The Sound of Static In a particular basement, buried under a brick house in Allentown, Pennsylvania, there was a laboratory with transistors, vacuum tubes, old radio parts, radio crystals, and even plumbing supplies strewn everywhere, across every surface. The smell was musty and dust covered most of the equipment in the dimly lit closet that my grandfather called his ham shack. As a child I was intrigued as to the purpose of the mysterious equipment. Why was it that my...

Maybe it was the fact that Nick was an engineering major, or because his parents were from the same town as my dad, Erie, PA, but from the moment I first spoke to Nick Kelsey, our Notre Dame tour guide, I was hooked. As we started our journey away from the dome, Nick spoke about his experiences. To my astonishment he said "There is no Greek life on campus." Instead he described the system of community living that fosters unity,...

How are you incomplete? There is one moment, a split second, when all of your fears seemed confirmed, the mistake you just made would be your last, and the conversation with your mother would be the final words you say to her. This was my feeling on a sunny fall afternoon at 4:05 P.M. The car hurtling toward me caused me to reflect on the past 17 years. It showed me that my life was not yet complete, it lacked experience....

I did not try to wow anybody in my essays and my own writing skills are not the strongest, I just wrote what I really felt. If you are really passionate about a school and they want to know why us, make sure to look up their mission statement and make sure you visit so you can write about the campus well.

Notre Dame is a special unique place...