Opinion
Leaving behind an identity
By
Clare Kossler
· Friday, May 19, 2017
There are so many “lasts” in the final few weeks of senior year — each celebrated with commendable gusto and the appropriate amount of nostalgia, perhaps even watery eyes and wavery smiles. There are probably a few too many lasts: Notre Dame — as we are all well aware by this point — is a school of tradition, and with each tradition comes an opportunity to commemorate another ending; to recognize that we, the graduating seniors, will never partake in that particular tradition again as undergraduates.
Why we fast: reflections from Immokalee
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Ian Beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, four other Notre Dame students and I started our food fast, for 24-hour or 48-hour periods. This idea was based on a similar fast by Ohio State students who are demanding that the Wendy’s on their campus be removed due to the corporation’s refusal to join the Fair Food Program, which would ensure just wages and the protection of human rights for migrant agricultural workers in the field.
