The Playroom: School daze
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
Last week my son started first grade. I cried. He was fine. He looked handsome in his uniform. “William, you look like a future CEO!” my friend exclaimed.
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Soundings: A whole new game
By Kerry Temple ’74
Sometimes you get blindsided.There I was, happily getting ready for the season opener. Notre Dame-Purdue. Launch of the Brian Kelly era. Then my wife reported the weather forecast. That’s when it happened.
TV or Not TV: Work of Reality TV
By Christine Becker
Work of Art brought together two different cultural milieus: reality TV and the world of art. But did it work?
The Playroom: Summer’s end
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
My daughter climbs the stairs of the playground equipment. The wind wraps curls into her eyes and she turns to me and smiles. “Look at me, Mommy!” It is then I see a butterfly lying in the sand.
Far Afield: You enthuse, you lose
By Jason Kelly '95
Notre Dame has a new football coach. But getting excited about Brian Kelly may be a perilous thing. Still, it’s hard to resist …
The Playroom: The Mommy project
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
I used to be a professional who worked in an office building in downtown Chicago. I had a boss who told me I had strong leadership skills. Now I am a stay-at-home mother. I have three kids and two dogs and a 100-pound puppy.
Good Kids: Time to spoil that baby
By Darcia Narvaez
Warm, responsive caregiving is linked to better health and well-being in children.
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Summer 2010 magazine podcast now available.
The Playroom: Jelly wars
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
I am intense about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Actually, I‘m intense about a lot of things, like balsamic vinegar, coffee, butter, duvets, donuts, socks and calculators. I know just what works and what doesn’t.
Molarity Redux: Freshman orientation
By Michael Molinelli '82
Need a laugh? Welcome back to Molarity Redux, the ninth strip in the updated, continuing adventures of Jim Mole and friends.
Classic Molarity 21-27
By Michael Molinelli '82
Strips 21-27 of the popular comic strip Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977.
Networthy ND 5
By Notre Dame Magazine staff
An offering of more Notre Dame-related gems from cyberspace. Some music, a dollop of political commentary, a bit of adventure and inspiration, and a pinch of rah-rah with salsa.
Amazon Hope
By Kirk Shamley, M.D., ’84
We awaken most mornings before dawn to the rhythmic tappity-tappity-tappity of the engines as the crew prepares to move the boat upstream to the next pueblocito. Here the Amazon is everywhere and everything.
The Playroom: A slippery slope
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
I miss a lot of things about working. I miss the energy of being downtown and the smell of coffee in the lobby of the Sears Tower in the mornings. I miss micro-managing my staff. I miss having a pen.
Molarity Redux: The assistant rector
By Michael Molinelli '82
Welcome back to Molarity Redux, the eighth strip in the updated, continuing adventures of Jim Mole and friends.
Lazy I: The stupid streak
By John Nagy ’00M.A.
Like a dog scoping out a cozy, safe place to lie down, I turned three circles in my kitchen this morning, scanning plates, countertops, the toaster oven and even the shelves of our cupboards for the slice of toast I’d just made, only to realize I’d already eaten it.
The Playroom: The farmer’s wife
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
If cancer is actually linked to cell phone usage, I figure my husband’s got seven, maybe seven-and-a-half years left.
Believing: Lives that make sense
By Michael Garvey '74
The card features a bold cross with an inscription emblazoned around it: “To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery.”
TV or not TV: Breaking Bad Men
By Christine Becker
If I read about Walter White’s drug world exploits in the newspaper, I’d want him thrown in jail. If Don Draper was my grandfather and my mother told me about his legacy of adulterous and abusive behavior, I would refuse to spend the holidays with him.
Fred Crosson: Rational laughter
By Beth Mortensen ’97
It was evident to all of us students — even before we realized that Fred Crosson was somebody famous — that we were dealing with a great mind.
Concelebrating Mass at the border
By Father Joseph V. Corpora, CSC, ’76, ’83M.Div.
During the Feast of All Souls, I had the great privilege of concelebrating Mass at the border between Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and Anapra in New Mexico. Each year Mass is offered for all those who have died trying to cross the border.
The Playroom: All shook up
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
I am dialing Donna’s phone number as I am scraping some food stuff off the table with my fingernail. She is out. I am sure doing something productive like swimming or taking her son to a skating lesson
Networthy ND 4
By Notre Dame Magazine staff
The latest eclectic list of blogs, essays, stories, videos and other gems by and about ND people.
Classic Molarity 1-5
By Michael Molinelli '82
The popular comic strip Molarity previewed in The Observer in 1977. Take a trip back in time for the classic strips here.
Classic Molarity 6-10
By Michael Molinelli '82
Strips 6 through 10 of the popular comic strip Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977.
Classic Molarity 11-15
By Michael Molinelli '82
Strips 11-15 of the popular comic strip Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977.
Classic Molarity 16-20
By Michael Molinelli '82
Strips 11-15 of the popular comic strip Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977.
Networthy ND 3
By Notre Dame Magazine staff
The editors of Notre Dame Magazine offer our latest eclectic list of blogs, essays, stories, videos and other gems by and about ND people.
The Playroom: Sink or … sink
By Maraya Steadman '89, '90MBA
I am a stay-at-home mother of three children, in my early 40s, and last year I decided I wanted something which involved goals and a feeling that I was accomplishing something other than matching socks and making jelly sandwiches.
Molarity Redux: Ecotourism
By Michael Molinelli '82
Welcome back to Molarity Redux, the seventh strip in the updated, continuing adventures of Jim Mole and friends.