Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Mens Basketball: Beaten to a pulp Orangemen jump out to 21-point lead, then hold off Irish comeback (BY MATT LOZAR Sports Editor)
      When his sixth 3-pointer of the half and school-record tying eighth of the game tied the game at 86, Notre Dame guard Matt Carroll thought the Irish were going to complete a 21-point comeback on Senior Day at the Joyce Center.
    • Mens Basketball: Beaten to a pulp Notre Dame needs urgency to survive in March (ANDREW SOUKUP Sports Writer)
      If Notre Dame makes a huge run in the NCAA Tour-nament, the players could point to the 7:19 mark in the first half against Syracuse as the point where the Irish learned how to play defense.
    • Womens Basketball: Irish wrap up regular season with win at Syracuse (BY KATIE McVOY Associate Sports Editor)
      It looked close for a while, but the Irish ended the season how they wanted to.

  • Inside
    • The 'Hood (By Helena Payne News Editor)
      It was always a beautiful day in his neighborhood, but in most places, people barely nod at the family next door. The recent death of Fred Rogers signals a close in the chapter of the American community, but by practicing the same morals "Mr. Rogers" held, we can turn the pages and write a new story that revives his neighborhood.

  • Viewpoint
    • Azteca Foods employees deserve better conditions (Paul Graham Another Perspective)
      On Sept. 30, 2002, 63 (out of 90) Azteca Foods workers went on strike to protest poor working conditions, company mistreatment, along with Art Velasquez's refusal to negotiate with them. Mr. Velasquez is the president and CEO of Azteca and is an alumnus on the Board of Directors for the University of Notre Dame and for the Institute for Latino Studies. He is a well-respected philanthropist who has made positive contributions in Chicago and done much for the Notre Dame community, which is why his inaction at his own factory is all the more shocking.
    • The case for a just war has been made (Keir Lieber Viewpoint: Iraq)
      An international coalition led by the United States will soon use military force to disarm and oust Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. This war is necessary and justified on strategic, legal and moral grounds.
    • Remember death penalty's injustice during Lenten season (Ricky Klee staff)
      As Catholics begin their Lenten journey, ashes are placed on foreheads to remember that from ashes we came and to ashes we will return. Today on campus, Campus Ministry, the Center for Social Concerns, the Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the Community of Sant‚ Egidio and ND/SMC Right to Life invites the Notre Dame community to make our Lenten beginning one of reflection, education and action on behalf of those marked with death in a manner more permanent than ash and are so marked by us and the legal system we espouse.
    • `Monologues' objectify (Jim Lee junior)
      It's time to stand up for women; it's time to affirm the beauty and dignity of women everywhere. But in order to truly respect women as they demand and deserve, we cannot reduce them to a female body part, as "The Vagina Monologues" does so easily, masking the degradation of women under the false guise of "ending violence."

  • News
    • Saint Mary's vigil encourages healing after rape (By ANNELIESE WOOLFORD News Writer)
      In honor of Women's Month, several Saint Mary's student groups sponsored "Take Back the Night," an annual event to raise awareness of sexual violence.
    • Lecture focuses on Catholic scandals (By NATALIE BAILEY News Writer)
      Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, former editor of Commonweal and current member of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, focused on the recent problems the Catholic Church has had with sexual abuse in her opening lecture for the Center for Spirituality's Lenten Lecture Series on "The Suffering from Self-Inflicted Wounds: Church Concerns."
    • Saint Mary's officials approve reading day (By SARAH NESTOR Saint Mary's Editor)
      Saint Mary's student government 10-year struggle to implement study days into the academic calendar culminated Tuesday afternoon when the Academic Affairs Committee voted to approve the reading day proposal.
    • New prosecutor to assume rape trial (By MEGHANNE DOWNES Associate News Editor)
      Four former Notre Dame football players accused of sexually assaulting a Notre Dame student in spring 2002 await the naming of a special prosecutor, which could possibly further delay their trials.
    • Student contracts meningitis (By HELENA PAYNE News Editor)
      A local hospital is treating an off-campus Notre Dame student for meningitis, according to University Health Services.
    • Speaker recalls drunk driving experience (By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer)
      The tragic aftermath of drunk driving was the topic of Tuesday's presentation entitled "DUI: A Powerful Lesson."
    • Study reveals freshman views ND students are more politically active, less likely to party (By WILL PUCKETT News Writer)
      Freshmen at Notre Dame are more interested in politics and other academic pursuits, while being less interested in partying, smoking and drinking, as compared to national averages, according to a recently released nationwide survey.
    • Members approve gala charity event (By ANDREW THAGARD News Writer)
      The Graduate Student Union moved forward with plans to host an end-of-the-year gala by approving the charity the event would support during their meeting Tuesday.
    • Filmaker visits Saint Mary's (By SARAH NESTOR Saint Mary's Editor)
      Freelance filmmaker Hope Hall visited Saint Mary's Tuesday, showing three of her short documentary films and discussing her craft and life. Hall's presentation, "The Craft of Creative Nonfiction Filmmaking," featured her films, "This is for Betsy Hall," "10 Seconds in Our Life" and the "Art of the Motorcycle."

  • Scene
    • `The Tenacity of the Cockroach' The Onion interviews infamous and persistent entertainers from the past two decades (By SARAH VABULAS Assistant Scene Editor)
      The Onion, a satirical weekly publication printed and posted online 47 times a year on Thursdays, comes through once again, proving that humor, even that of the most abrupt and crude variety, rules all. The Onion A.V. Club, the longstanding name for The Onion's entertainment section has released its first hard copy collection of the interviews featured weekly in The Onion, both on and offline. "The Tenacity of the Cockroach – Conversations with Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders" assembles 68 of its best interviews with prominent former celebrities, who in some cases desperately try to sneak their way back into the limelight of stardom.
    • Audioslave rocks the Riviera (By MATT ZATORSKI Scene Writer)
      A 65-year-old woman walked on stage in front of roughly 1,500 screaming rock fans. "Are you ready for the best [expletive] band in the universe?" she said. The crowd responded with a resounding roar.