Sports
- Bookstore Basketball XXX: Five Reasons, Versatility move to Sweet 16 round (By BRIAN KESSLER Senior Staff Writer)
As the weather cooled down Tuesday night, Bookstore Basketball XXX heated up as teams were leaving it all on the court hoping to earn a spot in the Sweet 16.
- Women's Lacrosse: Irish lax join nation's top 20, voted 18th in country (By ANTHONY BISHOP Sports Writer)
Women's lacrosse joins the other five spring sports at Notre Dame on their respective top 20 polls. The 18th-ranked Irish (8-4) earned their first spot on the polls since the beginning of the program.
- Baseball: Hurlers dominate in Irish victory against Falcons (By JEFF BALTRUZAK Assistant Sports Editor)
It was the nation's top bats against the nation's top pitchers Tuesday night at Frank Eck Stadium, and in the end, the men on the mound emerged victorious.
- NFL Draft: Legree, Getherall and Jones sign pro contracts (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
Last Saturday and Sunday, 31 NFL teams scoured college rosters looking for the players that would best fit their team. But as soon as the draft ended, the hundreds of undrafted players began searching for the team that best fit their skills and tried to sign as free agents. Three Notre Dame seniors found teams who needs matched their abilities.
- Softball: Irish beat Flames, extend winning streak to 23 (Special to The Observer )
- Bookstore Basketball XXX: `Pinky' loses game, player (By KATIE HUGHES Sports Writer)
With the score 20-17, freshman-dominated Stinky Pinky and the Shockers lost the game and one of their key players to Candy Rain.
Inside
- For Shirley (Mike Connolly Editor in Chief)
Every year, The Observer is forced to celebrate Secretaries Week to honor Shirley Grauel. And when I say "forced," I mean forced because "secretary" doesn't even begin to describe everything Shirley does for this office.
Viewpoint
- Finals a breeze for the organized (Scott Blaszak The Early Essays)
The lines outside computer clusters are long nowadays, and the second floor of Hesburgh is beginning to look like a refugee camp again, which can only mean one thing: Finals season is approaching.
- Accountability in the treatment of prisoners (CSC For a More Just and Humane World)
With more than 2 million inmates in U.S. prisons and a new report documenting extensive abuse in prisons nationwide, the time has come to address the urgent need for greater accountability in the treatment of prisoners. On Friday, April 27, 2001, the Center for Civil and Human Rights will host a conference on this issue involving prominent scholars, advocates and practitioners.
- Keep rankings in proper perspective (Paul Mattingly Law School class of '75)
I would like to offer a few thoughts in response to the letter from Benjamin Jilek about Notre Dame Law School printed in the April 10 edition of The Observer.
- Quote of the Day (Joe Hill executed U.S. labor leader)
"Don't mourn for me. Organize."
News
- O'Hara: Law School rankings flawed, incomplete (By KIFLIN TURNER Assistant News Editor)
What's in a rating?
- Students design new park plans (By JASON McFARLEY News Photo)
J.P. Curran, Julia Koslow and Thomas O'Neal don't know when or if a new Coquillard Park will spring up on South Bend's northeast side. They're just happy to have set the plans for a revamped park in motion.
- O'Hara to speak at HCC graduation (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
Patricia O'Hara will be Holy Cross College's commencement speaker next month. O'Hara, dean of the Notre Dame Law School, will address the 34th graduating class on May 12 at 2 p.m. in the college's St. Joseph Chapel.
- Assault victim teaches Martial Arts to SMC (By KATE DOOLEY News Writer)
As a two-time assault victim, Barbara Copeland made a decision she would not be assaulted again.
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