Opinion

A back-to-school reflection on change

By Sophia Anderson · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

Gen Z is the most adaptable and accustomed-to-change generation of all.

On so-called blasphemy

By Peter Mikulski · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

Ours is the faith of risqué mystery plays, polyphonic music so intricate it provoked theological scandal and sumptuous Italian frescoes — not of Cotton Mather!

For those who can’t

By Moira Quinn · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

I am just saying that if you are able, move.

Fragments of TikTok’s fall

By Liam Price · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

“Even if TikTok were never to return, replacements would be bound to arise in no time and certainly already exist. Let’s not fool ourselves, though, about how fortunate that is.”

A year with dumb phones

By Richard Taylor · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

“In any case, (this piece) is the honest experience of someone grappling with how to use — and not be used by — technology in this modern world, and I hope there are things you can glean from it for your own life.”

Why chrysanthemums?

By Carlos Basurto · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

"Why do we need chrysanthemums? The color blue? We just do. We just do.”

What the right move is for TikTok users

By Redmond Bernhold · Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

TikTok users, myself included, should take time to revel in its last few glitch-free moments, scroll through a few Reels, potentially explore alternative apps and wait for the new social media app to emerge.

An appeal for empathy

By Letter to the Editor · Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

By being mindful of our language and deepening our ties with our community, we can forge the confines of our imagined borders to be accepting and respective of the experiences of all humans.

A wee bit of Irish Football history

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

“Fr. Ted, thank you for putting us in the position to be champions on our sports fields and courts, but more importantly, thank you for being a champion for increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the Notre Dame student body.”

Do you like us now?

By Gracie Eppler · Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

“We need to be gracious towards those that don’t buy into the whole Notre Dame thing. Otherwise, we run the risk of being seen as the pretentious, elitist school many claim we are.”

It really doesn’t matter you went to Notre Dame

By Kate Casper · Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

There, I said it.

In the garden with Adam and Eve … and Steve (Jobs)!

By Jackson Lang · Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

“To anyone perceptive enough to grasp the meaning of this fable”

On seeking novelty

By Duncan Stangel · Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

“Christmas break marks a period of unwinding and relaxation before life resumes at breakneck speed.”

Who are the ‘Bigs?’

By Joe Rudolph · Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

“Every new development in our culture is simply just a realignment of monetary incentives. All this does is simply allow someone way up top to profit from what we think are our own decisions.”

Letter to the editor: On Catholic bridge building and living in solidarity

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024

“As Catholics, we remember and mourn the deaths of any persons, all of whom are created in the image and likeness of God; the Trans Day of Remembrance did this, grieving those trans persons who were killed by others’ acts of violence.”

Wait, that wasn't my Spotify Wrapped

By Redmond Bernhold · Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024

“I think we should approach AI with this mindset; it can be a powerful tool for efficiency, but there is a time when its use is overreaching.”

The dorm form: which dorm is the best?

By Sophia Anderson · Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024

A transfer student reflects on the challenges of navigating Notre Dame's dorm culture from off-campus housing, grappling with the impending decision of selecting a dorm that will shape her brief but significant on-campus experience.