Sports
- Heilman, Cavey lead Irish in Big East season opener (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Writer)
Following a dominating 10-3 victory over Detroit Wednesday, the Irish baseball team begins this season's Big East play as they travel to Philadelphia to take on Villanova.
- Home opener yields split decision for ND (By RACHEL PROTZMAN Sports Writer)
Notre Dame softball kicked off its home season with a split decision against the Purdue Boilermakers.
- Buckeyes drop Irish record to 3-2 with 10-9 victory (By SARAH RYKOWSKI Sports Writer)
The Ohio State Buckeyes handed women's lacrosse their second consecutive defeat Thursday, sliding past Notre Dame 10-9.
- Team splits up, heads to Arizona, Stanford, Purdue (By BRIAN BURKE Sports Writer)
The Notre Dame men's and women's track teams will look to get the outdoor season off to a strong start this weekend with split squads traveling to the Arizona State Invitational on Friday and Saturday, and the Stanford Invitational and Purdue Invitational on Saturday.
- Stay with us Troy Murphy (By BRIAN CHURNEY Sports Writer)
Don't leave Murph
- Day one finishes with women third (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
PALO ALTO, Calif.
- Ratay, Irish prepare to usher in `golden age' of golf (By KEVIN BERCHOU Sports Writer)
Steve Ratay is well aware of the opportunity that lies before him. Every drive ripped down the center of the fairway is played with purpose. Every putt is sunk with a singular goal in mind. Every year since 1966, the Irish have been left out in the cold during the NCAA Tournament. If Notre Dame's sophomore sensation has it his way, this year will be different.
- Experience, training drive sprinter (By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Associate Sports Editor)
Senior sprinter Chris Cochran is reaping the rewards of four years worth of hard work this season.
- Irish going to Carolina to take on UNC, No. 5 Duke (By RACHEL BIBER Sports Writer)
When the updated rankings were released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association this week, the Irish men's tennis team recognized the difficult task ahead of them. The numbers are not scaring them away from the challenge.
Inside
- Firing Ideological Blanks (Dustin Ferrell Assistant Viewpoint)
Ah, gun control. The issue makes otherwise intelligent people sound like complete buffoons. So it's no surprise that a debate on the issue should be prominent at Notre Dame, where intelligence abounds, but common sense is as easy to find as a natural tan in Michiana.
Viewpoint
- Notre Dame should assume founding position in Workers' Rights Consortium (Letter to the Editor )
The conversation between top Notre Dame officials, leaders of the Progressive Student Alliance and student supporters this past Tuesday on anti-sweatshop initiatives was in many ways a model for such conversations.
- We are all guilty of racial profiling (Letter to the Editor )
I have been considering ideas for a Viewpoint letter ever since I heard the verdict of the Diallo case a few weeks ago. For those that do not know, Armadou Diallo was a 22-year-old West African who had immigrated to New York and was shot last February by four plain clothes police officers as he stood in the doorway of his Bronx apartment. On Feb. 26 the officers, who fired 41 shots on the unarmed Diallo, striking him 19 times, were acquitted of all charges brought against them.
- Concrete destroys campus beauty (Letter to the Editor )
When I was a kid visiting this campus, soaking up the Saturday morning football atmosphere and the cool fall air, there was always one particular memory of Notre Dame that stood out. The campus, full of large oak trees, famous buildings, and expansive greenery always made an impression in my head. The beauty of this campus alone could have sold me on coming here. Ever since I arrived here, it seems as though the campus is transforming from its former into a concrete jungle.
- Everybody wins, take a trophy (Joanna Mikulski Tuesday Voice on Friday)
Last week, somebody swiped the Oscar statuettes from a loading dock. Who took them? I wondered. Perhaps a fan of Jim Carrey's, perturbed by the Academy's failure to grant him a best actor nomination, pilfered the gold-plated trophies in protest. Maybe a potential best director pinched the prizes in order to practice properly his acceptance speech. Or perhaps a desperate individual stole the trophies in a last drastic attempt to prevent one more awards show.
- Graffiti Dance is part of a larger `meat market' (Letter to the Editor )
In response to the recent controversy surrounding the Graffiti Dance, let me take time to defend it. The Graffiti Dance is Notre Dame reality. It may not be pretty, it may be a meat market, but that is Notre Dame. In a very real way, it does "orient" one to ND. Ever been to a party? That's reality. I feel like every night at Senior Bar is really "free-undergrad night" for the Law School...
News
- Snite exhibit explores color of Mayan traditions (By MARIBEL MOREY News Writer)
Few Americans would dare to paint their houses bright blue like the ocean or their church a rich red, but the Maya people use colors to represent different aspects of life.
- Restructured SafeRide starts tonight (By LAURA ROMPF Assistant News Editor)
After months of restructuring, the SafeRide program will be up and running once again this weekend.
- Callahan calls on Church to rethink gender issues (By LINDSAY FRANK News Writer)
The Catholic Church needs to develop a more inclusive sexual ethic, said Sidney Callahan, professor of psychology at Mercy College, in her lecture Thursday night.
- Couple wins first Hesburgh award for work in South Africa Recipients began fondation in honor of slain daugter (By KIFLIN TURNER News Writer)
Notre Dame's Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business named Peter and Linda Biehl as recipients for the inaugural Hesburgh Award for Business.
- Police Blotter (Observer Staff Report )
Public exposure
- Conference aims to interest girls in math and science (Special to The Observer )
"Expanding Your Horizons," a career conference for 6th to 8th grade girls with an accompanying program for parents, will convene Saturday at 8 a.m. in the University of McKenna Hall, the Center for Continuing Education.
- Ave Maria prints book of essays (Special to The Observer )
"Keeping the Faith, Making a Difference" by Father Wilson Miscamble, associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, has been published by Ave Maria Press.
Scene
- Anything can happen with Mr. O This year's Oscar battle pits a `Beauty' against a field of wanna-beasts (Jeffrey Q. Irish Scene Movie Critic)
In "Magnolia," one of this year's Oscar-nominated films, it rains frogs. The theory is that sometimes frogs are swept up into the air during tornadoes and become caught up in the strong winds, only to fall back to earth miles from where the tornado originally struck. It happens from time to time in South America, and it's a weird phenomenon, but then again last year "Shakespeare in Love" upset "Saving Private Ryan" for Best Picture.
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