Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Surging Notre Dame set to play in George's town (By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Associate Sports Editor)
      The last time the Irish played in the MCI Center, it was Senior Day 2000, and the Irish humiliated the Hoyas on their homecourt 77-54. Everything went right from the Irish, from 54 percent shooting to a 51-29 advantage on the boards.
    • Spartans vault into Loftus to take on Irish track team (By NOAH AMSTADTER Assistant Sports Editor)
      Looking to remain undefeated, the Irish men's track and field team takes to the track for the second time this season when they host Michigan State tonight at Loftus.
    • Head-to-head matchups crucial to Irish victory (By ANDREW SOUKUP Sports Writer)
      Sure, Notre Dame sprinter Tameisha King has a ton of talent.
    • Irish kick off 2001 Midwest season (By MIKE CONNOLLY )
      The Notre Dame fencing team travels to Northwestern this weekend for matches against five Midwest rivals and a chance to size up the competition before the Midwest Regionals in March.
    • No. 13 Irish head to Orlando (by STEVE KEPPEL Sports Writer)
      The Notre Dame women's tennis team travels to Orlando this weekend to participate in the adidas Classic.
    • Belles go for the sweep against Britons (By KATIE McVOY Assistant Sports Editor)
      If Wednesday night's game read like a book, then the Belles are looking for a new chapter as they face off against the Britons of Albion College Saturday at Angela Athletic Facility.
    • Irish sluggers ranked No. 13 in ESPN poll (Special to The Observer )
      The Notre Dame baseball team continues to rack up high rankings in the national preseason polls, as the ESPN USA Today Baseball Weekly preseason coaches poll has tabbed the Irish 13th in anticipation of the upcoming season.
    • Irish's Harris eager to play in front of hometown crowd (By MATT ORENCHUK Sports Writer)
      Everyone can remember a day in their youth when they discovered something they love.

  • Inside
    • A few of my favorite things (Erin Piroutek Associate News Editor)

  • Viewpoint
    • Marketing Wilson the volleyball (Tom Tortorich The Daily Iowan)
      IOWA CITY, Iowa
    • Quote of the Day (F. Scott Fitzgerald author)
      "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you."
    • Finding out about alcohol abroad (Joanna Mikulski Innsbruck Stimme)
      To American students, including many of those at Notre Dame, alcohol represents the ultimate in "forbidden fruits." It costs relatively little. Under-aged students can easily obtain it. The consequences of its illegal consumption are avoidable. Administrators generally turn a blind eye towards its presence at football games, in the dormitories and within fraternities.
    • Censorship is sometimes the answer (Nathaniel Hannan junior)
      Most of the students reading this will be familiar with a pop song played regularly on the radio only few short months ago: "You and me, baby, we ain't nothin' but mammals/Doin' what they do on the Discovery Channel."
    • Inside column missed the point (Maureen Rodgers senior)
      Inside columnist Nate Phillips enraged numerous women on campus yesterday by misunderstanding "The Vagina Monologues." Although Phillips admits that he has not read or seen the play, his ignorance did not seem to stop him from condemning it.
    • Open speaker policy only option for SMC (Observer Editorial Board )
      The free and unrestricted exchange of ideas is crucial to establishing an educational environment that cherishes academic freedom. The process of developing mature viewpoints on social issues requires the critical examination of students' beliefs.

  • News
    • Police anticipate more bar busts (By MIKE CONNOLLY News Writer)
      Benchwarmer's and Finnigan's may not be the only bars raided this school year. In a release about the raid at Benchwarmer's Wednesday night South Bend Police said they will continue to look for underage patrons in taverns.
    • Senate proposes du Lac policy changes (By JASON McFARLEY Assistant News Editor)
      In a move that may translate into unprecedented change for the University handbook, the Faculty Senate on Wednesday took aim at du Lac, Notre Dame's guide to student life.
    • ACE program receives award for national service work (By MEG DADAY News Writer)
      It is the first day of school for Jim Rigg. His first day as a teacher; his first day at the urban, predominantly African-American, Bishop Byrne High School in Memphis, Tenn.
    • Arts center undergoes new design Coleman-Morse center nears (By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER News Writer)
      Construction of the Marie DeBartolo Performing Arts Center will be delayed for several months to redesign some areas of the 125,000 square feet project.
    • Mission Statement faces changes again Commission's second revision awaits approval (By KATIE McVOY News Writer)
      A change to Saint Mary's Mission Statement awaits approval by College officials, leaders of the revision effort said recently.
    • Although the Spring Visitation Weekend convinces numerous minority applicants to enroll at Notre Dame, some believe the University engages in ... Deceptive Diversity (By CHRISTINE KRALY News Writer)
      Some people might consider the Spring Visitation Weekend — an event held annually to allow high talent minority students to visit campus — to be a success primarily because 60 percent of the weekend's attendees enroll at the University and therefore increase its diversity.

  • Scene
    • 2001 Notre Dame Student Film Festival The ever-popular and often controversial student film festival will showcase the talent of ND FTT students this weekend. Scene got a sneak preview for several of the films headlining this event. (By CHRIS SIKORSKI Scene Writer)
      One of the most popular and most talked about events of the year returns to the Snite Museum of Art on Friday, Saturday and Monday as the 12th annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival rolls into action.