Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • FOOTBALL: Tragedy leaves field empty Irish-Purdue contest cancelled following attacks on New York and Washington D.C. (Andrew Soukup Associate Sports Editor)
      In light of Tuesday's terrorist attacks, Notre Dame and Purdue have cancelled Saturday's scheduled football game, administrators from both schools announced yesterday.
    • Attacks postpone athletic events (Noah Amstadter Sports Editor)
      Following a Big East Conference announcement to postpone all league competition through Sunday, five Notre Dame teams have either cancelled or postponed events scheduled for this weekend.
    • SMC SOCCER: Belles to play today (Katie McVoy Associate Sports Editor)
      Life goes on. And it will be going on today at Saint Mary's.
    • NCAA leaves game decisions to conferences (Andrew Soukup Associate Sports Editor)
      The NCAA has decided to give individual conferences and teams the authority to postpone football games on Saturday rather than make one decision, conference commissioners announced Wednesday
    • ND WOMEN'S SOCCER: Blast cancels competition (Joe Licandro Sports Writer)
      In the wake of Tuesday's tragedy, the sports world does not seem so important any more. A day after one of the darkest moments in Amer-ican history, it came to no surprise that all Irish athletic competition scheduled through Sunday was postponed.

  • Inside
    • Inside Column will be back tomorrow. (Web Administrator )
      The Inside Column will be back in tomorrow's paper, Friday Septermber 14th.

  • Viewpoint
    • Offering prayers for our nation (Todd David Whitmore The Common Good)
      When events as stunning as those that transpired on Tuesday occur, one of the first thoughts that arises after the initial shock is, "What can I do?"
    • Quote of the Day (John F. Kennedy president)
    • Community continues to react to tragedy Faith sustains students (Paul Sifuentes Alumni Hall)
      I do not write editorials. Most times I don't write because it takes too much time to do it. This time I must make an exception. Today I saw one of the most frightening and most amazing things in my life. In one day I saw how evil and terrible humans can be and the way we can group together in a time of crisis.
    • Community continues to react to tragedy European resident shows (Ulrich L. Lehner Munich, Germany)
      As a former student of the theology department of Notre Dame I want to assure the whole Notre Dame family of the prayer of all European countries.
    • Community continues to react to tragedy Peace will persevere (Miguel Vieyra Washington Semester Program)
      On behalf of the Notre Dame students in Washington, D.C., I would like to thank everyone on campus for their thoughts and prayers.
    • Americans' questions left unanswered (Tim Casey Guest column)
      I went to bed Monday night in the "city that never sleeps‚" wondering whether I would go jogging before or after heading to Fifth Avenue the next day.

  • News
    • A NATION SHATTERED Death toll estimates rise as second day comes to an end (Associated Press )
      NEW YORK
    • A NATION SHATTERED FBI looks at bin Laden, Boston connections to terrorist attacks (Associated Press )
      BOSTON
    • ND, SMC work to identify alumni in tragedies (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
      A day after terrorist strikes in New York and Washington, neither Notre Dame nor Saint Mary's officials confirmed Wednesday that alumni of either school were killed or injured in the attacks.
    • Campuses return to `normal' (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
      By the time she passed the flag flying at half-staff on South Quad Wednesday on her way to class, Allison Child's mind already had turned to images of fiery plane crashes, collapsed skyscrapers and a deathtoll to match such harrowing destruction.
    • College sends letters to NY, D.C. alumnae (By MYRA McGRIFF Saint Mary's Editor)
      As black smoke turns gray and fires die down, the sun casts light on the daunting tasks ahead in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
    • Attacks highlight intelligence holes (By MARIBEL MOREY Assistant News Editor)
      As the world watched New York and Washington, D.C. under attack by terrorists, it wondered how hijackers could go undetected by United States intelligence.
    • U2 postpones ticket sales to ND, nation (By SAM DERHEIMER News Writer)
      Ticket sales for the upcoming U2 concert at Notre Dame are still postponed indefinitely, but the concert is not cancelled, according to Joe Sassano, the events manager for the Joyce Center.
    • Senators discuss terrorist attacks (By ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
      Like much of the Notre Dame student body, the Student Senate spent part of Wednesday discussing Tuesday's violence in New York City and Wash-ington, D.C.
    • SMC receives grant for teaching program (By SHANNON NELLIGAN News Writer)
      With nearly $122,000 in grant money, the education department at Saint Mary's has teamed up with nine area, public and private schools to improve student achievement through more effective teaching.
    • Smith, Lin campaign for run-off election (By ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
      Following three days of e-mail balloting in the off-campus senator election, candidates Tammy Lin and Matthew Smith will be in a runoff election next Monday.
    • SMC creates intercultural center (By JENNIE BUEHLER News Writer)
      Saint Mary's students can look forward to more opportunities to explore intercultural relations and leadership roles with the creation of the Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership.

  • Scene
    • `Swingers' duo can't get `Made' (By JUDE SEYMOUR Scene Movie Critic)
      After the surprising success of "Swingers," writer-actor Jon Favreau waited five years to put his next screenplay "Made" on the big screen. Whether or not he is a superstitious man, Favreau's writing and direction on this film indicates strongly that he has fallen victim to the proverbial "sophomore slump."
    • Radiohead documentary is OK (By MATT NANIA Scene Movie Editor)
      "Meeting People is Easy," a first-rate documentary by music video director Grant Gee, played to sold-out houses in a limited theatrical run back in 1999 and was released on VHS and DVD a few months later. Chronicling British group Radiohead's 1997 Against-Demons tour, this rockumentary uses its synchronization of imagery and sound to lure the viewer into a sense of awe at both the dynamic music of the band and the alienated viewpoint of the musicians.
    • `Goonies' is a childhood treasure (By ADAM WELTLER Scene Movie Critic)
      "The Goonies." Let's just call it what it is: An American classic, one of the definitive films of 1980s childhood. What kid hasn't had a friend like Mikey, Mouth, Data or Chunk? These characters are already familiar to us, but placing them in an adventure of which we could only dream is what makes "The Goonies" so extra special.