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Zach Bryan: A spirited night of fraternity

By Genevieve Le Leux · Monday, Sept. 8, 2025

The performance was “a particularly masculine presentation of longing and emotional dissatisfaction.”

The need for a Notre Dame conception day

By Allison Abplanalp · Monday, Sept. 8, 2025

In the face of a demographic crisis, Russia created a holiday for procreation. Could the same tactic solve Notre Dame’s most pressing issue?

‘My Oxford Year’: The case for trying new things

By Claire Watson · Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025

Scene writer Claire Watson gives her take on the romantic comedy, “My Oxford Year.”

Why releasing the American alligator onto Notre Dame grounds is a good idea

By Joe Rudolph · Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025

Gators galore, and why your concerns about this proposal are unfounded.

‘Going Home in the Dark’: Koontz novel delivers humor and scares

By Harry Penne · Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025

The novel offers an entertaining horror comedy told through a refreshing voice.

‘Man’s Best Friend’: Sabrina Carpenter delivers more of the same

By Marguerite C. J. Marley · Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025

The pop star’s newest album is full of sexual innuendos, synths and guy problems — sound familiar?

Lana vs. Ethel: The issue with fandom culture

By Mason McCart · Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025

There’s a war going on in the music world.

Hey, Abel, I want my money back

By Natalie Swiderski · Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025

The Weeknd’s entry into the world of film brings disappointment.

‘Addison’ is a masterclass in subversion

By Mason McCart · Friday, Aug. 29, 2025

Scene writer Macon McCart praises Addison Rae for overcoming the irrelevancy that other Tiktok influencers suffered.

The performative male epidemic: Will there be a vaccine?

By Genevieve Le Leux · Friday, Aug. 29, 2025

“In the animal kingdom, beautiful variegated peacocks will flaunt their colorful feathers to attract the attention of a peahen, and turquoise and burgundy mallards will show off for the plain brown female ducks.”

On ‘House on Eden’

By Harry Penne · Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025

It wasn’t a blockbuster, but one day, it’ll be a cult hit.

We have all become ‘Weapons’

By Luke Foley · Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025

Zach Cregger’s horror film captures the current war on human dignity.

The Michiana Renaissance Festival is the fairest of them all

By Peter Mikulski · Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025

“Then I saw in my Dream, that when they were got out of the Wilderness, they presently saw a town before them, and the name of that Town is Vanity; and at that Town there is a fair kept, called Vanity Fair.”