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Reasons why you should return my bike

By The Observer · Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011

On Wednesday, Sept. 21, my bike was stolen. While true that I didn't lock it properly, that still gives nobody a right to steal it. I'm hoping it was more "borrowed without permission" by a student late for class, and I can sympathize as anyone who knows me can assure you. And I will be totally nice about it if you return it, because I understand needing to get across our gorgeous campus quickly.

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If Christ was our teacher

By The Observer · Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011

Jesus' teaching method in the Gospels is to begin with what is most apparent, with what first strikes us, what is right before our eyes, and to look at it closely with eyes of faith until its deeper meaning is yielded up to us.

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Bills will triumph

By The Observer · Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011

After two weeks of the NFL season, there are seven teams that hold 2-0 records. While it is probably too early in the season to deem squads as either surprises or disappointments, I will go against the grain and declare the Buffalo Bills a resounding early season surprise. Most football pundits predicted Buffalo would finish in last place this season. However, the Bills currently sit in a three-way tie for first place in the AFC East with the unbeaten powerhouses the New England Patriots and the New York Jets.

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Navigating the single stream

By The Observer · Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011

I am ashamed to say that when I arrived at Notre Dame three years ago, I had basically no experience recycling since neither the township that I lived in nor the high school that I graduated from provided recycling services. My new home under the Dome, however, practiced single stream recycling and I confess that I had no idea what this phrase meant. So, I did some digging around and got the 4-1-1 on single stream recycling and what happens when you put your Starbucks cup, Gatorade bottle or old edition of The Observer in that blue bin.

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A true Victory March

By The Observer · Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

In response to "Rally All of Notre Dame" (Sept. 19) I could not agree more with Ms. Wargel and Mr. Gaffney about the necessity to change the lyrics of the Notre Dame Victory March in order to keep with the Catholic values and mission of this University. However, I would take the modifications several steps further.

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ND to the ACC

By The Observer · Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

Conference realignment's coming in hot this week, and once again, Notre Dame's the best-looking girl at the high school dance. For the sake of the University, we need to end up in the ACC over the Big Ten.

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It's time for Palestinian statehood

By The Observer · Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

Just this week, Palestine announced that it would seek full membership in the United Nations. If accepted, this move would force the international community to recognize their right to exist as a sovereign state from Israel.

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Manipulation

By The Observer · Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

I had served as a teaching assistant in philosophy for some time before it occurred to me to wonder what it was, exactly, that I was teaching. The answer, when I finally found it, was rather more sinister than I had expected.

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The A&L blues

By The Observer · Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

I'm all out of the obligatory "congratulations" to each of my friends who have accepted job offers at some of the world's top corporations. They've been wooed by companies offering them $60,000 starting salaries with full benefits and the chance to live in the trendy areas of America's biggest cities. Lately, these congratulations I've dished out are accompanied by an equally obnoxious eye-roll, the kind you can see from 20 feet away. I'd like to offer them another deep and heart felt congratulations, a congratulations that they've befriended a lowly Arts and Letters major who might need some transition housing for a year.

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Keep the fight in the Fight Song

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 19, 2011

How to create a controversy in The Observer: complain about an issue that is not an issue to the majority of the student body, and, if possible, insult those who love Notre Dame ("Rally all of Notre Dame," Sept. 19).

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Palestine's bid for U.N. membership

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 19, 2011

Throughout most of its history, the United States has sought to be seen by the rest of the international community as the world's foremost promoter of freedom, democracy and human rights. While instances of America failing to uphold these virtues are both numerous and often quite embarrassing, seldom are they as brazen or ill-conceived as what is likely to occur at the United Nations this Friday, Sept. 23.

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Time for change

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 19, 2011

Finally, some sense from current Notre Dame students Kyla Wargel and Cody Gaffney ("Rally all of Notre Dame," Sept. 19) about an issue some of us alums have been supporting since our days on campus back in the early 1980s. Last I recall, the student population at Notre Dame is now 50/50 men vs. women instead of 100 percent male back before 1972.

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Missing Mom's cooking

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 19, 2011

The past few weeks my roommates and I found one of the most dramatic channels on T.V. No, it's not TNT (they don't know drama … ) or MTV (as much as I love the "Jersey Shore," it's getting a bit stale). There's only one channel on TV that truly grabs my attention: The Food Network.

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Eating responsibly in the dining hall

By The Observer · Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011

First, I must agree with you ("Let them eat bread," Sept. 15) that the monitor's action, in that particular incident at South Dining Hall, is a bit overboard. Most employees at South Dining Hall that I have met are generally very nice towards students.

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Politics and evolution: who cares?

By The Observer · Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011

Dear GOP presidential hopefuls and political pundits: I would like to respectfully ask you to discontinue your talks on evolution as a political discussion and shift the debate to issues that, well … matter. It's not that the issue doesn't make for entertaining debate so much as I (and presumably most people) would prefer to listen to the next President of the United States talk about things that might have some meaningful effect on my life. Come to think of it, the debate itself is not entertaining either, but that's beside the point.

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