Opinion
With gratitude, a farewell from #MeToo
By
Observer Viewpoint
· Monday, March 22, 2021
The odd paradox about growing old is you’re the same person, and yet you’re not. Each facial wrinkle is a story unto itself. From my life’s viewpoint, the universe flows in a rhythm of threes — the Holy Trinity, a Broadway play, a journalistic writing technique or our actual physical phases of aging. We oftentimes segregate by Youth, Growth and Yoda. For this wrinkled Yoda, I’ve penned Capitol Comments for exactly three decades, and this is the last.
An open letter from current, former Zahm House student government to University administration
Friday, March 19, 2021
Will Brendza
In from the margins of history
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
In a collection of poems called “Outside History,” the late great Irish poet Eavan Boland explored how women are distorted and simplified in ways that keep them in the margins of many historical narratives. As a scholar of literature and feminist theory, I have engaged with Boland’s work for more than 30 years. Recently, though, I have come to a new appreciation of her words as I reflect on my first nine months as President of Saint Mary’s College.
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