We are reminded this week there is ongoing debate in Washington over the Obama administration's mandate to require most employers to provide coverage of prescription contraceptives. As a member of the Notre Dame community and as a woman, I cannot help ...

Make sure you bring all your loose change next Wednesday, Feb. 15, to donate to the South Bend Center for the Homeless. Siegfried guys will once again be out in highlighter-yellow t-shirts and shorts collecting money to benefit the homeless for the ann...

A nonpartisan February tracking poll shows that a majority (55 percent) of Americans agree 'employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost.' Nearly 60 percent of Cath...

This weekend, the HDC Committee invites students of all majors to attend the presentations of fellow undergraduates hailing from universities around the nation and world. ...

Through the Core Council for GLBTQ students, Notre Dame recognizes the need for a forum to address the concerns of gay and lesbian students, but it doesn't go far enough. ...

Do you kiss your family members on the lips when saying hello or goodbye? ...

Ms. Emily Thompson, I am writing in response to your letter published Wednesday, Feb. 8 ('Know the Church's stance'). You assert that 'so many people fail to understand the Church's stance on contraception,' yet you do not provide the readers with ...

The freedom of religious conscience must be preserved. ...

Those who continue to cling to the flat tax despite such negative consequences are, as Jon Stewart recently said on The Daily Show, 'life support for bad ideas.' ...

Occupy D.C. and pass a flat tax. We are the 100 percent. ...

Despite Coach Summitt's many successes, I was never really interested in her until this past August when it became known that she was suffering from early-onset dementia. ...

I am writing in response to several of the Letters to the Editor published on Friday, Feb. 3. In her letter ('A woman's dignity'), Ms. Reser describes the perspective taken in 'Contraception and dignity' (Feb. 1) as 'discouraging.' What is discouraging...

Dear Observer Editorial Board, In response to your Feb. 7 editorial 'Send a message, demand a choice,' I must disagree with your use of The Observer asking students to abstain in the upcoming election. A half-page editorial demanding a choice direc...

Mr. Pearce? In your Feb. 6 Letter to the Editor ('Contraceptives and control'), you make several arguments I wish to counter. First, you state that the problems of domestic violence and rape cannot be solved by contraceptives and that 'If women are...

In his work, 'How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas,' David Bornstein writes, 'In rich and poor countries alike, it is common to find the and lsquo;best and the brightest' and - young people with an array of options and - choo...

The international community has been aware of Brazil's potential for a long time. However, it was not until recently that the country broke free from corruption, high crime rates and extreme poverty. Last month, Brazil passed the United Kingdom as the ...

I'm having a pretty good week. I am a pretty avid sports fan, and I support the New York Giants, who upset the New England Patriots 21-17 on Sunday to claim Super Bowl XLVI. This made me extremely happy, and turned an average Monday and Tuesday...

I read with interest the letter published on Feb. 2 by sophomore Evan Graham ('Protecting the right to choose') regarding the University's desire to not provide coverage for contraception in its health plans. Evan, yours is a well-constructed and well-...

On my first day as a teacher at Audubon Middle School in Los Angeles, I realized that my career trajectory had forever been altered. The career in law I had imagined as an undergrad at Notre Dame was capsized by Xavier, one of my 190 seventh-grade Engl...

The way I see it, barring divine inspiration or outright plagiarism, you can't write anything good if your heart isn't in it. And as the posters the College of Arts and Letters puts up in O'Shaugnessy Hall suggest, the College would like undergrads to ...