Issues

7 a.m. Beat Biking Changed My Life

Author: Vittoria Di Meo

Lately, I’ve been feeling off. Leading up to the Holy Half, I injured my ankle and couldn’t run. I was stagnant for most of Spring Break, and now with only a few weeks left until the half,* I had no idea how to keep training without running. That is, until a friend told me about beat biking. I had…

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Remembering Lou Holtz

Author: Chris Dailey

God. Country. Notre Dame.

Three pillars that have shaped Our Lady’s University for 184 years. No figure has embodied them more fiercely than the late, great Lou Holtz.

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Reading the Room

Author: The Irish Cupid

Dear all fellow rejectees,

As an extremely forward person, I’ve had a fair amount of experience with rejection. What’s puzzling, yet exciting, to me is that each rejector is different. Take, for example, this most recent time. A boy I wasn’t at first interested in (he’s a little too close to…

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From South Bend to Switzerland

Author: Ryan Murphy

Notre Dame juniors Danny Nelson and Cole Knuble didn’t have your average Christmas break.

Now granted, they rarely ever do. As forwards for the Fighting Irish hockey team, Nelson and Knuble are accustomed to returning to school early, continuing their college hockey season the weekend after…

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No, A Dining Hall Meal is Not a Date.

Author: Sophie Dandawa

There are many questions I’ve asked myself after a dining hall meal: Where does the Poke bowl fish come from? How many variations of fried rice can South serve in a week? But never once have I left the dining hall wondering, “What are we?” That’s because bonding over aversions to dining hall food…

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SURVIVOR: NOTRE DAME

Author: Libby Garnett

The hit competition reality show “Survivor” first crossed our television screens in 2000 and has been on air ever since, with its 50th season premiering this month. In a recent social media post, host, showrunner and producer Jeff Probst announced that we can

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Story of a Semestr-ationship

Author: Evelyn Kelly

We’ve all experienced him before. The guy who sat in front of you on the first day of lecture, whose dark brown eyes and perfect hair left you swooning at 9:25 a.m. As you walked out of class, hoping to accidentally bump into him on your way out the door, you immediately texted your best friends all…

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The Law of Attraction

Author: The Irish Cupid

Dear those with a “platonic” friend,

This week, my roommates made their suspicions clear that my boy best friend may have feelings for me. Since then, this input has corrupted my mind every time the two of us are together. My inner dialogue relentlessly asks, “Do I like him?” and “Would he…

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First Date Hot Takes

Author: Alyssa Sirichoktanasup

For someone who doesn’t think about who I’d want to date much, I sure think about the dates themselves an awful lot. Frequently, when I’m trapped in the musty back corner of 117 Hayes-Healy, scrawling down math equations I can barely comprehend, I give up and

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2026 Winter Olympics Overview

Author: Jackie O'Karma

On Feb. 6, Italy was lit up a little extra for the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, bringing nations together in support of their athletes and their dreams of winning gold. Acts such as Mariah Carey, Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli bridged the distance between the two destinations, Milan…

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Sarcastic: Top 5 and last 5 dorms as yelp reviews

Author: Vittoria Di Meo

First place:

Ryan Hall

Stars 5/5

(As a member of Ryan hall I am of course not biased AT ALL). I have met some of the most wonderful, precious, smart and driven women in Ryan Hall. I have seen Tuesday night cookies at FJs (our priest in residence and one of the sweetest people…

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