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Saturday, March 28, 2026
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Graduating seniors: Get over it

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To my graduating sisters and brothers who will forever share reunion weekends with me and other alumni from class years ending in either eight or three, beware that life is littered with disappointing disruptions. More often than you may expect, you will need to get over it — “it” being a variety of life lessons like losing a love interest, burying a beloved family member or suffering a personal setback. Failure, trauma and disappointment are antediluvian evils that surely will come your way, but more certainly will construct your personal character.


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Observer Editorial: Support student journalism

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In our office in the basement of South Dining Hall, we house the archives of every single print edition, which are also available online. One can turn to a paper from any day over the last 50-plus years and learn exactly what was happening at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s at that time. As a whole, the paper represents one of the most complete sources of preserved memory found on campus since The Observer’s founding, and it is an integral part of our history as a University.