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2012
Molarity Redux: Home for summer
BYWelcome to Molarity Redux, the 31st strip in the updated, continuing adventures of Jim Mole and friends. Sometimes communication between the generations needs a translator.
Read full articleGraduates, you can go home again
BYI wallowed and job-searched for about two months before doing some real self-evaluating and coming to a refreshing conclusion. Having supportive parents and a place to go back to, as it turns out, is not the worst thing in the world.
Read full articleBelieving: A useful reminder from Dorothy Day
BY“Of all the hostilities,” Dorothy Day once wrote, “one of the saddest is the war between clergy and laity.” She penned those words in the summer of 1964 as some controversy, long since forgotten, roiled the Catholic Church in America.
Read full articleMaking It on Her Own . . . and You Can, Too
BYMeg McElwee ’03 knows that the best things in life are often the most simple, like buzzing two pieces of fabric through a sewing machine, sketching out plans for a new dress or running her fingers over the fabric that will soon become a fort for her boys.
Read full articleBy Natural Design
BYA California surfer-artist goes entrepreneurial to market his own line of freestyle clothing
Read full articleThe Playroom: A mother’s day
BYIn the wee hours of this morning, I woke up with the dog snoring in my ear, his leg over my shoulder. Owning the dog hasn’t turned out exactly the way I planned, but then neither have a lot of things in life, such as parenting my kids. I’m not sure what I thought parenting was going to be like.
Read full articleAn Embarrassment of Clothes
BYMother decries silly wardrobe choices for children, asks: ‘What are we thinking?’
Read full articleSomething to show for it
BYIt’s easy to lose sight of the fact — especially at universities where theory is a favorite pastime and ideas often remain in the abstract — that design is everywhere.
Read full articleRockin’ The Pony
BYLike everything in Asbury Park, the Pony has seen better days. No longer do the leather-jacketed bards of the boardwalk stomp its stage. But once upon a time the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny launched their careers here, and one clear Sunday afternoon five years ago a group of unshaven suburban kids made their debut at this lead-painted cradle of rock. We clearly had no idea what the hell we were doing.
Read full articleMolarity Classic 130-134
Strips 130-134 of the popular comic Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977, take on printer problems, porn and gambling. Just another week in the Molarity universe.
Read full articleThe Lost Art of Dress
BYFashion trends reflect the changing roles of women in society.
Read full articleO’Brien embodies commercial success
BYActor Dan O’Brien ’99 was tailgating before the Notre Dame at Stanford game last Thanksgiving weekend when a fellow tailgater began gesturing wildly in his direction and approached him. As one of the co-stars of Whitney, NBC’s hit ensemble comedy, O’Brien has had to adjust to being recognized — and sometimes accosted — by fans.
Read full articleAn Irish home with London accents
BYConway Hall opens in London — and for the first time Notre Dame has a student residence beyond campus it can call its own.
Read full articleThe Playroom: Nit-picking
BYThis is my “Mom Brain” in action. I’m in a book store browsing titles, and I do a double-take on History and Lice, which was what I read on the spine of a book called History and Life.
Read full articleToday
BY“You are going to die today,” I kept thinking. But I couldn’t get the words out. I’ve never had to say those exact words to a patient before. I’ve told dozens of patients they have an incurable disease that will ultimately claim their life. It’s an abstract concept at that point.
Read full articleMolarity Redux: Question of the Day
BYWelcome to Molarity Redux, the 30th strip in the updated, continuing adventures of Jim Mole and friends. The newspaper’s “question of the day” might be a little slanted…
Read full articleSidewalk style
BYAt first glance, Notre Dame in the wintertime isn’t exactly a bastion of fashion. Couture takes a backseat to cozy in the teeth of South Bend’s chilling climate. But take a look past the dull blacks and browns, and ND’s subtle sidewalk style starts to emerge.
Read full articleShopping for me
BYI live in fear of those cable television shows where they videotape some unsuspecting woman, stage a fashion intervention where all her friends and family tell her how awful she dresses, then throw away her entire wardrobe, give her lots of money to go buy new clothes and cut off her hair.
Read full articleStyle Points
BYThe Fighting Irish join a uniform trend by changing wardrobes for special occasions
Read full articleThis Man’s Style Guide
BYOur own Liam Farrell ’04 heads to the Manhattan offices of the iconic GQ and finds some Notre Dame alums helping define and refine the look and good taste of the contemporary male.
Read full articleEchoes: Father Sorin’s Velocipede
BYOn January 14 of 1869, The St. Joseph Valley Register described the dramatic arrival of a promising new invention: “A velocipede, all the way from France, passed through our streets — in an express wagon — on Monday last. Its destination was Notre Dame, where it will, no doubt, become quite a favorite with the exercise-loving students.”
Read full articleThe Playroom: The B word
BYMy son has started to say things that are not appropriate. Some of it may be prompted from an incident last summer when I broke my toe and said things I should never say in front of my children.
Read full articleMolarity Classic 125-129
BYStrips 125-129 of the popular comic Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977, take on parietals.
Read full articleEaster Bunny's Amazing Day
BYEaster Bunny’s Amazing Day, by Cathy Gilmore and Carol Benoist, was illustrated by Jonathan Sundy, ND class of 05.
Read full articleBelieving: Sentenced to Life
BYYears ago I spent Holy Week in the Holy Land. As much of that time as possible, I was within the walls of Jerusalem. An anomaly or a coincidence or perhaps even a miracle of the calendar had aligned the celebrations of three feasts sacred to the sacred city’s three faiths, and the streets of the Old City were redolent with the smells of freshly slaughtered flesh, clouds of incense, burning palm branches and smoldering beeswax.
Read full articleSister Jean Lenz, OSF: Leading with her heart
BYOnce Sister Jean shared a dream about teaching class in the Notre Dame Stadium. She didn’t provide any specifics, but all who knew and loved her can imagine their own version of Sister Jean’s last lecture to a packed house.
Read full articleCafe Choice: creative work by Notre Dame people
BYBooks, CDs and other creative work by Notre Dame people
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