Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Men's Basketball: Rutgers ends Irish streak Irish blow 10-point first half lead in 65-62 loss (By: JOE LICANDRO Sports Writer)
      What a difference a week makes.
    • Men's Track and Field: Irish men, women ready for conference meet Young but experienced Irish squad hope to improve on last year's seventh place finish (By: DAVID COOK Sports Writer)
      When the women's track and field team travels to Syracuse this weekend for the Big East conference meet, it will be going with a squad that is both young and experienced.
    • ND Women's Track and Field: Irish men, women ready for conference meet Irish look to win their first Big East Indoor conference meet (By: DAVID COOK Sports Writer)
      The men's track and field team has always been right at the front.
    • ND Women's Basketball: Irish look to extend streak without Batteast (By: KATIE McVoy Associate Sports Editor)
      The Rutgers Scarlet Knights have a lot going for them as they head into a conference face-off against the Irish. They have home-court advantage in an arena the Irish have struggled in before, and they have a solid defense and talent that could take off at any moment.
    • ND Softball: Irish start season against top-ranked Wildcats (By: MATT LOZAR Sports Writer)
      Not many teams would look forward to starting the season with a new coach, a heavy reliance on freshman pitching and playing its first game against the defending national champions and preseason No. 1.
    • SMC Basketball: Belles look to send seniors out with win (By: JOE HETTLER Sports Writer)
      Saint Mary's does not want to remember the last time they faced Kalamazoo. In late January the Belles traveled to Kalamazoo and came back with a 74-51 conference loss.
    • ND Women's Tennis: Irish host weekend pair (By: COLIN BOYLAN Sports Writer)
      The 18th-ranked Notre Dame women's tennis team will continue its tough schedule, playing host to eighth-ranked Tennessee and No. 51 Brigham Young this weekend at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.

  • Inside
    • Journeys (Bryan Kronk )
      It all started on a chilly February weekend in 1977 in the hills of eastern Pennsylvania.

  • Viewpoint
    • A tale of two Notre Dame parents (Gary Caruso Capitol Comments)
      For last year's Junior Parents' Weekend, I urged students to appreciate the weekend they were about to share with their parents and classmates. I recalled how I, as the coordinator of my JPW, had little time for my family.
    • Increase in activity fees would benefit students (Audra Hagan Controller, Office of the Student Body President)
      Wednesday night we attended the Student Senate meeting to present arguments supporting the proposed increase in student activity fees. By virtue of our active and long-term involvement in the allocation of Student Union funds, we believe that we can offer insight into the Student Union's financial needs. The Senate rejected the proposal, however, before all parties were heard. We would like to use this forum to present our case.
    • Attacking the State of the Union (Gina Cora junior)
      This letter is in response to Mike Marchand's Feb. 11 column.
    • Quote of the Day (Betty Naomi Friedan author)
      "When she stopped conforming to the
    • `Monologues' promote freedom Value open minds (Dan Tyszka sophomore)
      My letter is in response to Sean Dudley's letter on Feb. 14. I guess it has to happen every so often that someone decides that he or she must change the University with a letter to The Observer.
    • `Monologues' promote freedom Embrace femininity (Molly McShane junior)
      I would like to respond to Sean Dudley's letter concerning the vulgarity of the "Vagina Monologues." First, a small disclaimer. As luck would have it I know the author of said letter and therefore do not wish to condemn his intentions because I believe they were good. I must, however, strongly disagree.

  • News
    • Bishop edges Moscona in election (ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
      In a race that was almost as close as Monday's primary, Notre Dame elected its second female student body president in history on Thursday.
    • Charting new paths Cancer Center continues research with $2.1 million grant (ANDREW THAGARD Assistant News Editor)
      For an organization pioneering new methods to diagnose and treat cancer, the Walther Cancer Research Center calls little attention to itself within the Notre Dame community. The organization is spread out throughout campus, and because the Center has no central building, faculty members use their own laboratories for research.
    • Parents arrive for 50th JPW (JOHN FANNING News Writer)
      The 50th annual Junior Parents' Weekend officially begins at 9 p.m. tonight in the Joyce Center, and continues through Sunday afternoon. However, the weekend's upcoming events have been in planning with various campus groups since last April.
    • HCA celebrates 25 years of service (LIZ KAHLING News Writer)
      This fall's Holy Cross Associates will be the 25th group of post-graduate students to embark on the year-long service program.

  • Scene
    • FTT presents 'New Playwrights Workshop 2002' (By C. SPENCER BEGGS Scene Editor)
      The campus spotlight doesn't always illuminate the real work that goes into a show. Actors are not the only people who produce a show. Some of the hardest work in any production is completed before a show even starts.
    • Repertory/Performance Workshop presents '2002 Dance Spectrum' (By KATIE FORD Scene Writer)
      Those who are children of the '80s grew up mesmerized by dance-charged films like "Fame" and "Flashdance." Some even dared to don leg warmers and sweatbands in an attempt to attain the ability that those movies showcased. They hurried excitedly into their first dance classes, eager to learn and even more eager to perform.