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On reality television

By Duncan Stangel · Tuesday, April 1, 2025

"I recommend that everyone reading this applies for ND Survivor, fan or not, as the skills you practice last far beyond the mock version of the show in which we participate. It's a community of friends with a layer of competition and a reminder of why we play these games: to test ourselves and play a human game."

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When the brass shows up

By Letter to the Editor · Monday, March 31, 2025

"Fair winds and following seas are bringing one of our finest back home. Like so many of my fellow members of the Notre Dame family, I look forward to hearing the wisdom he's gathered along the way."

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Globalization as a bridge

By Molly Wu · Monday, March 31, 2025

"As brands continue to evolve in their global strategies, cultural integration will undoubtedly remain a key factor in building lasting customer relationships."

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A city, not a checklist

By Allison Elshoff · Monday, March 31, 2025

"To me, "flâneuring" is less about wandering aimlessly and more about curiosity. It's being aware that as a newcomer, you're barely scratching the surface of a place, a place that someone else calls home."

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When Notre Dame speaks my mother tongue

By Hannah Alice Simon · Thursday, March 27, 2025

In this place where we were once strangers and longed desperately for our familiar worlds, we are given the opportunity to celebrate and share with the larger Notre Dame community the pieces of home that we hold onto.

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Thank you for your interest

By Liam Price · Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Nobody can take the experience away from us who have attended this school. Not the books we’ve read, the friends we’ve made or the Ginger races we’ve watched.

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Bumps, no's and the road ahead

By Reyna Lim · Wednesday, March 26, 2025

"What I’ll try to do is I’ll try to start cutting myself some slack. And you should, too, because for each no we’ll be up against, we have plenty of yeses under our belts already."

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Becoming a bookworm

By Moira Quinn · Tuesday, March 25, 2025

“This might not be the best time to praise reading for fun, as we’re all probably reading a ton for other reasons, but if you can, I encourage you to pick up a new book in the foreseeable future.”

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A word on reading

By Richard Taylor · Monday, March 24, 2025

"I do believe that we can learn to love things — that we can train our desires — and that is what I have done with books."

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The horror of Christopher Grady

By Connor Marrott · Monday, March 24, 2025

"If Notre Dame is to be true to its mission, it must ask itself: are we preparing students to perpetuate the status quo, or to transform it into something closer to Christ’s will — into something that favors more prayers and less war?"

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