Entries in the Politiva Emerging Journalists Awards Contest
Justice Tourism and the West Bank
By Larisa Manescu
Typical incentives for visiting other nations include pleasure, business, or a simple desire for foreign exploration. Travelers may be seeking a necessary escape from their routine lifestyles, required to attend conferences or meetings in distant cities, or…
The Loyal Son
By Andrew Owens
This Saturday, for one last time, Manti Te’o will make his way to the northwest corner of Notre Dame Stadium after the coin toss. As he has done on each home football Saturday, he will look up, gaze at his…
Finding Rockne
By Andrew Owens
BAZAAR, Kan. — It’s no secret that Notre Dame is a place chock-full of mystique. As with many places that are tradition-laden, people stop asking “Why?” about certain questions and just accept it because it’s the way it’s…
Terps for Change
Politicians, religious leaders, and Gay rights activists are campaigning to support same-sex marriage at the Maryland ballot box this November. Chelsea Walker is in College Park…where students are joining the efforts to increase voter awareness about this highly debated…
Off The Street
By Pearly Tan – Dec 18 2012
The ground of my second-floor room trembled as trains rumbled over the tracks and horned their approach at every minute. Dogs barked continuously from someplace in a distance and what sounded like a…
Salvaging an American Dream in Broad Channel
BY HENRICK KAROLISZYN
When I walked into my childhood home in Broad Channel the morning after the storm, it felt like I’d been punched in the chest.
Sandy tore through my father’s two-story house with so much force that walking…
Alzheimer’s and the Arts: Museums Push Novel Approach In Combating Dementia
By Jennifer Xu
December 11 2012
Andrea Simons, a docent for the Detroit Institute of Arts, is giving a tour. She pauses at a sculpture called “The Genius of the Dance,” showcasing a man with long, flowing locks holding a…
The Pros and Cons of Formula One in Austin
When I heard that Formula One racing was being held in Austin from Nov. 16-18, I initially didn’t think much of it. I compared it to NASCAR and scoffed; racing sports events- both the actual sport and the crowd they…
Hunks of Burning Love at Annual Elvis Fest
Jennifer Xu – Nov 10 2012
The first time I heard “Blue Suede Shoes” it wasn’t on iTunes, Pandora or YouTube. It was sung live on an Ypsilanti bandstand by a 20-year-old Elvis Presley impersonator named Nick Miller. He was…
ROTC Battalion Undergoes Tactical Exercises
Nicole Michels Nov. 9 2012
Most members of the Notre Dame community woke up Friday morning looking forward to one last day of work before the weekend, but the Notre Dame International Security Program (NDISP) Fellows and the Marine options…
Kids in Solitary
By. Henrick Karoliszyn
For the past two years, Lisa Ortega has watched her son decay mentally and physically behind bars.
With every visit to Rikers Island, the mammoth New York City jail complex which houses juvenile as well as adult…
Hurricane Sandy: Before, During, After
From Chelsea Walker Nov 2012
Hurricane Sandy is among one of the costliest disasters to hit the U.S. Damage could reach $50 billion dollars…or more. Chelsea Walker is in College Park to show the affects of the storm on…
An Ode To The Air
An ode to the air
By Mandi Carozza
Her anticipation grew fiercer as she watched her teammates and fellow cadets plummet towards one another, each tiny body soaring at roughly 120 mph. As they glided closer together, their limbs…
Mourdock Aims for Indiana Senate Seat
By Nicole Michels Oct 25th 2012
Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a series featuring the race for the Indiana seat in the United States Senate.
Republican State Treasurer Richard Mourdock promised to bring a sense of fiscal…
Basta de Dictadura – Enough Dictatorship in Argentina!
Larisa Manescu Oct 13, 2012
In the midst of the election season, domestic politics tend to take a front seat in everyone’s minds. Can you blame us? With such juicy political rhetoric being tossed back and forth in the USA,…
Student develops water conservation method
By Zachary Peña, October 11, 2012
Not all stickers urging students to save water and energy were put in dorm rooms by the Residence Halls Association.
The water conservation “mirror clings,” which adhere to each residence hall bathroom mirror,…
Shortage Of Qualified Engineers Leaves University Looking To Fill Gap
By Zachary Peña, October 11, 2012
Justin Maniaci grew up in front of a computer screen.
Since he was young, he’s maintained an interest in computers, and the choice to major in computer science was easy for him.
Now in…
Candidates Debate Domestic Policy
By Nicole Michels 10/7/12
President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney debated domestic policy Wednesday in the first of three presidential debates during an evening that seemed to focus more on style than substance at the University of Denver.
In…
