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A case against voluntourism

By Ivy Clark · Friday, Oct. 31, 2025

The true motive of volunteering should be to enrich the soul, not to build a resume.

Want to be rich? Buy carrots.

By Redmond Bernhold · Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

In an uneasy economy, food reigns a symbol of making it big.

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A fencing club is born

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

“To anyone who’s ever tried to start something new on campus, I see you. It’s hard.”

The price of European charm

By Abby Hernan · Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

Cultural norms and lax laws increase pickpocketing across Europe.

Off the Dome: David Campbell

By Allison Elshoff · Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

Political science professor David Campbell provides insight on the state of American democracy, social capital, and the value of having a dog.

In response to ‘The DMV: Humanity’s greatest crime against itself’

By Jonah Tran · Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

The DMV is not a bureaucratic plague that seeks control and total cultural annihilation, clearly.

We cannot sit back to AI

By Letter to the Editor · Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025

“This debate is moving lightning fast, and one of the ways that you lose your seat at the table is by holding back, by being too tentative, by watching and waiting. Your generation cannot afford to do that. None of us can.”

Apologetics for the heart

By Richard Taylor · Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025

A call for more apologies of the heart in the Catholic Church.

Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum

By The Observer Editorial Board · Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.

Dear Domer: Queso, flirting 101 and ‘Pink Pony Club’

By Zora Rodgers as Dear Domer · Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

Every week or so, Opinion columnist Zora Rodgers responds to anonymous advice submissions.

Balance your 20s better

By Ana Prestamo · Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

“Our 20s are not a puzzle to solve but a walking contradiction that insists we embrace it.”

Give us what Coach Freeman wears

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

“Silence doesn’t exactly inspire brand loyalty.”

Sick of biased news channels? Try NewsNation.

By Isabel Rettino · Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

“While we might feel polarized as a country, most people can see eye to eye. Most people want to have conversations. And most people should check out NewsNation!”

Graduate students at ND deserve better

By Oliver Ortega · Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

“In the spirit of graduate student appreciation week, all of us — admins, students, staff — should work to make our international brethren feel welcome at Our Lady’s University.”

Dear Band: Play at your fullest potential

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

“As coach Freeman likes to say, incremental improvements one play at a time will get you to team glory.”

Brain rot is not to blame

By Sophia Anderson · Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

Brain rot: a cause or symptom of Gen Z’s cultural standing?

A case for sleep

By Noirin Dempsey · Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

How to be involved and productive without sacrificing your precious Z’s.

Dinner in Canada, the troops in Chicago

By Grayson Beckham · Monday, Oct. 13, 2025

“It seems like a cruel joke that the U.S. government would wage war on one of its greatest cities.”

Hookup culture destroys genuine connections

By Sienna Stephens · Monday, Oct. 13, 2025

“In trading emotional depth for temporary satisfaction, many students are losing the ability to connect authentically, whether in terms of romantic or platonic relationships.”

Whether AI can be ensouled

By Peter Mikulski · Friday, Oct. 10, 2025

If we smugly say, whether because we’re Catholic or because we’re Mennonite, that we needn’t worry about an ensouled AI because it simply couldn’t happen, we increase the chance that it will.

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