Sports
- Dead Kennedys pound World Class Fishermen (By MIKE CONNOLLY Senior Staff Writer)
Five skilled anglers could not overcome the political power and basketball skills of a family from Massachusetts as Dead Kennedys beat World Class Fishermen, Master Baiters 21-11 on the first day of Bookstore Basketball XXXI on Stepan Courts.
- Fullback position has promising possibilities (By KATIE McVOY Associate Sports Editor)
While questions swirl around who will play key positions on the Notre Dame offense — quarterback and running back, for example — running backs coach Buzz Preston seems confident about who will be playing fullback for him.
- Women battle two ranked opponents (BY COLIN BOYLAN Sports Writer)
As its season winds down, the Notre Dame women's tennis team might be tempted to start looking ahead to the Big East Tournament in Miami, Fla.
- Irish seek perfection (By JOE LINDSLEY Sports Writer)
The seventh-ranked Notre Dame men's tennis team is just one match away from achieving an unblemished record at home this season.
- Belles have busy sports weekend ahead (By NATALIE BAILEY and DONNA LUBBERS Sports Writers)
Saint Mary's softball hosts Alma for a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m. Wrapping up a week filled with rescheduled games and cancellations, the opportunity to play a game will be a welcome change, even if it is against the highest ranked team in the MIAA conference.
- Lacrosse: It's all in the family (By: JOE LICANDRO Sports Writer)
If you take a quick glance at this year's media guides for the Notre Dame men's and women's lacrosse teams, you will notice that the last names Simon and Shearer appear on each team's roster.
- Baseball: Pitt rallies for win in split Panthers' 6-run inning sparks comeback in first game of Big East doubleheader (By: JOE HETTLER Assistant Sports Editor)
For a head coach whose team had just beaten a conference rival by 10 runs, Paul Mainieri was surprisingly frustrated.
- Softball: Streaking Irish grab 11th straight victory (By: MATT LOZAR Sports Writer)
Purdue came to Ivy Field on Thursday and met a hot Notre Dame softball team, and the Irish sent the Boilermakers home just like their previous 10 opponents — losers.
- Women's Lacrosse: No. 7 Blue Devils will test Irish (By: CHRIS COLEMAN Sports Writer)
It's tournament time for the women's lacrosse team.
- Track: New Irish faces look to win at Tom Botts Invite (By: DAVE COOK Sports Writer)
New events are not the only changes that come along with the transition from the indoor track and field season to the outdoor season. Along with these new events comes a new group of emerging stars who are making a name for themselves, both in the Big East Conference and, more importantly, the nation.
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- Turbulent times on campus (Gary Caruso Capitol Comments)
These are turbulent times on the Notre Dame campus.
- Israel encouraging terrorism (Clayton Swope junior)
This letter is written in response to Luke Burke's April 11 letter.
- Quote of the day (Oscar Wilde writer)
"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."
- Catholics can't condone contraception (Charles Rice Right or Wrong?)
The 19th century laws restricting contraceptives were passed by Protestant-dominated legislatures. No Christian denomination had ever held that contraception could be justified until the Anglican Lambeth Conference of 1930. The seismic effect of that rejection of millennia of moral teaching came in the 1960s with the advent of the pill. Does it make sense for the Catholic Church still to insist on that formerly unbroken teaching? Three questions are relevant:
- International court protects human rights (Ken Seifert junior)
Today, the world is a little bit safer. After years of campaigning and hard work, the unprecedented International Criminal Court (ICC) is now a reality. Despite the United States' persistent opposition to the ICC, over 60 countries have officially ratified the treaty, including Great Britain; this number continues to grow literally ever hour. Hundreds of staff members at the New York-based Human Rights Watch celebrated on Thursday as cheers from other branch offices around the world as well as the United Nations could be heard.
- Stand up for the Church (Vincent Mata freshman)
I'll dare to disagree with Tom Haight and his April 10 Inside Column.
News
- Bookstore teams find their names censored (By MIKE CONNOLLY Senior Staff Writer)
Junior Brandon Griffith was very surprised to learn the name for his Bookstore Basketball team had been censored by Student Activities.
- Intercomm founder speaks on N. Ireland experiences (By MEGAN MARTIN News Writer)
Imprisoned at 17 without trial for being a Catholic youth in a section of Belfast where it was an unofficial crime, Liam Maskey visited the Law School yesterday to share his experiences of living in the Northern Irish town of North Belfast, one of the most explosive and violent locales of the clash between Catholics and Protestants in that country.
- Clark, Kroener design memorial (By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER Assistant News Editor)
Four hours before the deadline for the deadline for the School of Architecture's Sept. 11 Memorial Design Competition, the winners had not yet decided to enter the contest.
- ND grads inpsire black filmmakers (By T. MUSETTE JOHNSON News Writer)
Christine and Michael Swanson, a married couple and 1994 Notre Dame graduates, returned to campus Thursday to discuss their work in independent cinema.
- Campus vandalism increases recently (By JOHN FANNING News Writer)
There has been an increase in reported cases of vandalism around campus during the last few weeks, according to the Rex Rakow, director of Notre Dame Security/Police.
- Women leaders promote social change (By SARAH NESTOR News Writer)
Joann Kane, CEO of McAuley Institute, and Sylvia Puente, of the Latino Studies Department at Notre Dame, spoke together Thursday in a forum about the importance of women as community leaders.
- ND opts not to formally affirm workers' rights (By JUSTIN KRIVICKAS News Writer)
Notre Dame has rejected a proposal by the Progressive Student Alliance for the University to make a formal statement affirming the rights of workers in the Catholic tradition.
- SMC frosh elected vice president of Flipside (By JILL MAXBAUER News Writer)
For the first time in its history, FlipSide has elected a Saint Mary's student as co-president to the alcohol-free campus club.
- Police interview suspect, turn over forensic evidence to lab Investigation of 1 former, 3 current ND football players to wrap up next week (By Helena Payne News Editor)
St. Joseph county police are handing over evidence from the alleged rape of a Notre Dame 20-year-old female student to a state crime lab, Sheriff Richard Seniff said Friday morning at a press conference.
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