Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Belles aim for upset against league-leading Flying Dutch (by KATIE McVOY Assistant Sports Editor)
      As women athletes are recognized nationwide, the Belles are looking to soar to victory over the No. 1 ranked Flying Dutch of Hope College tonight.
    • Irish recruiters have high hopes for defensive end (By TIM CASEY Assistant Sports Editor)
      Will Irish fans remember Shaun Cody as another Carlyle Holiday or as C.J. Leak revisited?
    • Irish hoopsters look to dominate power forward (By NOAH AMSTADTER Assistant Sports Editor)
      Preparing for tonight's game against Pittsburgh, the No. 1 Notre Dame women's basketball team brought in a new opponent Tuesday — football guard Jim Jones.
    • National celebration calls attention to women athletes Belles and Irish celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day (By KATIE McVOY Assistant Sports Editor)
      Today isn't about being Division I or Division III or about being nationally ranked or unknown. Today women on the Saint Mary's campus and women on the Notre Dame campus have something very important in common. Today, all the women athletes of the nation are being recognized for their contribution to the world of sports. Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

  • Inside
    • The bane of my existance (BY MATT ORENCHUK Assistant Webmaster)
      First of all, you have to understand this about me. I moved to North

  • Viewpoint
    • Material poor share in spiritual wealth (Center for Social Concerns For a More Just and Humane World)
      How should we as Christians handle the issue of the poor, of individuals living in physical poverty? In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus tells the rich young man, "`If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me'" (19:21). Through the Border Issues seminar over Christmas break, our group reflected on the meaning of this passage and sought answers to many challenging questions and ideas.
    • Thoughts from an American classroom (Scott Blaszak The Early Essays)
      All right. Here we go. Only 52 minutes. I can handle this. Just don't think about the time. Concentrate on the professor. Yeah. This sounds important. Like test material. I should learn this. Concentrate.
    • Television misrepresents Asians (Letter to the editor )
      I am a second generation Korean Canadian. It seems that by all accounts I have fully assimilated into Canadian society. I watch Hockey Night in Canada, not Korean soap operas; I listen to the Hip, not Seo Tae-Ji; I eat Kraft Dinner, not Korean instant noodle soups; I play ice hockey, not tae-kwon-do or kung-fu; and I say `eh' sporadically at the end of my sentences.

  • News
    • Americans observe sweatshops (Katie Miller and Bridget Purdue News Writers)
      "No one can live on live on $1.25 a day. We know, we starved on it," Jim Keady testified Monday and Tuesday night to Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students.
    • Running mates contemplate their union (Erin LaRuffa News Writer)
      Most Notre Dame students pay little attention to why two candidates in the student body election end up running together.
    • Hatch addresses Faculty Senate concerns (Erin Piroutek Associate News Editor)
      Two weeks ago, the Faculty Senate passed several resolutions proposing du Lac policy changes and forwarded them to the co-chairs of the newly formed Academic and Student Life Advisory Council, (ASLAC) Provost Nathan Hatch and Vice President for Student Affairs Mark Poorman. Yesterday, Hatch addressed the Senate and fielded questions about the mission of the newly formed ASLAC and specific actions that he would undertake as co-chair It was his first visit to the senate since the formation of the ASLAC.
    • Members debate healthcare plans (Nate Phillips News Writer)
      The Graduate Student Union addressed the possibility of expanding the current graduate student health plan Tuesday night. Member Harold Stegel led Union member complaints that expressed the need of a new health care system with better student benefits.

  • Scene
    • PlayStation 2 can't compare with old school Nintendo (By Jeff Baltruzak Short Circuits)
      During vacation, I played "NFL Madden 2001" while in "party mode" at another institution of higher learning known as UCLA.
    • `Majora's Mask' challenge a must-have for Zelda fans (By ADAM TURNER Scene Video Game Reviewer)
      As we move through life, a few things are constant. Engineers get no play. The best way to a woman's heart is not through haiku poetry. Fish and peanut butter do not go together.
    • Magic of `Final Fantasy IX' creates best in series (By JOSE CUELLAR Scene Video Game Reviewer)
      Known as one of the most popular series in the role-playing game genre, "Final Fantasy" returns with its ninth installment under this title, the last to appear for the PlayStation console.
    • `Mario Tennis' challenges novices and pros alike (By MATT ORENCHUK Scene Video Game Reviewer)
      Throughout the years, Nintendo has given its fans some great games. From the original "Super Mario Brothers" all the way up to "Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time," Nintendo puts out high quality games year after year.
    • `Guys and Dolls' make musical success Strong cast of PE Musical Company entertains with song, dance and humor (By CHRISTINA MARTINI Scene Writer)
      A rich blend of vibrant music, impressive dance moves, eye-catching cast numbers, colorful comedy, well-honed New York accents and raw talent combine to produce a premium Pasquerilla East Musical Company performance of Frank Loesser's classic musical, "Guys and Dolls."