Opinion

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Between two shamrocks: quacking with two ducks

By Joe Rudolph · Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

Posted below is the transcript recorded from my interview with two local insurrectionist ducklings on yet another episode of “Between Two Shamrocks.”

On keeping the flame

By Duncan Stangel · Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

"I’m surrounded by intellectual diversity, including many whose opinions are well-sourced and in disagreement with my own."

Back to the source

By Allison Elshoff · Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

"One day, our group went around to share what practices from Uganda we wanted to bring back to the U.S. Many of us echoed some version of the same thing: how intentional the people there were with everything."

Bridging worlds

By Molly Wu · Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

"In a polarized world, the bridges we build through communication and understanding are what hold us together, reminding us that strength lies not in uniformity but in the harmony of many voices finding common ground."

My grandpa nearly had a heart attack

By Madyson Casiano · Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

“Thank you, Green Bay, and thank you, Notre Dame, for nearly killing my grandpa (and myself) every game.”

Men used to go to war and now they expect you to buy their drinks

By Zora Rodgers · Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

"If a man cannot buy you a drink, what makes you think he can afford the price tag of your company?"

The US Government begins Irish deportations

By Connor Marrott · Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

“Frankly, the Irish have been sneaking into this country for decades,” said ICE Director Chad McGinnis. “They’re everywhere. The pubs, the Catholic churches, and even the green section of Party City. No one is safe until we get these criminals back to where they came from.”

Hogs leave Notre Dame in ruin

By Joe Rudolph · Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

“As the campus came alive once more, the memory of Marcus Freeman would forever be etched in the hearts of those who fought alongside him, inspiring future generations to stand up for what they believe in, no matter the odds.”

The right to cry unconditionally

By Hannah Alice Simon · Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

“I am a girl who cries when I need to. But I am also a girl who flew from India to the U.S., who embraced independence, who learnt to walk alone on Notre Dame’s enormous campus.”

Winter engulfed in flames

By Declan Burke · Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

“Memories shoved haphazardly into the trunk as my dog jumped into the back seat. The surrounding air reeked of smoke, and pale ash fell softly like the winter snowstorms I had left behind in Indiana.”

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January thoughts

By Reyna Lim · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

The jump makes it more meaningful, he said.

A back-to-school reflection on change

By Sophia Anderson · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

Gen Z is the most adaptable and accustomed-to-change generation of all.

On so-called blasphemy

By Peter Mikulski · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

Ours is the faith of risqué mystery plays, polyphonic music so intricate it provoked theological scandal and sumptuous Italian frescoes — not of Cotton Mather!

For those who can’t

By Moira Quinn · Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025

I am just saying that if you are able, move.

Fragments of TikTok’s fall

By Liam Price · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

“Even if TikTok were never to return, replacements would be bound to arise in no time and certainly already exist. Let’s not fool ourselves, though, about how fortunate that is.”

A year with dumb phones

By Richard Taylor · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

“In any case, (this piece) is the honest experience of someone grappling with how to use — and not be used by — technology in this modern world, and I hope there are things you can glean from it for your own life.”

Why chrysanthemums?

By Carlos Basurto · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

"Why do we need chrysanthemums? The color blue? We just do. We just do.”

What the right move is for TikTok users

By Redmond Bernhold · Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

TikTok users, myself included, should take time to revel in its last few glitch-free moments, scroll through a few Reels, potentially explore alternative apps and wait for the new social media app to emerge.

An appeal for empathy

By Letter to the Editor · Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

By being mindful of our language and deepening our ties with our community, we can forge the confines of our imagined borders to be accepting and respective of the experiences of all humans.

A wee bit of Irish Football history

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

“Fr. Ted, thank you for putting us in the position to be champions on our sports fields and courts, but more importantly, thank you for being a champion for increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the Notre Dame student body.”

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