Opinion
Re-evaluate pass/fail and registration quotas
By
The Observer Editorial Board
· Friday, Jan. 27, 2017
Please move gun control forward
By
Mary Freeman
· Friday, Jan. 27, 2017
Dec. 14, 2012, was without a doubt the saddest day of my life. I was deeply affected by the mass shooting in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. I live in the area. I unfortunately experienced the after-effects of this horrible tragedy. I have heard it all, from the disgusting conspiracy theories that some loser in his basement made up to the 6-year olds themselves talking about their “dead friends” in casual conversation.
Visit a mosque
By
Sarah Hynds
· Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017
Kylie Ruscheinski is a sophomore political science major and business economics minor from Chicago living in Cavanaugh Hall. She is on the board of BridgeND, along with Model United Nations and NDVotes. She is still on a high from the Cubs winning the World Series and is now excited for another great run for the Chicago Blackhawks. She can be reached at kruschei@nd.edu
Don't back down
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017
In 1969, Hillary Clinton (then Hillary Rodham) gave the first student-offered commencement address at Wellesley College. Before she spoke, Sen. Edward Brooke talked about how unnecessary protests were at the time, a complete counter to Rodham’s speech about a youth dissatisfied with the current state of affairs. Hillary spoke, and responded truthfully and gracefully to the senator’s remarks. She said that “we feel that for too long our leaders have viewed politics as the art of the possible. And the challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible possible.” Hillary didn’t back down in the face of someone who disagreed with a core belief, rather she stood up to them. Another Clinton memory gives us this same lesson. Her mother made her face her bullies rather than hide from them. When you face a bully and are in a position of strength, you don’t back down.
