Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Cross country rivals set to meet on track (By DAVE COOK Sports Writer)
      When the distance runners of the men's and women's track and field team toe the line on Friday, they will be lining up against opponents who are very familiar — probably too familiar for their own comfort.
    • Belles look to rebound (By JOE LINDSLEY )
      With seven games left in the regular season, the Saint Mary's basketball team is trying to recover from two consecutive losses, including a 74-51 defeat at Kalamazoo Wednesday night.
    • FENCING: Finishing at the top Auriol to call it a career at 2002 season's end (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
      When Irish head coach Yves Auriol called a team meeting at one of the first practices of the year, he made an announcement that would define the entire season to come. After 17 years at Notre Dame, Auriol said that 2002 would be his last season as head coach.
    • FENCING: Irish face No. 1 St. John's at NYU this weekend (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
      Sunday the hype stops.
    • MEN'S BASKETBALL: Slumping Irish face tough Pirate backcourt (By ANDREW SOUKUP Associate Sports Editor)
      Don't think. Just play.
    • ND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Streak faces Hokie test (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Editor)
      On Dec. 8, 1998 the Notre Dame women's basketball team — a team featuring a sophomore center named Ruth Riley — fell to Connecticut 106-81 on the Joyce Center floor. Since that game, the Irish have been perfect at home, winning 46 games in a row at the Joyce Center, the longest such active streak in the country.
    • HOCKEY: Irish look to get back on track (By CHRIS FEDERICO Assistant Sports Editor)
      The Irish hockey team takes to the road tonight for a two-game series with CCHA rival Miami of Ohio. The Irish and the Redhawks are currently tied for the eighth spot in the division with 16 points each.
    • ND WOMEN'S TENNIS: Irish open spring with dual matches (By COLIN BOYLAN Sports Writer)
      The women's tennis team returns to action this weekend with home matches against Illinois State and Northern Iowa. And for the players, the start of the spring season can't come soon enough.
    • MEN'S TENNIS: Irish look to catch Gophers in Minnesota (By RACHEL BIBER Sports Writer)
      With the season off to a perfect 2-0 start, the seventh-ranked Irish men's tennis team looks to keep its winning streak alive as it heads into two weekend battles against 68th-ranked William and Mary and 32nd-ranked Minnesota.
    • ND SWIMMING: Irish look to make a splash against 'Cats (By SHEILA EGTS Sports Writer)
      The Irish seem as calm and serene as the undisturbed waters of the Rolfs Aquatic Center as they anticipate the dual meet competition against Big East opponent Villanova on Saturday.

  • Inside
    • Magic Touch (By Angela Campos Lab Tech)
      So when you hear the words "It's magic," what do you imagine? Do you see the old man at the county fair doing tricks with cards and doves, pulling a rabbit out of his black top hat? Do you see yourself at Christmas getting a magic set under the tree, wonder just how Santa knew that you wanted it (because you had forgotten to put it on your list to him)? Or is it watching magicians performing death-defying feats on the World's Greatest Magic on television?

  • Viewpoint
    • New government needs new attitude (The Observer Editorial Observer Editorial Board)
      The Kim Jensen and Elizabeth Jablonski-Diehl ticket was the only ticket willing to take a chance and stand up to the public scrutiny of running for public office. In a field of fallen tickets, they have volunteered to be leaders for a student body that has produced no other leaders. For this they should be commended.
    • Play a responsible part (By Joanna Mikulski Tuesday Voice on Friday)
      This semester, perhaps in an attempt to escape "the bubble" and to have the privilege of parking a car in D6, I decided to take the opportunity to work as an intern on the editorial page of The Truth, a local newspaper in Elkhart County.

  • News
    • Talk focuses on compassion after Sept. 11 (By SARAH NESTOR News Writer)
      Martha Nussbaum gave the keynote address "Patriotism and Compassion" as a part of the Play of the Mind conference last evening at Saint Mary's.
    • ND student government campaign begins today (By ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
      When Notre Dame students wake up on Saturday morning, they may notice something new on the walls of their dorms: campaign posters for the upcoming campus-wide election.
    • Late night olympics becomes tradition (By JOHN FANNING News Writer)
      As a result of the efforts of RecSports, the 16th Annual Late Night Olympics will take place tonight at the Joyce Center from 7 p.m. - 4 a.m. The event has become tradition and allows between 1,300 and 1,500 students to participate in 18 different events that make use of all of the facilities that the Joyce Center offers.
    • Student play to benefit South Bend AIDS ministry (By SPENCER BEGGS News Writer)
      The Student Players will present a staged reading of one of Tony Kushner's two-part dramas "Angels in America," which won the Tony Award for best play in 1993. The group will present the first half of the show entitled "Millennium Approaches" as a benefit for the AIDS Ministry in downtown South Bend tonight in Washington Hall.

  • Scene
    • Gizmos and gadgets and gougers (oh my) The Observer tests out three infomercial products to see if they can live up to their own hype (Scene Staff Report )
      Once upon a time there was no Internet, no cell phones and no TV. In those dark days, people used to go to buildings where products were on display for them to examine and buy. Salesmen used to have to convince consumers that their products were more than snake oil and tonics.