Opinion

Your favorite bots fall flat. They won’t replace us.

By Redmond Bernhold · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

A portion of Americans say AI threatens people working in news, but LLMs fall short.

The India you think you know

By Hannah Alice Simon · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

“When you confine India’s chaotic diversity into a few stereotypes, you unconsciously impose your own beliefs of what a country should be onto mine.”

The cost of a colonial crown

By Abby Hernan · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

“As Londoners scarf down a bowl of tikka masala with garlic naan, their iron barricades keep out the people who gave it to them.”

Important things happen here

By Naasei Lynn · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

We are involved with the community, but we are not involved in the community.

A democracy without dissent is not a democracy

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

If even known allies of this administration feel that they have to speak out, then one of America’s most cherished values, the freedom of speech, is under direct threat.

How to write a boring Opinion article

By Jonah Tran · Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

A step by step guide to boredom.

Response to College Republicans

By Letter to the Editor · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

“So, what matters more? Adhering to the principle of free speech and honoring the late Mr. Kirk? Or using this as an opportunity to ‘get back’ at the far left, take vengeance on our ‘enemies’ and cross our fingers that they take a kinder approach the next time they win an election?”

Sunday scaries should be Sunday merries

By Richard Taylor · Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

On Sundays, we should better prioritize our identity and self, not study the day away at Hesburgh Library.

Axios CEO: Widen your eyes

By Letter to the Editor · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

“There are clear alternatives to disengaging or doom-sharing. You simply need to choose them.”

Our current voting system is a threat to democracy

By Sophia Lekeufack · Monday, Sept. 22, 2025

“I am finally eligible to vote and am so ready to do my part. But I cannot help but wonder what barriers might stand in my way; and if not in my way, what about the way of my neighbor?”

A letter from a gold star child

By Sienna Stephens · Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

Memories of those lost in service are found in the everyday lives of their loved ones.

Our crisis of compassion

By Michael Doyle · Friday, Sept. 19, 2025

We should embrace empathizing with one another, especially at a time of loneliness.

College and outsourced opinions

By Ana Prestamo · Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

“Ultimately, what we consider our “own” thoughts and beliefs merge, instead, into a plethora of everyone else’s thoughts and beliefs, except, in the end, our own.”

There is no debate left to be had with the far-left

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025

“The ‘marketplace of ideas’ as we know it died with the bullet that tore through Charlie Kirk’s neck.”

Why can’t I go to mass in my own dorm?

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

For male students, it’s visible and accessible, even if you don’t want to encounter it. For women, it’s invisible unless you go digging.

RIP: graduate student library lounge

By Oliver Ortega · Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

Ongoing renovations and The Observer's new office space have moved the graduate student lounge.

Talking is not enough

By Edy McCurrie · Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

We must serve as examples to love our neighbor at a time of polarization.

Editorial: Political violence is an affront to free speech

By The Observer Editorial Board · Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

“Although Kirk’s legacy can and will be debated, all should affirm his conviction that college campuses should be places where students should be free to speak their minds and engage in constructive debate.”

A call for more authentic womanhood

By Noirin Dempsey · Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025

Embracing real beauty in a world of fakes amplifies our authenticity.

Axios CEO: To make an impact, do this

By Letter to the Editor · Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025

A follow-up to readers' concerns from last week's op-ed on being duped.

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