The Observer · Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

It's an argument that should not even be an issue. It's like arguing about the weather or the solution to a simple mathematical problem. Some things are just obvious. In this case: who is the best player in the National Hockey League?

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Hats off Judge Phillips

By The Observer · Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

A federal judge recently took an enormous step towards correcting one of the most heinous injustices present in our society. On Tuesday, United States District Judge Virginia Phillips issued an injunction ordering the government to immediately cease enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding openly gay U.S. soldiers serving in the armed forces.

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Attack unjustified?

By The Observer · Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Its always been my dream to be the target of a Viewpoint attack, but I never thought my Scholastic essay "On Guilt" would be the reason.

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Something bigger and better

By The Observer · Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010

Young people growing up in low income communities are in need of great teachers and role models. And the stakes are higher than ever. Only one in 10 students growing up in poverty will attend college. And for those lacking a college degree, many doors of opportunity are firmly shut.

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Awaiting the neurocentury

By The Observer · Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010

"All men by nature desire to know," said Aristotle. The allure of knowledge — peering both inside ourselves and into the vast expanse beyond has occupied some of the most famous thinkers in history. Space has commonly been designated "the final frontier" of knowledge. Ancient philosophers such as Aristotle and Archimedes made the first bold attempts to understand the night sky. More recently, intellectual giants such as Newton, Einstein, and Hawking have advanced our knowledge of the universe further. We now have a framework for its very beginning — the Big Bang.

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The one reject box of crayons

By The Observer · Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010

Being an English major and after writing for and working at The Observer for over three years now, I've essentially been trained to become increasingly aware to word choice and how it effects how you are perceived. Outside of the classroom, my experience doesn't come from interviews for a news article nor does it come from editing the wide variety of emails that are submitted to Viewpoint daily. Instead, mine has come from being one of the few female sports writers and living with my three roommates.

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The rationality of dining hall guilt

By The Observer · Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010

In this month's issue of Scholastic, Chris Milazzo suggests in his essay "On Guilt" that it's irrational to feel guilty when failing to clear one's plate in the dining hall. Milazzo flippantly reasons that "my unfinished sandwich, eaten or not, will not save the starving babies" and therefore, we need not worry about the food we waste in the dining hall.

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On uncritical acceptance

By The Observer · Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010

If you were swayed by either Mark Easley's "Vote the Bums Out" (Oct. 7) or Ryan Sullivan's "Time to Remember" (Oct. 11) you're not paying attention. American politics has historically been a complex chain of causes and effects acting on tangled web of issues, and never moreso than now.

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A quiet sacred place

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010

As I watched the Notre Dame claim a victory, I could not help but think of Coach Weis and his wife Maura, Charlie Jr. and sweet Hannah. I was watching the game with my precious son and his wonderful neighbors at Hannah and Friends Farm in the beautiful Eck Rec Facility. My son just recently became a resident there this summer.

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Cravin' more...

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010

I recently picked up a copy of Scholastic, partially out of pity for seeing them idle in the dining hall for so long. Of the few articles I read, there was one discussing the University of Notre Dame Class of 2014 Facebook group, expressing the writer's qualms with one particular upperclassman. This column is a defense of that man, the myth, the legend.

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Cemetery of the unborn

By The Observer · Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010

My thanks to the students responsible for the white crosses on South Quad commemorating the unborn children who are killed each day in our nation by abortion. You are to be commended for reminding us all what a tragedy abortion is.

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Time to remember

By The Observer · Monday, Oct. 11, 2010

As I began to read the first three lines of Mark Easley's "Vote the Bums Out" (Oct. 7) I was wondering why he was writing the article just before the November 2010 elections. I thought it was a good idea, but the arguments were a bit outdated. Weren't these arguments more applicable to the midterm elections of 2006? Didn't we already vote the bums out in 2006 and 2008 with the a new Democratic majority and president? As I continued to read, I realized Mr. Easley was talking about voting the Democrats out. That's when I started to disagree with Mr. Easley. His framework is fine, but the content appears a little bit off. So, I'll try to fix it a bit.

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