Sports
- Freshmen players prove themselves (By ANDREW SOUKUP Associate Sports Editor)
Meet Jordan Cornette, Notre Dame's "other" freshman.
- Freshmen players prove themselves Small town girl takes initiative (By KATIE McVOY Associate Sports Editor)
It all started with a tape and a dream.
- Irish prepare to lead at national championships (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
Nobody can deny that the 2002 Irish fencing team is talented. It has a barn full of All-Americans, NCAA qualifiers and international superstars waiting to make a run at the national championship in March. The first United States Fencing Coaches Association poll lists the Irish as the No. 2 team in the country.
- Sabrewomen, sabremen expect huge improvements in `02 (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
Take a now-confident sophomore, mix in a transplant from the foil team and fold it into a walk-on who has developed into a captain and All-American contender, and you have the recipe for the 2002 women's sabre squad.
- Men's, women's foilists look to dominate nationals (By MATT LOZAR AND MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writers)
Boasting one of Notre Dame's top fencers, an impressive freshman and a solid senior, the Irish men's fencing foil squad will start its drive to the national championship this weekend at the New York University Duals.
- More mature Viviani leads deep men's epee squad (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
Jan Viviani has come a long way.
Inside
- Spiritless Starbucks (Kiflin Turner Assistant News Editor)
I used to be a patron of Starbucks. I loved the caramel macchiatos and the oversized plush chairs. But one thing has changed since then: the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 marked a day that I and countless others will never forget.
Viewpoint
- Be honest about King's message and its application today (Rev. Geoff Bowden graduate student)
It occurred to me during this year's annual fanfare, reminiscings and half-hearted applications of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideas to the controversies of the day by the press, that our celebration of the man and his dream has become benign, perhaps even mendacious.
- Teach for America (Stacy E.Ward class of '97)
My name is Stacy Ward and I graduated from Notre Dame in 1997. I'm currently teaching fifth grade in Baltimore as a Teach For America (TFA) corps member.
- Learn about and respect life (Paul Allegra class of '00)
I agree with Shane Hudnall, in his Jan. 22, letter titled, "Clearing up cloning misconceptions," that often too much emphasis is placed on genetics. This is especially true of those who tell us we share 98 percent of our genetic material with monkeys — as "proof" monkeys are our "cousins" — but fail to tell us we share 95 percent with houseflies and 70 percent with yeast.
- Rebuild the towers and continue the dream (Joe Valenti Columbia Daily Spectator)
NEW YORK
- Quote of the Day (William Faulkner American author)
"Systems political or religious or racial or national — will not just respect us because we practice freedom, they will fear us because we do."
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News
- Coughlin, Winchester withdraw from race (By MYRA MCGRIFF Saint Mary's Editor)
Caroline Coughlin and Jeanna Winchester dropped out of the race for 2002 Student Body president and vice president early morning Wednesday, leaving only one remaining ticket, that of Kim Jenson and Elizabeth Jablonski-Dieh in the election.
- ND, SMC students march for life (By ANDREW THAGARD Assistant News Editor)
One hundred fifty Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students returned from a trip Wednesday, organized by ND/SMC Right to Life Clubs, to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life. Thousands of pro-lifers from across the country gathered to remember the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling that legalized abortion.
- MLK chat focuses on diversity (HELENA PAYNE Assistant News Editor)
Students and administrators revealed many unspoken issues regarding race Monday night during a fireside chat in Coleman Morse Center, one of the week's events honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Though the group consisted of less than 40 people, many opened up about the difficulties of developing friends across racial lines and considered ways to break the existing barriers at Notre Dame.
- Nuestadt: Bush handles "war" well (LAURA ROMPF Associate News Editor)
The last time Richard Nuestadt, a Harvard professor and presidential scholar, visited Notre Dame's campus was Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. The next day, analyzing the current president George W. Bush's term in office became an unprecedented task.
- `Innovator' to lecture on Sept. 11 response (SHEILA EGTS News Writer)
Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, will speak on "Patriotism and Compassion" tonight at 8 p.m. in the Saint Mary's O'Laughlin Auditorium. It will address the response to the events of Sept. 11.
- Groups may be liable for deficits (ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
The Financial Management Board submitted to the Student Senate Wednesday night an amendment to the Student Union constitution that would require certain student groups, such as the senate itself, to repay funds if they exceed their allotted budgets.
- Memorial service remembers Minamiki (ALLY JAY News Writer)
Students, professors, priests and friends gathered in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Wednesday afternoon to remember the life of Father George Minamiki, the former associate professor emeritus of Classical and Oriental languages who died Jan. 4 of a heart attack while visiting family in Los Angeles.
- ND Thespians put on French play (LAURA KELLY News Writer)
The dress rehearsal in Washington Hall's Lab Theatre seems just like any other, until the actors speak their first lines. Then this play's uniqueness becomes clear — it is entirely in French.
- Forum addresses sexuality (JILL MAXBAUER News Writer)
Saint Mary's forum "Contraception: Is it a safe choice? Setting Limits: A Personal Choice," part of the Understanding and Embrac-ing Our Sexuality Series, left students asking the question, "when are we going to talk about contraception?"
Scene
- Amateur filmmaking in name only The Notre Dame Student Film Festival highlights the hard work of student directors (By LIAM DACEY and MARIO BIRD Scene Movie Critics)
The 2002 Notre Dame Student Film Festival, now in its 13th year of existence, kicks off tonight in the Hesburgh Library Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Despite its new location, this year's festival promises the same unique and often eclectic mix of student short films.
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