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Thursday, March 19, 2026
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HERE comes the sun

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Have you noticed a sense of jitteriness around campus recently? It seems we have reached that time of the semester: when the rest we soaked up over our long break runs out, when the glittery excitement of reuniting with our friends and becoming acquainted with our new classes wears off, and when we start to spend our nights with our heads in our books instead of our pillows. Exams are beginning, and paper deadlines are approaching. I’ve already entered the “I’ll get up early and finish it tomorrow” phase. The honeymoon’s over, and things are getting serious once again.


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How you can eat less red meat (and why it’s a good idea)

Eating as much red meat as we do is bad for our nutrition, workers, animals and the planet. We, as members of student government’s Department of Sustainability, call upon Notre Dame to reduce its meat consumption.



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Remembering my friend, Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick

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While the riotous insurrection unfolded live on television in early January, I recognized every square inch of the U.S. Capitol displayed on the screen. Oftentimes during my 17 years working at the U.S. House of Representatives, I routinely walked through the entrances breached by the misguided domestic traitors. I knew that Officer Eugene Goodman was baiting the mob and luring them away from the Senate lobby entrance, where moments prior Vice President Pence had been evacuated by his Secret Service detail. Moreover, I constantly strained at my television screen to recognize any of my many U.S. Capitol Hill Police officer friends while they battled against the violent insurrectionists.








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Vote no

Dane Sherman