Opinion
Notre Dame: perfectly imperfect
By
Lucas Masin-Moyer
· Friday, May 17, 2019
Lucas Masin-Moyer is graduating with dual degrees in American studies and political science. Following a summer of classes, he will be teaching with Notre Dame’s ACE program, teaching fifth and sixth grades in Minneapolis. He thanks every single person who has made The Observer such a meaningful part of his experience at Notre Dame and can be contacted at lmasinmo@nd.edu
Senior exclusion policy: Hall presidents respond
Friday, May 17, 2019
Courtney Sauder, sophomore, president of Lyons Hall 2018-2019
Why Notre Dame needs potty talk
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Imagine you’re sitting in class and your professor is trying to get out the last points of a lecture amidst a shuffling of papers and backpacks, but you aren’t listening because all you can think about is how badly you need to pee. When the professor finally ends class, you squeeze past your classmates and bolt out the door to the nearest set of bathrooms. It’s a close call, but you make it just in time.
Paul Ryan will not educate our students
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
On April 15, Notre Dame announced former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will serve as a faculty member during the 2019-2020 academic year, namely as guest lecturer in economics and political science. Noted topics include “the fundamentals of American government, the current state of political polarization and Catholicism and economics.”
The mysteries of the sea
By
Serena Zacharias
· Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Pressing my hands against the Plexiglass, bathed in the dark blue hue of the water’s reflection, I watched as a massive shark moved ominously inches from my face, disturbing the spongy corals beneath him.
