Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Mens Swimming: Fitzpatrick is Mr. Clutch Senior always comes through when Irish swim team needs him (By LISA REIJULA Sports Writer)
      Every team has a go-to guy, an individual that can be counted on to be cool under pressure and deliver a top performance in the most important competitions. For the Notre Dame men's swimming and diving team, senior Jason Fitzpatrick is the definition of a clutch performer, always rising to the occasion in big meets.
    • Mens Tennis: Irish on verge of season turnaround Matchup against Michigan State more than just a rivalry (By JOE LINDSLEY Sports Writer)
      Today will be an important test for the Irish.
    • SMC Basketball: Belles look to end losing streak (By TREY WILLIAMS Sports Writer)
      Saint Mary's basketball had hopes last week, coming off of a two-game road campaign that ended unsuccessfully, to say the least. However, the results of their final home series thus far have come significantly short of expectations.

  • Inside
    • My view on Iraq (JOE LINDSLEY Sports Production Editor)
      Imagine if, several months ago, when the United Nations was trying to get inspectors back into Iraq, President Bush had said, "My good friend Saddam, if you do not allow inspectors into your country, then we will . . . hold your murderous nuclear-tainted hand and snort anthrax while we dance around your pyre of innocent Iraqis in a joyful chorus of kumbaya."

  • Viewpoint
    • Love and baseball (Jacqueline Browder Happily Ever After)
      Would modern courtship be easier if relationships had concrete, traditional and universally followed rules? In these days of quick breakups, quick make-ups and even quicker random hookups, it may be time to establish some rules and regulations.
    • A dating strain solution (Terriss Conterato, Lauren Barkmeier, and Bridget Gulling students)
      We, women at Our Lady's University, are sadly aware of the strained gender relations and almost nonexistent dating scene at Notre Dame. However, it is not due to the reason falsely stated by so many men — that Notre Dame's women are unacceptably unattractive.
    • Defending Bishop's decision concerning hall dances Instead of constant focus on negativity, be proactive (Charlie Ebersol sophomore)
      I have heard and read too much about how Libby Bishop didn't do this and how she didn't do that. For the better part of six months I have researched student government's every detail from the past four years. I interviewed every administrator and pertinent student government official that would sit down with me, hoping to extract from them the clues to student government's ineffectiveness. Today, four days after conceding the election to Pat Hallahan, I wish to share with you my reflections on what I have learned.
    • Defending Bishop's decision concerning hall dances Bishop's report to Board of Trustees was realistic and rational (Dan Barabas, David Baron, Joyce DeLeon, Lindsay Evans,)
      Over the past two weeks, Libby Bishop's so-called improper handling of the contentious dance issue has been thrust into the public arena. While much has been made regarding her stance on the in-hall dance issue, Libby's recommendations to the Board of Trustees represented a necessary, realistic and rational approach to improving current in-hall dance policies.
    • Support for Iraq war (Mark Connolly sophomore)
      I support the war in Iraq. These words are sparse among the public, but I see many as being in ignorance of this fact — 12 years ago we crossed this same bridge. Iraq must disarm their weapons of mass destruction. We still repeat those words and Saddam Hussein does not take us or the rest of the world seriously.

  • News
    • Cheaper books fuel SMC leaders (By SHANNON NELLIGAN News Writer)
      Increased student concern over the exorbitant price of textbooks and their medial buy back value has prompted student leaders to research new methods of book exchange.
    • Political science professor discusses reparations (By NATASHA GRANT News Writer)
      Political Science professor Alvin Tillery set out to tackle the politics for redress for black Americans with his talk, "Black Exceptionalism: Why Reparations are Just and Good Public Policy," part of the student government Last Lecture series.
    • Historian's lecture addresses Holocaust (By AMANDA ROTHEY News Writer)
      Noted Holocaust historian Michael Morris spoke at McKenna Hall Tuesday evening in a lecture titled "Coming to Term with the Past: reflections of a Holocaust Historian."
    • SMC creates self-defense program (By AMY GREENE News Writer)
      A new self-defense program was recently implemented at Saint Mary's. The Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD) is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The system is a comprehensive course exclusively for women that focuses on the awareness and prevention of assault, risk reduction and avoidance, and the basics of hands-on defense training. RAD is a result of the combined efforts of Lynn Kachmarik, director of athletics, Linda Timm, director of Student Affairs, and Rosemary Harris, interim director of Security.
    • Food Services survey considers Flex 10 plan (By CHRISTINA CEPERO News Writer)
      Food Services will send out a questionnaire this semester to get student feedback on meal plans to determine whether or not to implement a Flex 10 meal plan option next year.
    • Officials progress with Sharon investigation (By TERESA FRALISH Assistant News Editor)
      One week after police identified Chad Sharon's body as the one found Feb. 12 in the St. Joseph River, officials are moving forward with the police investigation and funeral and memorial arrangements for Sharon.

  • Scene
    • The Fischoff Competition Notre Dame welcomes the Chiara Quartet and other top-notch ensembles (By MARIA SMITH Scene Editor)
      Tonight at 7:30, the Chiara String Quartet will present a program of Mozart, Bartok and Beethoven in the Annenberg Auditorium at the Snite Museum of Art. The concert will be free and open to the public
    • `The Tempest' The Actors from the London Stage prepare for the coming storm (By BRANDON HOLLIHAN Scene Writer)
      One of the most popular and semi-annually anticipated programs of the FTT season returns this weekend, as the Actors from the London Stage return with a rendition of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," the comedic tale of a group of voyagers shipwrecked and the magical wonderings that occur as a result.