Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Grow, Love win sprints to spur squad past Spartans, Crop of young speedsters look promising in dual (By NOAH AMSTADTER Assistant Sports Editor)
      She may have had a bandage wrapped around her leg, but Irish sophomore sprinter Kymia Love hardly looked restrained during Friday's 88-71 Notre Dame victory over Michigan State.
    • Redwine returns from injuries to leap career best (By NOAH AMSTADTER Assistant Sports Editor)
      Quill Redwine isn't injured anymore.
    • Guy guides Irish by winning singles title (By STEVE KEPPEL Sports Writer)
      Kimberly Guy led the 13th-ranked women's tennis team as she won the adidas College Invitational in Orlando, while three of the doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals and semifinals.
    • Zasowski blocks 40 Bulldog shots in 4-3 win over Yale (By JEFF BALTRUZAK Sports Writer)
      On Sunday, all the Yale Bulldogs could see was a determined human wall with "Notre Dame" emblazoned across the chest.
    • Belles look past loss to conferences (By JANEL MILLER Sports Writer)
      The Belles swimming and diving team ended its regular season with another close loss, this time to Kalamazoo, 122-12.
    • Irish squads post 5-0 weekend, defeat Northwestern (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
      The men's fencing team got back to basics Sunday at Evansville while the women's side knocked off its top Midwest rival, Northwestern, as both teams posted 5-0 weekends at the first Midwestern meet of the season.
    • Irish bowlers can't match nation's best (Special to The Observer )
      The Blue and Gold Classic lived up to its advance billing, as the top teams from all over the country tripped to Beacon Bowl for the Tier 1 national event.

  • Inside
    • Superbowl's most valuable liar (Mike Connolly Editor in Chief)
      I can only say I was completely disgusted by CBS studio host Jim Nance in the Superbowl post-game interviews Sunday night especially in regards to the stance he took in the pregame show.

  • Viewpoint
    • Popular culture feels the burn of the death penalty (Charles E. Rice Right or Wrong?)
      One of the hot toys this Christmas was Death Row Marv, a 6-inch doll complete with "chair, wired helmet ... and ... switch." Marv can move his neck, torso and arms. For $23.95, the ad urges the targeted 13-year olds to "[f]eel the burn as the electric buzz fills the room and he starts to shake and convulse. Experience the pain as the shaking continues and his eyes start to glow bright red. Enjoy the torment." As columnist Michelle Malkin noted, more than 65,000 were sold and there were "waiting lists across the country."
    • Leaders of America's left fall to flaws (James Seaman Daily Utah Chronicle)
      SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
    • Presidential past less important than U.S. future (Clayton Swope sophomore)
      This letter is in response to Monday's Viewpoint column by Mark Marchand entitled, "Thanks for nothing, Clinton."
    • Quote of the Day (Oscar Wilde writer)
      "Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived."

  • News
    • Disarming through dialogue (By TIM LOGAN Senior Staff Writer)
    • Members discuss Keenan Revue (By COLLEEN McCARTHY Associate News Editor)
      The Board of Governance decided at its Tuesday meeting to place an initative on Monday's Student Body President election to determine the student body's opinion on holding the Keenan Revue on campus.
    • The Observer re-elects Connolly editor in chief (By NELLIE WILLIAMS Ireland Correspondent)
      The Observer's General Board unanimously re-elected Mike Connolly as the editor in chief for the 2001-2002 publishing year Monday night.
    • ND grad learns value of his `little hands' outside the U.S. (By ALLY JAY News Writer)
      Deciding on what one wishes to do as a doctor is a lot like choosing a major in college. At first the amount of choices can seem overwhelming for students considering a future in the medical field.
    • ND, ROTC share long history together (By TIM LOGAN Senior Staff Writer)
      The military has always been present at Notre Dame.

  • Scene
    • Lifehouse surprises critics with No Name Face (By LISA BRUNO Scene Music Critic)
      This review did not turn out the way it was supposed to. It was supposed to be a simple article in which Lifehouse's debut release, No Name Face, receives a lackluster review for seeming to follow in the footsteps of the likes of the overplayed Creed. But it did not work out that way.
    • Don't Let Go captures Garcia at his musical peak (By TIM BODONY Scene Music Critic)
      The Grateful Dead traveled down so many roads, yet even during his vacations, lead singer Jerry Garcia had to keep on truckin'. As much a musicologist as a performer, Garcia used his various side projects to explore the American roots music traditions that initially influenced rock 'n' roll.
    • Who is Jill Scott? answers call for quality R&B (By ARIENNE THOMPSON Scene Music Critic)
      While the boy bands and teeny bopper idols churn out platinum tripe, there does in fact exist a more thoughtful side of the music industry that succeeds in finding fresh new acts with actual creative ability and panache.
    • Softer, more melodic rock works for Coldplay (By MARY SPEARS Scene Music Critic)
      Coldplay could very well be the unofficial soundtrack band for winter in South Bend.