Seen on Bond Quad.

                  "What's something that frustrates you?"
"Well, the first thing that comes to mind is the constant landscaping work on campus. I study here often, and there's rarely a time when I don't have to listen to leafblowers or some other landscaping noises. I get that they're working to improve campus, but it makes it hard to enjoy the stillness and the beauty of the outdoors while I have the chance."

Seen on South Quad: positivity from a tree.

Seen at Clarke Memorial Fountain.

"We're originally from the same part of Mississippi. In fact, we would have gone to high school together, but she moved away before that. There was a magazine in the region that profiled high school seniors and mentioned where they were going to college. Her aunt brought a copy of this back to her, and said, 'Look, he's going to Notre Dame! You should make friends with him.' So we requested each other on Facebook. Our friends make fun of us for being a 21st-century couple, since we first 'met' through Facebook."
"He and I only spoke a little before school started. Then, on the very first day of classes, I got to my first college class early, as freshmen do. And the first person I saw outside the classroom was a familiar face: it was him. We started talking; we sat next to each other in class; we studied together."
"We went to mass together for a month before I asked her out. It was very Notre Dame of us. We had our first kiss on the bench next to Father Sorin on God Quad."
"And to top it all off, he proposed to me in front of the Dome last month."

Seen at the Reflecting Pool. 

"I can't get over all the autumn colors. So when I see especially colorful leaves, I collect them and pin them above my desk for as long as they'll last. If I had wax paper, I could make them last longer! I'm from Colorado, where we get some color changes in the trees--but nothing like this."

               "What's something about yourself you're confident in?"
"I'm really tall."
               "What do you mean?"
"When people meet me, they look at me and point out the obvious: they say, 'You're really tall.' But I'm not self-conscious. I own it. I say, 'Yeah! I am! Isn't it great?' When I wear heels, I'm taller than my brothers. They make fun of me for it. It doesn't bother me, though. I love my tallness."