“Everyone probably says this, but it’s because it’s true: I love the people at Notre Dame. It’s a community unlike any other. It’s the same reason you made this blog. The diversity and cohesiveness of the community is outstanding. You can be from X background, X race, X religion, and yet you can still call the sphere of Notre Dame your home. You’ve seen this—even with people out in the real world, you connect immediately on an intimate level if you have both gone to Notre Dame. I think sometimes Notre Dame gets a bad rap as being standoffish or even a little cliquey, but that’s not it at all. It’s that we have a community that is impossible to explain unless you step onto campus and experience it yourself. And I think students are drawn to that. They see it, love it, and perpetuate it.”

And finally: “Take it in while you can. Because, as a senior, I’m going to miss it.”