Opinion

Hopeful pessimism

Observer Editorial: Your vote counts

We’ve been back in South Bend for less than three weeks, and campus life is in full swing. Class of 2020 commencement celebrations have been postponed yet again, undergraduate COVID cases are rising and in-person student activities have been put on hold for the next two weeks. Here’s another thing to add to your list — student body presidential elections.

What I’m giving up for Lent

This Lent, I’ve decided to give up meat. I could tell you that my body is a temple and that I want to be a healthy, disciplined person or that I oppose inhumane violence against God’s creation. For 40 days, I’m going to sacrifice and eat fish and broccoli from the dining hall, and maybe I’ll inch closer to a more meaningful sacrifice through the process. Please understand that I am giving up chargrilled dining hall chicken tenders on my path to deepened spirituality.

Friendship across the political spectrum

Slowing down

Stop romanticizing burnout

The child allowance debate reveals the emptiness of ‘working-class conservatism’

Campus election season

Thomas Davis 

No rules, just vibes: ND football in the 19th century

Thank you, egg quesadilla

The not-so-great schism

My dining room table

Bella Niforatos

We need to move beyond green dots

Seven things I'm doing to make remote work more bearable

All hope is not lost

Stop hating on Zoom

Josh King

Good jeans, better genes

Amending for justice

Campus Compact raises significant due process concerns

Mike Dugan

The other virus