Sports
- Notre Dame tops Wisconsin, drops match to Miami (By RACHEL BIBER Sports Writer)
The Irish had their opponents right where they wanted them, but they couldn't get the job done.
- Irish open with four wins (By RACHAEL PROTZMAN Sports Writer)
The Irish grabbed four wins and a loss in their season opener at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Tournament this past weekend.
- Ski team finishes sixth (Special to The Observer )
The ski club's season came to a premature end this weekend as the team fell .03 seconds short of qualifying for the national championships.
- Irish fall to Cardinal, Trojans (By KEVIN BERCHOU Sports Writer)
It was a weekend of spectacular highs and crushing lows for the Irish women's tennis team.
- Murphy earns sixth Big East player of week honor (Special to The Obsever )
Forward Troy Murphy has been named the Big East Player of the Week for the sixth time this season after scoring 35 points, grabbing eight rebounds and blocking three shots in his team's 76-74 victory at 25th-ranked Seton Hall.
- Irish men return as runner-ups (By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Assistant Sports Editor)
The senior-dominated Irish couldn't get over the hump, finishing as the runner-up in the Big East Indoors Track and Field Championships for the fourth straight year.
- Belles win MIAA play-off game (By MOLLY McVOY Assistant Sports Editor)
The Saint Mary's basketball team made history Monday night by winning the first game that Belles' basketball has ever won in the MIAA playoffs with a 68-62 victory over Olivet College.
Inside
- Jubilee justice, ND style (A.J. Boyd assistant Viewpoint editor)
We are already six weeks into the Great Jubilee Year 2000. For Y2K, millennial parties or even graduation from Notre Dame, we have waited and planned for years. But as Christians, we have also been preparing for the Great Jubilee that is a part of this historical year.
Viewpoint
- Motor skills affected by music? (Mary Beth Ellis Changing attitudes, Changing latitudes)
Note: Mary Beth Ellis is a highly esteemed scientist regulary showered with peer recognition and prizes (most recently: second place, St. Jude Elementary School's 1989 Junior High Science Fair, for a groundbreaking representation of the solar system featuring styrofoam balls and Tempora paint.) Currently she is studying the effects of popular music upon natural and social phenomena, which is to say she watches reruns of Mystery Science Theater 3000 until she runs out of Cheez-It money, at which point she resigns herself to slapping together some attempted science (see below).
- ND should freeze tuition, fees (Charles Rice Right or Wrong?)
Williams College will freeze tuition and other charges for 2000-01 at $31,520. It is the first exclusive private college or university in decades to hold the line. "[I]n a low inflation cycle with our endowment increasing and our contributions from alumni very strong," Williams president Carl Vogt, said, "[t]his seems a logical move." Princeton will hold its increase to 3.3 percent, the lowest in 30 years. "These shows of restraint," said Time Magazine, "may signal a turnaround from the whopping ... increases of recent years, as some schools now consider using their endowments to control price hikes."
- Disqualified candidates explain no-appeal decision (Letter to the Editor )
In a time of chaos within the ranks of the Student Government, we, Hunt Hanover and John Micek, desire to reach out to our fellow students and put an ugly issue to its final resting place. After consultation of our confidants, we have decided not to file an appeal to the Student Senate and Judicial Council surrounding the decision handed down last week. We feel this course of action is the best step for all parties involved.
- Freshman defends letter on racial ignorance (Letter to the Editor )
Although disappointed, I am not regretful for submitting a letter recently describing prejudices that exist in some Notre Dame classrooms. The idea of my letter was and remains to be that ignorance, while not always intended to hurt, does inevitably lead to the infliction of pain onto others. I chose the word "ignorance," first of all, not as an accusation or insult, but because the very definition implies "not knowing better," and I still feel confident in remarking that, just as in every other place in the world, ignorance does exist at this university, and people are getting hurt.
News
- SMC meets candidates for class councils, diversity board (By Nicole Haddad )
Members of the Saint Mary's community were given the opportunity to meet each class's presidential candidates as well as candidates for the Diversity Board during the Meet the Candidates session Monday.
- Hanover rejects appeal; O'Donoghue victorious (By TIM LOGAN News Editor)
In a surprise move Monday, Hunt Hanover and John Micek said they would not appeal the Election Committee's forfeiture of their candidacy for student body president and vice president, ending an election that has been marked with controversy from the start.
- Belles welcome Hispanic students (By NICOLE HADDAD News Writer)
Friday afternoons mark a celebration like "Cinco de Mayo" in Manuela Hernandez's Le Mans Hall dorm room each week. With her Latino music blaring, Hernandez usually relaxes, relieved to have finished another week of classes.
- Murphy demands increased Council productivity (By HELENA RAYAM News writer)
Student body president Micah Murphy called for more productivity from the Campus Life Council during its meeting Monday.
- Trustees approve SMC renovations (By MOLLY McVOY News Writer)
The Saint Mary's Board of Trustees approved plans for renovations to Dalloways Coffeehouse, the Welcome Center and Regina Hall at last weekend's meeting.
Scene
- Mann and Magnolia are a perfect match (By TIMOTHY COLLINS Scene Music Critic)
Movie soundtracks today seem to just capitalize off of a few old hit singles and some big name artists to sell copies. Rarely does a soundtrack come along that fully capture the essence, mood and feeling of a film. But Paul Thomas Anderson, with his film Magnolia, has done it. He recruited Aimee Mann, leader of the '80s band, `Til Tuesday, to write and contribute her songs to the film.
- Don't make us say `Uhhh' anymore (Andrew Jones Scene music critic)
As a sophomore I have fortunately retired from dorm parties, yet I can't escape from attending gatherings that occur in honor of a dorm formal, O'Neill Hall's Mardi Gras or other functions such as West Quad Formal. Don't get me wrong about these gatherings. I often have a blurry blast, but the catch is that most of these gatherings are hosted by friends, which means I'll most likely tolerate their choices for the soundtrack to our gathering.
- Follow-up soundtrack is mediocre (By ROBERT CALLEROS Scene Music Critic)
It's Friday!" Actually it's the Next Friday.
- Burnside's blues are a hidden treasure (By JAMES SCHUYLER Scene Music Critic)
Although now still playing at the age of 73, R.L. Burnside's music did not receive much attention at all till his signing with Fat Possum records in the early 90s. Although he has been playing pure delta blues since the 50s, his music never really escaped the poor Mississippi town that he himself was born in. Burnside's music is a rarity in the music community because it is pure; he plays delta blues the way t was meant to be played, straight out of hell.
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