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In America, especially in recent years, there has been a trend of anti-establishmentarianism that has seeped into our national intellect. Since 2016, we’ve ventured as a country far beyond not trusting incumbent politicians to...
The magical “two weeks”
An honest letter to freshmen
By now you’ve been in classes for not only two, but three weeks. You’ve encountered the befuddling tangents of epic similes, you’ve realized there’s...
Touching His cloak at World Youth Day
A Different Kind of Retreat
After reading an opinion piece recently on World Youth Day, I realized that pilgrims this summer in Lisbon, Portugal, were craving a retreat-like experience....
The mass to an atheist
A meaningful morning at St. Peter’s
Mass. The word means nothing to someone like me. It's a piece of someone else's life. It's something I doubt I'll ever be...
A reflection on personalism in an impersonal world
Actualizing the Philosophy of JPII
In the era of technology, our generation is increasingly experiencing anxiety and distance from each other. While the typical University of Dallas student is...
The End of Forgetting
Memory and hope in the present academic year
The hope and energy bubbling across the Mall on the first day of the new academic year was a special...
Dating an Agnostic
How to honor your faith and respect his
As someone who grew up as a nonpracticing Catholic, it was really interesting to witness my friends’ dating prerequisite that...
Ring by Spring
What is your (financial) plan?
We have a moral and financial duty as Catholics to make decisions that set ourselves (and others) up for success both spiritually and...
On Burning Our Hands
The false notion of the “UD Bubble”
When king Porsenna marched against the city of Rome, a young man named Mucius stole into his camp, intent on killing...
A plea for better mental health resources
When one is learning how to be on one’s own, balancing the hard things of life can prove to be difficult. For example, students may struggle with stress, test-anxiety and navigating life...
Don’t shoot the storyteller
Can we find truth in artistic profanity?
Why do we read Aristophanes? There’s nobody else quite like him in the Core curriculum. Surrounded by epic fables of war...
A call to self-gift: Padre Pio and LGBTQ self-identity
Last week, the Anscombe Society hosted a discussion of an article written by Mark Regnerus titled, “What The Surge in LGBTQ Self-Identity Means.” A day later, Padre Pio’s relics were brought to...
Tailgating in South Bend, Indiana
A Notre Dame student for the weekend
This past weekend, I played tourist in my backyard. A born and bred South Bender, I grew up at Notre Dame...
Towards a newer, fuller chastity
Do we dare?
It is easy to think that we live in an age where the threat of pornography is worse than ever before. Statistics concerning the impact...
Is social dancing dead?
What is social dancing? Many cultures have social dances, which vary in structure and music. The waltzing of British culture, often featured in Jane Austen’s novels, and the salsa dancing of Cuba...