Opinion

On Fr. Dowd's Notre Dame

For any monumental change to precipitate from Dowd's presidency — and to hold the attention of students, alumni and the world — the Notre Dame family must bestow faith.

In defense of ‘Olympia’

Is it wise to write off human beauty as fascist? Only an idiot would cede the use of as powerful a weapon as beauty to his enemy.

They are human. They deserve to be served.

Saint Mary's news editor Aynslee Dellacca recounts stories from her time volunteering with Saint Vincent DePaul's unsheltered ministries over the summer.

Dialectics: Detroit Red to X.

"The seed must die for a seedling to emerge. For a new life on earth, the birth pangs of a mother. It’s cold, in the heated sense, but it must happen." 

An Irish blessing

It’s kind of like the opposite of an Irish goodbye.

Foregone moments, present memories, forever buildings

Visiting your childhood neighborhood, a distant warmth surrounds you, and yet, an innate coldness emerges from within

Hate like a champion today

Love and hate are what we owe the world, Jonah Tran argues in his column.

Occupation Free ND: the wide and narrow path

"The second way is the way of the fully engaged student, the student who refuses to let their regard for Notre Dame stop them from criticizing it to make it better — more loving, more inclusive, more just."

College Democrats: Conventional wisdom

"Last week, members of the College Democrats of Notre Dame attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. These are their reflections."

A love letter to eternity

“Just before I resigned to my fate as a random, insignificant being, condemned to suffer the hardships of existence for the sake of nothing and no one, I grasped onto an idea — an idea which lifted my once-spiritless body off the terminal floor, and pointed me on a life-defining odyssey.”

Four pieces of advice for first-year students

"I also recall the importance of the first weekend. Not Welcome Weekend, but the one approaching all of us now. Once the first Sunday comes and goes, you’re in it."

To the ones that make it all worth it

A message to the ones who made my college experience.

Make This Dorm a Home

A letter to the freshman.

Putting the "Unc" in "dysfunctional"

Viewpoint Editor Liam 'Unc' Price addresses, among other things, a weekly, structured elections debate column starting Friday in The Observer's Viewpoint section.

Letter to the editor: Notre Dame’s unjust decision

Notre Dame swim team alum Andrew Petro responds to the University's decision to suspend the Men's Swim Team.

Letter to the editor: Opt out of the madness

In a letter to the editor, Notre Dame alum RJ Flynn weighs in on paying student athletes.

Our Life, Our Sweetness, Our Hope

In a letter to the editor, Notre Dame Right to Life president Jackie Nguyen details the groups aspirations for pregnant women on campus.

Walk hand-in-hand down The Avenue

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