Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Wicks leaves womens basketball team Sophomore is third player to leave in past (By JOE HETTLER Sports Editor)
      For the third time in the past thirteen months, a Notre Dame womens basketball player has decided to leave the team.
    • Struggling Irish hope to notch first victory (By JOE LINDSLEY Sports Writer)
      With four losses and no victories so far in the spring season, the Irish mens tennis team is banking on a win to come its way soon.
    • Watson qualifies for NCAA Championships (By ANDY TROEGER Sports Writer)
      The Irish track and field teams had another impressive weekend as senior Luke Watson qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 3,000 meters at the adidas Indoor Games in Boston and the Irish men's and women's teams defeated Michigan State at the Loftus Sports Complex.

  • Inside
    • Happy New Year! (Sarah Nestor Saint Mary's Editor)
      Web note: Because of a production error, this column did not appear in Friday's paper but was uploaded to the web. The column ran in today's paper.

  • Viewpoint
    • Has the case for war been made? (Scott Appleby )
      As you will have noticed, Saddam Hussein, the murderous dictator of Iraq, is defying the United Nations by refusing to demonstrate that he has complied with a resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council in 1991, following Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War. The resolution demanded full disclosure of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and full disarmament by Iraq. Seven years of inspections ended in 1998 amid complaints by U.N. weapons inspectors that Iraq was not complying.
    • Title IX's benefits outweigh its costs (Joanna Mikulski )
      The smell of freshly cut grass evokes memories of the years I spent on a soccer field. For thirteen years I was obsessed. If asked to name a role model, I would reply, "Mia Hamm" or "Julie Foudy," both members of the United States' women's national soccer team.
    • Defending SMC trip to NOW Conference Conference addressed leadership on a controversial issue (Dr. Marcia Good Maust Saint Mary's)
      As the faculty member who accompanied the students to the NOW Student Conference in Washington, D.C., I want to clarify a few points.
    • Defending SMC trip to NOW Conference Saint Mary's fosters understanding, not judgment (Jacqueline Cuisinier sophomore)
      Eric Glass's Jan. 31 letter targeted four girls who attended a pro-choice rally in Washington, D.C. Although I believe that it is immoral to abort a fetus after the moment of conception, I think it is important for me to be accepting of everyone else's views. God gave us all free will, and I support that freedom.

  • News
    • Senate calls for Bishop to stand firm on hall dances (By MEGHANNE DOWNES Associate News Editor)
      Senators called on Libby Bishop to give them a copy of her Board of Trustees report and to stress the reinstatement of in-hall dances for a year-long probationary period at Monday's emergency Student Senate meeting.
    • Economics department to split in two (By NATASHA GRANT News Writer)
      The Blue Ribbon Committee, a distinct group appointed by Notre Dame Provost Nathan Hatch, recently recommended that the Economics Department would function better if it split into two separate departments.The Committee called for the existing department to be renamed Economics Thought and Policy and for a new Department of Economics to emerge.
    • Judge sets new rape trial date (By MEGHANNE DOWNES Associate News Editor)
      The trial dates for two former Notre Dame football players accused of sexual assault were rescheduled at a status hearing last month.
    • Members react to Keenan Revue (By MEGAN O'NEIL News Writer)
      Emotions ran high as Board of Governance members discussed last weekend's Keenan Revue, the annual comedic variety show put on at Saint Mary's O'Laughlin Auditorium by Notre Dame's Keenan Hall residents.
    • Freshman class council presents strategic plan (By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer)
      Executive Cabinet members convened briefly Monday evening to discuss upcoming events and the strategic planning initiative.
    • CLC reviews previous semester of hall dances (By HELENA PAYNE News Editor)
      Student Body President Libby Bishop called on members of the Campus Life Council to provide feedback Monday on hall dances in preparation for her Board of Trustees report later this week.
    • Students work to raise funds for children's camp (By LINDA SKALSKI News Writer)
      Notre Dame juniors Adam Dell and Dan Doherty are close to realizing their dream as they strive to raise the remaining funds to run their Camp Kesem project.

  • Scene
    • Folk Implosion's music implodes (By EMILY TUMBRINK Scene Music Critic)
      Although Folk Implosion has not released an album since1999's One Part Lullaby, it is a bit pretentious of the band to name its latest album The New Folk Implosion. Granted, some major changes have occurred since the band's previous release, but naming the album The New Folk Implosion implies that those changes were positive, suggesting a new and improved sound.
    • Zwan gives a massive debut (By RYAN RAFFERTY Scene Music Critic)
      Only three years after the Smashing Pumpkins said farewell and goodnight, former front man Billy Corgan's newest project Zwan was born.
    • Indigo Girls acoustisize the Bend (By KATE WILLIAMS Scene Music Critic)
      Promoting their new album, Become You, The Indigo Girls appeared Sunday night in downtown South Bend. The Morris Civic Auditorium was the second stop on their tour of the Midwest.