It has to be said, food can make or break a trip. Some would say scarfing down some lukewarm Chick-fil-a nuggets left over from the NC State cheerleaders’ lunch while an utter maelstrom rages outside would be a low culinary point, and they would be dead wrong. Those nuggets, at that moment, were a veritable hug from Mother Mary. They truly hit the spot, and I came to the … [Read more...] about Taste the trip: My culinary journey at NC State
Irish hearts shattered on last-second Buckeyes score
Mary Voltava Marcus Freeman walks off the Notre Dame Stadium field after the Irish lost 17-14 to Ohio State on Saturday night. They stood in scattered, stunned silence, green the appropriate color to describe the feeling shared by the 80,000+ draped in green on another storied Saturday. This Notre Dame football program has seen just about everything before — but the somber … [Read more...] about Irish hearts shattered on last-second Buckeyes score
Key moments from Notre Dame’s 17-14 loss to Ohio State
Mary Voltava The ball bounces at sophomore wide receiver Tobias Merriweather’s feet after an incomplete pass. The Notre Dame football team played like champions for 59 minutes and 59 seconds Saturday night at home before falling to Ohio State 17-14 after Buckeyes running back Chip Trayanum managed a game-winning one-yard touchdown on the ground with just a single second … [Read more...] about Key moments from Notre Dame’s 17-14 loss to Ohio State
Lange: ‘Hartmania’ has infected the student body
After enduring the COVID-19 pandemic for the last couple of years, we now have a much more daunting plague to worry about: “Hartmania.” It’s as if it happened overnight. While it briefly popped up last semester, it didn’t fully infect the student body until August of 2023. While “Book Fever” seemed to mainly manifest in the female population during Ian Book’s tenure, the … [Read more...] about Lange: ‘Hartmania’ has infected the student body
Fear-flavored Turkish delight
I don’t ever really say this, and it goes against every grain of my being as a skeptical, rational person, but there is a part of me that oh so sincerely believes that if I tried hard enough, I could fly. Just lift off the ground and levitate. If I left every ounce of skepticism behind and squinted my eyes hard enough, it could happen. I have never once roused myself from … [Read more...] about Fear-flavored Turkish delight