April (Fools) Spring
Check out the full-page comic featured in the 2026 Sarcastic!
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Fast Break
One of the two full-page comics featured in the 2026 Sarcastic!
The BNCMAP/NTYC Dictionary
A couple of months before the start of freshman year, a girl named Faith liked one of my Instagram comments. I didn’t know her at the time, but I recognized her name as a fellow Illinoisan who was also headed to Notre Dame in the fall. The comment was under the post of comedian Connor Wood (you may…
Are Dome Photos Overrated?
When graduation season rolls around, if there's anyone who cares more about all of the ceremonies and celebrations than the students, it’s their family members. Especially for parents, graduation season means it’s time to take lots and lots of photos … and honestly, who can blame them? Graduating…
Fighting Irish: To Derby or Not to Derby?
NOT TO DERBY
PJ CARROLL
I have always found this to be the most confusing Notre Dame tradition, but perhaps there is something to it. Maybe it is awesome to wake up at 5 a.m. after one of your final Friday nights at Notre Dame. To board a bus thrown…
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
For most Notre Dame seniors, the final year on campus is a race to check off a bucket list. For Leah Kern, a senior RA in Farley Hall, part of that bucket list is heavily focused on one thing: late-night dorm food. Realizing the clock was ticking on her goal to try every dorm restaurant on campus,…
Little Red Notebook
As the end of my time at Notre Dame approached, I wanted to soak in every last drop of wisdom this place has to offer — and I wanted to document it all. Of course, I learned in the classroom from all of the University’s amazing professors, but I also found a professor in each of my peers. For my senior…
The Man in the Cage
From national champion backup to high-pressure starter, Thomas Ricciardelli has experienced it all at Notre Dame.
One More Citizen
Where Learning Meets Community
Three Concerts, One Sound … Are Y’all Sick of Country Yet?
I’m not sure if this trend was intentional, but as a lifelong country music fan, I’m not complaining. This year, Zach Bryan, Dylan Gossett and Luke Combs have all taken to the Notre Dame stage to perform their similarly twangy tunes. Are three concerts of the same genre excessive?
I say no!…
The Artemis II Moon Launch: Unity on Earth and in Space
On Apr. 1, 2026, NASA’s Artemis II rocket officially launched, marking the first crewed lunar mission in over a decade. Breaking NASA’s record for most-watched launch, millions of viewers tuned in to see the rocket ascend into space, uniting our nation in a shared moment of great human achievement.…
A Legacy Never Forgotten
The Funeral of Lou Holtz
7 a.m. Beat Biking Changed My Life
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…
Remembering Lou Holtz
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.
Reading the Room
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…
Fighting Irish: Bringing Greek Life to ND
The Fighting Irish feature of the 2026 Sarcastic issue, Santiago and Raquel share their "opposing" positions on bringing Greek Life to Notre Dame.
Time’s New Person of the Year Unveiled:
PUNCH THE MONKEY ON THE COVER!
From South Bend to Switzerland
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…
No, A Dining Hall Meal is Not a Date.
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…
SURVIVOR: NOTRE DAME
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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