Sports
- Irish, Eagles battle for top spot in conference (By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Associate Sports Editor)
The possession arrow points toward Boston College.
- Irish return to winning ways with 81-43 victory McGraw records 400th career victory as Irish head coach (By TIM CASEY Assistant Sports Editor)
A large contingent of teenage and pre-teen girls, all season ticket holders, situated between sections 9 and 11 at the Joyce Center, normally chant "The Ruth, the Ruth, the Ruth is on fire" at least 10 times per game.
- No. 2 Irish use total team effort to knock off the Hurricanes (By NOAH AMSTADTER Assistant Sports Editor)
At halftime Tuesday night, they brought out a 360-pound pig to help promote diabetes awareness. The promotion was called "Kiss the pig."
- Carroll carves own mark into family game (By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Associate Sports Editor)
Lots of sports figures say athletic talent runs in their families, but Irish basketball player Matt Carroll can one-up their claim. Basketball is not only in Carroll's bloodlines; it brought his family together.
- Stavisky earns national honors (Special to The Observer )
Notre Dame sophomore rightfielder Brian Stavisky lived up to his preseason billing as a first team All-American and Big East player of the year, earning national player-of-the-week honors after batting .692 (9-for-13) and reaching base on 10 consecutive plate appearances at last week's National Bank of Commerce Classic.
Inside
Viewpoint
- Alan Slone Kentucky Kernel (Guest Column )
LEXINGTON, Ken.
- Debate must follow controversy (Letter to the Editor )
I apologize in advance for my hypocrisy. Just a few days ago I was laughing with friends about how "The Vagina Monologues" issue was still making the newspaper. Glancing at Monday's front page article, however, prompted me to put my foot in my mouth and write in to share my viewpoint.
- Quote of the Day ( Alfred Adler)
- Learning center enriches community (John Micek For a More Just and Humane World)
Can you imagine knocking on the door of a house in your neighborhood and finding out that the family living there has never before seen a computer?
- Display mocked culture (Letter to the Editor )
The brochure from the Junior Parents Weekend Gala last weekend listed a number of displays, including "Indians: A promotion of the Indian heritage through decoration and scenes."
- Protest against sweatshops should persevere (Letter to the Editor )
Soon Notre Dame will decide whether or not it wants to join with 74 other schools already signed on to the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC). The WRC is a monitoring system that will begin to end sweatshop labor by focusing on the manufacturing of collegiate apparel.
News
- Busts may paralyze business (By MAUREEN SMITHE Assistant News Editor)
The windows of Finnigan's Irish Pub may be darkened after the Oct. 12 raid that netted 147 underage citations, but that doesn't mean Benchwarmer's owner Steve Mitchell is happy about the reduced competition.
- CLC opening connects ND to neighbors (By JASON McFARLEY Assistant News Editor)
Tours, demonstrations and appearances by prominent guests will highlight grand opening celebrations today at the University-sponsored Community Learning Center (CLC).
- Student government webpage to open communication (By LAUREN BECK News Writer)
As a group elected to represent the student body, student government devotes much time to fostering communication with their constituents. Increased communication between the government and students is on many candidates' campaign platforms.
Scene
- Get something for nothing - Internet sites offer freebies (MERIDETH PIERCE Scene Writer)
It has long been man's goal to obtain something for nothing. And with the birth of the Internet, we may finally be reaching that goal.
- New technologies can identify songs, babysit your kids (Jeff Baltruzak Short Circuits)
We've all done it. We're rolling in our '83 Datsun or Dad's 2000 Explorer. We hear a new song that sounds like Madonna circa 1987 and we say, "What's this song called? I want to go home and download it, so I don't have to buy another CD for just one song — that Vanilla Ice album really sucked except for `Ice, Ice Baby.'"
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