Opinion

The atlas of beauty

The politicization of free speech

Ranking the campus' breakfast sandwiches

A simple way to honor our nation's heroes

In Notre Dame,

Dear Father Jenkins: let us practice what we preach

Tune in to 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'

Zahm in outrage when hot girl becomes nun

Education inequality

The death and resurrection of poetry

Encouragement from an ND alumna

Those pearly gates

The (dis)honest guide on how to fit in at Notre Dame

'To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before': A review

Ten reasons why you should bike to school

According to the Oxford dictionary, ‘universal’ is defined as “the quality of involving or being shared by all people or things in the world; the quality of being true in all situations.” Nowadays, everyone thinks that society is marching toward universal progress. The advances of science, democracy and Amazon.com, they claim, are making more liberty and happiness available to all people in all situations. Are they really? If the words of St. Mother Teresa are worth any consideration, she sees our culture headed in a different direction: “The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.” It’s called the universal fallacy: narratives of progress and modernization, rather than elevating all of humanity to its universal ideal, levels culture to a particular flavor of mediocrity.

To my fellow seniors, with love

Tyrel London

Let us not pretend to be the Church

I came of age in a church that has consistently been marred with scandal. I was 14 when the stories of systematic child abuse and the subsequent cover-ups in Boston made headlines in 2002. My parish pastor was accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the year that followed. In 2012, the bishop who confirmed me admitted to a 14-year-old secret that he had fathered two boys while he was a priest. The horrific reports of sexual abuse and assault in the Catholic Church that came from the Pennsylvania grand jury just a few weeks ago left my heart, again, feeling heavy. I know this feeling of being disappointed with the church all too well.

Observer Editorial: Key things to keep in mind at college

Congratulations, first year students — you’ve survived the first three weeks of college. But even as you’re adjusting to campus life, the next four years can seem a little daunting, and that’s OK. Here’s the advice that we, as an Editorial Board, have to offer for navigating college and making the most of your time here.

What makes art?

Christian bakers and (fabulous!) gay wedding cakes

Making change