Opinion

A good enough "good enough"

Satisfaction, viewpoint columnist Carlos Basurto argues, is the curse of awareness.

A letter to the unconceived

Do you mind if I tell you what it feels like to be alive?

Forgetting is overrated

Try not to turn the things you like into the things you don’t want to do simply because you are so busy you can’t remember that you like them. 

Get an A+ on all your finals

Seven study secrets that guarantee you an A+ on all your exams without studying more. Normal study guides won’t tell you these tips. 99.9% of students will fail their exams because they don’t know these secrets.

The Casper tell-all special

"There’s still more out there for us, and I probably won’t tell you anything about it (at all)."

Were we ever supposed to know this much?

"How we spend our days is how we spend our lives — look up from your phone every once in a while and make it worthwhile."

Life the American way: first weeks of Trump

”The nature of a Trump presidency: controversy, radical change and promises often left unfulfilled.”

I am in a complicated relationship with you

This acknowledgement of my past — our collective past — offered me a glimpse of freedom from the bonds that hold us fast.

It’s the most dreadful (wonderful) time of the year

It's beginning to look a lot like finals season — everywhere you go.

Empty rinks and deep thoughts

When balancing the present and the future, what’s the right answer?

The AirPod experience

Are Americans incapable of sitting in silence?

Working title

You are young, you are breathing and everything will work out in due time. For now, go play in the snow.

Joe Rudolph Esq. takes on “Big Food”

When you live in the U.S, in any city or suburb, you are forced, manipulated and coerced into consuming toxic, vile, drug-filled, addiction prone, chemically infused, decrepit, flesh-wasting, vomit inducing, poisonous ‘food’-like substances.

Hold the door, please

“So, I have one overarching belief in life: always hold the door. Allow me to explain the door-holding philosophy. It is rooted in four founding principles...”

Fr. Dowd's Notre Dame: there is change, continuity

"The culmination of these events is representative of Dowd’s term, where he has lived up to the strength and commitment to Notre Dame’s mission."

On a Calcutta roof

"But sitting here at Our Lady’s University, I’m reminded of all the privileges afforded by the accident of my birth in this country beyond visa agreements. I don’t deserve to be this lucky. And yet I am."

Letter to a miscarried child

On grandparents

Duncan Stangel shares moments from his grandparents' first visit to Notre Dame, highlighting their connection and support.

The serial double daters

"Each week a new double date, each double date a new set of guys. Always capturing hearts, never falling for one person."

Rendered speechless

"What would you do if that gift was taken away?"