Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • FENCING: Irish strong, but not deep Wildcats take advantage of new line-up, win 6-3 (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
      The No. 2 Notre Dame women's fencing team may be one of its most talented in history, but it sorely lacks depth. When freshman foilist Andrea Ament traveled to Germany for a World Cup event rather than compete with the Irish in Colorado Springs, head coach Yves Auriol was forced to juggle his line-up.
    • WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Severe finds familiar foe in Selwyn (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Editor)
      When Le'Tania Severe takes the court at Pittsburgh tonight, her assignment on defense will be a familiar one.
    • Do refs call it right? (By TED FOX Fox Sports ... Almost)
      Do referees get the call right most of the time?

  • Inside
    • The perfect road trip (By KATIE HUGHES Copy Editor)
      I have high standards. They shouldn't be too long, but they definitely shouldn't be too short. I've had some good, memorable ones, and some that were just miserable experiences that I couldn't wait to get to the end of.

  • Viewpoint
    • Transportation always an adventure in Africa (Maite Uranga Life in Africa)
      Transportation in Mauritania is an adventure. It is like one long and sometimes hellish amusement park ride. Before even getting into or onto the mode of transportation, the excitement begins. Getting the one kilometer from the market to my village involves first sitting alongside the road at a seemingly arbitrary point that everyone knows. One day the spot moved. Perhaps one day it will move back. After a while, the donkey cart comes and about 10 people pile on it. Everyone is carrying something: new clothes, watermelons, children, unidentifiable animal parts or lots of vegetables.
    • Revue jokes predicated on myths (Shamus Rohn junior)
      Since many of our community saw the Keenan Revue this weekend, it allows me to pose a question I have been struggling with on my own for some time.
    • Student Government elections a farce (John Litle Frankly Obnoxious)
      Aaaahh. Refreshing. It's that time of year when campus urinals fill with the campaign propaganda distributed by over-eager candidates seeking student government office, not to benefit us students, but rather to pad their own resumes. Who will you vote for? The candidate promising air conditioning for all students (he might as well promise cheese from the moon)? Blah!
    • US Middle-East policy dangerously unbalanced (Tony Lusvardi senior)
      President Bush and his foreign policy team have done a masterful job thus far in waging a complex and multi-layered war against terrorism. They have conducted a prudent and effective military campaign in Afghanistan and have cajoled reluctant allies into our coalition. However, the Bush administration's slavish support of right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government is both a moral and a strategic blunder, one which risks undermining America's ongoing effort to fight terrorism in the Arab and Muslim world.
    • ND Today/Observer Poll Question (Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m. )
      For which ticket do you plan on voting in the upcoming student government elections?
    • Quote of the Day (Jack Handy comedian)
      "I'd rather be rich than stupid."

  • News
    • Officials detail bar renovations (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
      The University's top student life official unveiled Monday plans for major renovations to the Alumni-Senior Club, a venue whose use for social gatherings student groups had long urged administrators to expand.
    • Elections lack social concerns candidates (By ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
      This year's campaign for Notre Dame student body president is filled with promises of social events and policy initiatives aimed primarily at improving student life.
    • Speaker discusses architecture's role in the Holocaust (By MEGHAN MARTIN News Writer)
      There is a connection between the architecture and function of German concentration camps at Auschwitz, according to Robert Jan van Pelt, a full-time professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

  • Scene
    • Bad Religion find the perfect Process for punk (By TOM O'CONNELL Scene Music Critic)
      Bad Religion is one of the bands responsible for bringing punk rock to the mainstream. In 1980 they scraped together enough money to produce their first album and their record label, Epitaph, was born. Since then, they have grown a reasonably large fan base, which is unique for a genre that is usually more on the fringes of mainstream. Bad Religion put forth some quality efforts in the 1990s, with such moderately successful albums as Generator, No Control and Stranger Than Fiction. While continuing to make their own records, Bad Religion have spent the last 20 years grooming and producing other punk rock acts such as NOFX, Minor Threat and their first platinum-selling band, The Offspring.
    • Master P's latest, Game Face, fails to score big (By LAURA ROMPF Scene Music Critic)
      One might say the most lasting contributions Master P has made to the rap industry is the introduction of his son Lil' Romeo and the annoying yet catchy "Uh" sound that is found on each tune he has participated in since "Make 'em say Uh." With a few exceptions, his latest album Game Face, will not silence the critics.
    • Live album showcases Dispatch's diverse talents (By JOHN FANNING Scene Music Critic)
      December of 2001 saw the release of Gut the Van, a double live album showcasing the highpoints of up and coming band Dispatch's 2001 tour. Drawing mainly from shows in the Northeast, where the band has their strongest following, the material comes from all four of the albums the group has put out since forming in 1995.