Sports
- ND Womens Soccer: No time better than now Irish face pair of must-win games against Pittsburgh and West Virginia (By: JOE LICANDRO Sports Writer)
The phrase "must-win game" is an overused expression in sports. For the Notre Dame womens soccer team, there is no better way to describe this weekend games with its back against the wall after two home losses last weekend.
- SMC Golf: Belles soar into tourney (By: CHRIS FEDERICO Sports Editor)
The Saint Mary's golf team proved its dominance in the MIAA during the regular season, winning two of three MIAA Jamborees and the Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jacket Invitational along the way.
- Football: Holiday's fate will be game-time decision (By: ANDREW SOUKUP Sports Writer)
Carlyle Holiday says he's ready to play Saturday. But his coaches aren't quite convinced yet, saying they'd be willing to wait until just before kickoff Saturday before deciding whether to start Holiday or backup Pat Dillingham.
- ND Volleyball: Lineup change may be in the cards for Irish (By: MATT LOZAR Sports Writer)
Despite starting Big East action with two wins last weekend, Notre Dame volleyball coach Debbie Brown was not satisfied with her team's passing. This week in practice, Brown has been experimenting with a lineup change to get the Irish's passing to be more consistent and improve the team's defense.
- ND Cross Country: Squads face difficult fields (By: JOE LINDSLEY Sports Writer)
Until now, the Notre Dame mens and womens cross country teams have been dominant in both of this season's races on the Burke Memorial Golf Course.
- Mens Soccer: Solid play, no results not enough to satisfy Irish (By: JOE HETTLER Associate Sports Editor)
The No. 16 Notre Dame mens soccer team played well on the road last weekend but didn't win either of its games. They don't want that happening again this weekend when they face Pittsburgh and Akron.
- SMC Volleyball: Belles get pair of victories (By: CHRIS FEDERICO Sports Editor)
After dropping a competitive match to MIAA leader Alma last weekend, the Saint Mary's volleyball team enjoyed a week of non-conference competition this week.
- SMC Soccer: Belles stay close to Knights, look to Calvin (By: CHRIS FEDERICO Sports Editor)
On the heels of a solid 6-0 victory over Olivet College, the Belles soccer team hoped to avenge a pair of one-handed defeats to Kalamazoo College from last season in which the Belles were outscored 17-1 in the two contests.
- Womens Interhall Football: Ducks battle for postseason (By: HEATHER VAN HOEGARDEN Sports Writer)
While McGlinn (2-1) has virtually made the playoffs, Howard (1-3) is battling for the last playoff spot in the seven-team Blue Division. The Ducks must fight for their postseason life on Sunday, as their shot at a Stadium appearance rides on their performance.
- Mens Interhall Football: Undefeated Alumni, Morrissey square off (By: LISA REIJULA, JUSTIN SHUVER and TREY WILLIAMS )
Only two teams in the men's interhall gold league, Alumni and Morrissey, remain unbeaten this season.
- Womens Interhall Football: Walsh qualifies for playoffs with 7-0 victory (By: JUSTIN SHUVER and PAT LEONARD )
The Wild Women of Walsh were true to their name as they celebrated on the sideline after defeating Pasquerilla West 7-0 in Thursday's interhall football action.
- Rowing: Irish travel to Head of Ohio in Pittsburgh (By: CHRISTINE ARMSTRONG Sports Writer)
The Irish will travel to Pittsburgh for the Head of Ohio this weekend, where they expect to face their fiercest opposition to date. The team, which has performed well in its first two season races, expects to continue its success.
- Swimming: Irish and Belles start season as opponents (Special to The Observer )
The Notre Dame mens and womens and Saint Mary's swim teams start their seasons this weekend at the Notre Dame Relays.
- `Walk on' hopes to lose his title (Andrew Soukup Sports Writer)
Nobody else got a label in front of their name a couple weeks ago.
- The game they all circled Irish coach Tyrone Willingham takes on his former Stanford players (By ANDREW SOUKUP Sports Writer)
Normally, hell has a better chance of freezing over before Tyrone Willingham admits a football game is anything more than a football game.
- Defensive line puts squeeze on opponents (By JOE HETTLER Asociate Sports Editor)
Darrell Campbell knew Notre Dame's defense was missing something last season.
- Johnson hopes to use size against Irish corners (By CHRIS FEDERICO Sports Editor)
If you had to build the perfect wide receiver, what attributes would you give him?
Inside
- Give education majors respect (Courtney Boyle Assistant News Editor)
When people hear education major, they instantly think it is a blow off easy major. However, secondary and middle school education majors do not receive the credit they deserve.
Viewpoint
- Where's the class? (John Litle Frankly Obnoxious)
Watching the Michigan game a few weeks back, it became apparent to all of us just what "lack of class" was. We watched the definition of low class as a Michigan player overtly attempted to injure Carlyle Holiday. But talking about classlessness and Michigan is a redundancy in terms. And Michigan State makes Michigan look like the Charisse Leroux School of Etiquette for girls. But enough about football, I want to talk about the low class that I see on this campus — the lack of common human courtesy that we endure every day.
- War pigs, aristocrats and reality TV: Our only choices for 2004 (Calvin Hennick The Daily Iowan)
IOWA CITY, Iowa
- BOT must make housing changes (Observer editorial )
The Board of Trustees should take the Office of the Student Body President's "Plan to Improve Residential Life" seriously. With more than half of the senior class currently living off- campus and the exodus from campus housing increasing each year, it is time for the Notre Dame administration to take a hard look at the status of residential life at the University.
- Democrats disregard law in N.J. race (Danny O'Driscoll sophomore)
The Democratic Party is disregarding the law of the United States once again, in order for Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and other party leaders to retain their slim hold on power in the United States Senate.
- ND shows hypocrisy in its recognition of clubs (Aaron Kreider Progressive Student Alliance founder)
In September 1998, the University administration recognized a student group that promised in a foreword to its constitution to work for multiple issues, including, "Gay Rights: support the gay community in their struggle to attain both human and civil rights both in the University and beyond."
- Quote of the Day (William Shakespeare playwright)
"There's many a man has more hair than wit."
News
- Former Irish Republic president Robinson visits SMC (Sarah Nestor Saint Mary's Editor)
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, no longer holds a public position but still plans to be an advocate for human rights, she said Thursday at Saint Mary's.
- Campus celebrates Co-Ed Week (Jason McFarley News Writer)
Events ranging from a screening of "The Godfather" to a campus kickball tournament will be part of a weeklong student government-organized celebration of the 30th anniversary of co-education at Notre Dame.
- Scientists unlock mosquito gene Results affect malaria research (Andrew Thagard News Writer)
A sequence of 260 million letters, consisting of only A, T, C and G specifically arranged —that's what Notre Dame's Center for Tropical Disease Research and Training Director Frank Collins and his fellow researchers have to show for over two years of work.
- Ty calls for Sea of Green (Andrew Soukup News Writer)
When Notre Dame beat Michigan three weeks ago, Irish head coach Tyrone Willingham donned a green shirt to match the Kelly green "Return to Glory" shirts.
- Trustees, administrators support dorm improvements (Jason McFarley News Writer)
The University's top student life official praised a student government report to the Board of Trustees Thursday, saying trustees and administrators were "almost entirely in agreement with" student leaders' plan to improve campus housing.
- Veteran journalist to serve in-residence (Special to the Observer )
Jay T. Harris, former publisher of the San Jose Mercury News and executive editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, will deliver a lecture, "Journalism, Democracy and the `American Experiment'" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Notre Dame. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Room 127 Hayes-Healy Center.
- Fisher men pledge to sit for Betsy as dorm celebrates 50th Celebration of dorm's 50 years benefits child (C. Spencer Beggs News Writer)
This weekend, the 180 residents of Fisher Hall plan to show how the dorm's presence on campus since 1952 can make a difference for one family.
- Anthropologist explains NPOs' role in Bangladesh (Joe Trombello News Writer)
Rockefeller visiting fellow and anthropologist Lamia Karim presented research gathered during her fieldwork in Bangladesh Thursday at a lecture for International Studies.
- Saint Mary's parental advisers to meet today (Melanie Becker News Writer)
Saint Mary's Parents Council is scheduled to meet on today in Stapleton for its fall semester meeting.
Scene
- The Four Horsemen (By EMILY HOWALD Assistant Scene Editor)
"Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden."
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