Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Opportunity lost UConn dominates early in 72-53 win over Irish (By MATT LOZAR Sports Editor)
      The opportunity to make history was there.
    • Opportunity lost Irish still seeking answers following another home loss (by: JOE HETTLER Sports Editor)
      If you hadn't seen a Notre Dame womens basketball game in the past month or so, all you had to do was watch the Irish take on the No. 2 Connecticut Huskies Monday afternoon at the Joyce Center to get a feel for how their season was going.
    • Irish looking to bounce back against Friars (By CHRIS FEDERICO Sports Writer)
      Only minutes after their 88-73 loss to then No. 16 Kentucky, Irish players and coaches knew they would have to quickly wipe the ugly non-conference loss from their memories.
    • Despite sickness Irish swim well (By PAT LEONARD Sports Writer)
      With swimmers at home with a virus and a shorthanded roster heading into their meet against Illinois last weekend, the Notre Dame womens swimming and diving team overcame the challenge and defeated the home team, 192.5-175.5.
    • Belles lose tough game to Albion (By HEATHER VAN HOEGARDEN)
      Saint Mary's had high hopes heading into Saturday's game against the Britons of Albion (10-5, 3-1). However, the streaking Britons were not to be denied their third straight victory, as they pulled away with a 68-58 victory at home.

  • Inside
    • Seeking logical laws (By Scott Brodfuehrer Associate News Editor)
      As most students know, Indiana has some extremely odd policies regarding alcohol. Many students' have made the trip to Meijer on Sunday only to find that they can't buy alcohol (but then turn up 31 and are able to purchase it 10 miles north in Michigan), others have found out the hard way that people under 21 are prohibited from driving a car with alcohol in it (regardless of whether or not someone of age is in the car or purchased the alcohol) and all students are familiar with the rule that prohibits anyone under 21 from being in a bar. Perhaps the first two regulations have some logical base, but the last one seems to be pointless.

  • Viewpoint
    • Equality from grade one would make affirmative action irrelevant (Joanna Mikulski Tuesday Voice)
      I might be the picture of the typical Notre Dame student: white, Catholic school-educated and straight out of the suburbs. Many of my friends fit comfortably into this category. Together we are the picture of homogeneity. This fall a study in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ranked Notre Dame 22nd out of the 26 top-tier universities in diversity. The lack of racial diversity has left many in the campus community wondering how this school can attract more qualified minority candidates to create a more diverse student body.
    • University strays from Church homosexuality stance (Charles Rice Right or Wrong?)
      A recent Vatican statement invites reflection on the homosexual issue and Notre Dame's position. In December, the Vatican released a response sent by Cardinal Medina Estevez, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, to a bishop who asked if it is licit to ordain "men with homosexual tendencies." The response said: "Ordination to the diaconate and the priesthood of homosexual men or men with homosexual tendencies is absolutely inadvisable and imprudent and, from the pastoral point of view, very risky. A homosexual person, or one with a homosexual tendency, is not, therefore, fit to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders."
    • Alcohol policy should focus on community, not liability (Jim Hogan graduate school)
      First, let me say I pray, like we all do, for the safety of Chad Sharon. Second, let me make clear that as a graduate student, I am not affected by the alcohol policy that began this year.

  • News
    • Political prisoner speaks out on military dictatorship in Burma (By JOE TROMBELLO News Writer)
      Human rights advocate James Mawdsley detailed his experiences of being imprisoned in Burma for over 60 weeks to a packed crowd Monday evening in DeBartolo Hall. Mawdsley intentionally faced imprisonment three separate times to call attention to the mass oppression, displacement and murder suffered by thousands of Burmese citizens at the hands of their own military.
    • Alumna leads Dr. Martin Luther King memorial service (By AMANDA MISNIK News Writer)
      Saint Mary's held its twelfth annual Interfaith Prayer Service for Justice and Peace on Monday where alumnus Paula Dawning, class of 1971, spoke about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s profound impact on her life. "He stood for excellence, stood for reaching a dream," said Dawning. "Through caring and compassion, you can make a difference."
    • Project Warmth drive sets record (By LINDA SKALSKI News Writer)
      More than 4,700 new and slightly used coats for people in need of winter clothing were donated last semester to set a record in the seventh annual Project Warmth campaign, conducted Oct. 28 to Dec. 6.
    • Members discuss alcohol policy effects (By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer)
      Executive cabinet members convened Monday in their first meeting of the semester to discuss the effects of the University's new alcohol policy, which went into effect last fall.
    • Affirmative action case should not affect Notre Dame (By HIMANSHU KOTHARI News Writer)
      The controversy surrounding the University of Michigan's approach to affirmative action in admissions is causing other academic institutions to reexamine their own policies.
    • BOG agrees to fund Circle K, Senior Retreat (By SARAH NESTOR Saint Mary's Editor)
      Saint Mary's Board of Governance heard presentations from Circle K representatives and the senior class president at its first meeting of the spring semester Monday.

  • Scene
    • Public Service With a Guitar (By STEVE HOEPLINGER SCENE MUSIC CRITIC)
      Last month, Joe Strummer, the founder and front man of the seminal British punk band The Clash, died of a heart attack at the age of 50. Strummer's was one of the most influential, politically active voices in rock and roll history and his death marks the passing of a punk rock legend.
    • Alanis plays the psychologist (By EMILY TUMBRINK Scene Music Critic)
      Under Rug Swept, Alanis Morissette's third album, is perhaps her most intellectual to date. Possessing deeply contemplative lyrics of self-examination and scrutiny from the world around her, this album exposes the issues that many women feel but are either afraid or incapable of expressing.
    • Phish go from stage to studio (By RYAN RAFFERTY Scene Music Critic)
      For anyone who has waited patiently for two years, the wait is over. Phish is back. After a two-year hiatus, Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman and Page McConnell are back with their first studio album since 2000's Farmhouse. While on hiatus, the members of Phish treated fans to several solo projects. As only some of these projects panned out some fans wondered if the band had lost its spark to play together. But when Phish returned to their farmhouse studio in Vermont the magic returned. While rehearsing for an upcoming New Year's Eve show the band managed to write 12 new songs and record them in four short days. The result is their latest release, Round Room.
    • More than `Just Whitney' (By SHAWTINA FERGUSON Scene Music Critic)
      Although her recent public attention focused far less on her musical talent and more on her personal misfortunes Whitney Houston's latest LP, titled Just Whitney, is a fitting comeback for an extremely talented artist. Working with top of the line producers and artists like Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Missy Elliot and Tweet, Just Whitney proves to be reminiscent of an artist who many thought was long gone.