Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Davie looks for more aggressive defense (By TIM CASEY Assistant Sports Editor)
      Listen to cornerback Brock Williams describe the Irish defense for a few minutes and the words "aggressive" and "improved" are bound to arise on numerous occasions. Just don't ask him to share any insight on how the Irish plan on defending the upcoming opponents.
    • Irish end preseason at IPFW Notre Dame looks to hone skills at Showcase (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Writer)
      In its final preparation before embarking upon the 2000 season, the Irish men's soccer team travels to Fort Wayne, Ind. this weekend to compete in the IPFW Soccer Show-case.
    • New players fill holes in line-up for season opener (By RACHEL BIBER Sports Writer)
      The cast of characters may be new, but the Irish women's soccer team is looking to continue its winning ways.
    • Belles edge past Pilots, 3-2 (By SARAH RYKOWSKI Sports Writer)
      Coach Jason Milligan and the Belles soccer team had a little bit of an advantage when they defeated Bethel College Thursday in an exhibition.
    • Schroeder-Biek gives young Belles stability (By KATIE McVOY Assistant Sports Editor)
      Graduation left Saint Mary's volleyball with several voids on their roster and few familiar returning faces.

  • Inside
    • Freshman Freestyling (Finn Pressly Assistant News Editor)
      Florida's schoolchildren typically score near the bottom of the nation in standardized tests, something easily explained by the fact that we were way too busy with swimming lessons to be bothered with schoolwork. While kids in non-swimming states (like Vermont and Manitoba) were studying things like addition and grammar, we were being hurled into pools by embittered old women from up North who assured us that the Dead Man's Float is the answer to all of life's problems.

  • Viewpoint
    • Ticket system needs reforming (Editorial )
      With another year of football ticket distribution having passed, it has become very clear that the students are dissatisfied. The current system is not practical. The problems with ticket distribution and seating assignment procedures go hand in hand. One cannot be fixed without fixing the other.
    • Untangling the political party mess (Letter to the Editor )
      "He done messed with Texas, is the whole country next?"
    • Quote of the Day (Clarence S. Darrow trial lawyer)
      "When I was a boy I was told
    • Orientating a new class of presidential candidates (Gary Caruso Capitol Comments)
      Notre Dame freshmen and freshwomen (let's be politically correct, especially since I am one of those who helps mirror the diversity of our nation while serving in President Clinton's administration) have much in common with Vice President Gore and Governor Bush. Both candidates and students have begun a new life cycle unlike anything they could have expected. They are still slightly naive, well-intentioned, unfamiliar with their new surroundings, and uncertain of their immediate future. Yet they have tremendous potential for success.
    • Guest Column Taking a stand against cell phones (Randy Striegel )
      CHICO, Calif.

  • News
    • Kosik receives national honor u National coalition awards SMC and ND Early Childhood Centers' head (By KATIE McVOY News Writer)
      Terri Kosik, executive director of the Early Childhood and Development Centers (ECDC) at Saint Mary's and Notre Dame, was named Director of the Year by the National Coalition of Campus Children's Centers in July.
    • SMC recognizes two of its own (By ALICIA ORTIZ News Writers)
      Last spring, when most students were concentrating on exams and summer vacation, Saint Mary's recognized two of its professors for excellence in education.
    • Cassidy leaves Student Activities for `new challenge' (By ERIN LaRUFFA Assistant News Editor)
      After overseeing the addition of numerous student organizations, the denial of official recognition to OutReachND and the probation of the Progressive Student Alliance, Student Activities director Joe Cassidy left Notre Dame in July to become the associate dean of student affairs at Dartmouth College.
    • Court and profs: Napster violates copyright (By LAURA ROMPF Assistant News Editor)
      Last year a favorite song was just a click away.
    • FLA votes to require factory disclosure (By JASON McFARLEY News Writer)
      It can't hurt, but by itself, it likely won't benefit the University either.

  • Scene
    • Beware the movies of summer (Reviews contributed by Beth Goodhue, Matt Larson, Casey McCluskey and Matt Nania )
      Every summer, Hollywood releases the biggest, loudest, most expensive pieces of filmic garbage of the year. Audiences literally flock to their local megaplexes in record numbers to see such artistic triumphs as "Batman & Robin," "Godzilla" and — of course — the now infamous "Wild Wild West." Every once in a while, though, a few diamonds are found in the rough. For every four or five "Independence Days," there's a "Saving Private Ryan" or an "Eyes Wide Shut." The summer of 2000 was no different. The major studios released more than 40 movies between the months of May and August (the typical summer movie season) and, as always, audiences were hard-pressed to find anything worth their 8 bucks. Here, then, is Scene's look at several of these summer releases — some more worth your money than others.