Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • VOLLEYBALL: Irish netters ground Rockets (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Editor)
      It wasn't a test they expected, but the Irish volleyball team passed with flying colors.
    • SMC SOCCER: Belles to face Bulldogs (By KATRINA KALASKY Sports Writer)
      The Belles hit the road today for the first time in a month to take on Adrian College.
    • FOOTBALL: Davie hopes cheers drown out Panthers (By MIKE CONNOLLY Sports Writer)
      Bob Davie wants Notre Dame Stadium to be a loud, hostile environment Saturday when the Pitt's-burgh Panthers visit. He wants the Pitt offense to have trouble communicating at the line scrimmage just like his team did in College Station, Texas and Lincoln, Neb.
    • SMC VOLLEYBALL: Belles look to ring in more victories (By KATIE McVOY Associate Sports Editor)
      It's the halfway mark of the season and the Belles are looking to start over. After finishing the first half of the MIAA season with a 1-6 record, the Saint Mary's volleyball team is ready to turn things around and start bringing home victories.

  • Inside
    • Lessons in skillful stealing (Patrick Kelly Assistant Viewpoint editor)
      Lessons in skillful stealing

  • Viewpoint
    • Learn to respond nonviolently (Arun Gandhi For a More Just and Humane World)
      "When in despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall," said M.K. Gandhi.
    • Support other athletics (Andy Nelson Fisher Hall)
      After witnessing the debacle known as Fighting Irish football on Saturday, I want to propose an alternative to complaining about the inability of the Irish to win a football game. On Friday afternoon on the Burke Memorial Golf Course (the one by the Rock), the fourth-ranked cross country team will compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.
    • Quote of the Day (Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights leader)
      "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence."
    • OutreachND again denied recognition (Michaela C. Murray-Nolan Senior)
      I came to Notre Dame from a whole different world. I grew up in New Jersey and New York City, in a liberal Catholic family devoted to all things Irish. My brother graduated from Notre Dame with honors, and my sister graduated from Saint Mary's with honors. Both warned me that, as a bisexual, I would not find myself welcomed with open arms in South Bend. I came anyway, hoping both to receive a great education and to make Notre Dame a better place for its gay, lesbian and bisexual students.
    • Bring back courtesy (Joe Larson Principles of Idiocracy)
      In a world filled with war, famine, mistrust, sin, prejudice, The Backstreet Boys and dentists, it's sometimes hard to know what to do. World leaders, peace activists, monks, priests, teachers, parents, revolutionaries and billions of other regular people have been trying to construct a solution for the world's problems since Eve made Adam eat the forbidden fruit, the idiots.
    • Support other athletics (Andy Nelson Fisher Hall)
      After witnessing the debacle known as Fighting Irish football on Saturday, I want to propose an alternative to complaining about the inability of the Irish to win a football game. On Friday afternoon on the Burke Memorial Golf Course (the one by the Rock), the fourth-ranked cross country team will compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.
    • Learn to respond nonviolently (Arun Gandhi For a More Just and Humane World)
      "When in despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall," said M.K. Gandhi.

  • News
    • Terrorist attacks influence Malloy faculty address (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
      In his annual address to faculty Tuesday, a practical Father Edward Malloy, University president, urged professors to be thoughtful of recent terrorist acts but to get about the business of planning Notre Dame's future following the Sept. 11 attacks.
    • Running for relief u Oktoberfest race collects $2,150 for Disaster Relief Fund (By KATIE RAND News Writer)
      Running to support the families of desceased and injured firefighters in New York City, 320 athletes, coaches and students from Saint Mary's and Notre Dame competed in the 2001 Oktoberfest Run/Walk Thursday.
    • Minister shares country's image (By CHRISTINA CEPERO News Writer)
      It is important for El Salvador to build a positive image of itself as a young democracy and thriving country, according to Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila, El Salvador's minister of foreign affairs.
    • Parties team up for mailed ballots (By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer)
      With several important elections quickly approaching, College Republicans and Democrats are teaming up to encourage the use of absentee ballots.
    • SISTAR expands students' minds (By SARAH NESTOR News Writer)
      Participants of the summer 2001 student independent study and research program gave presentations on their work last evening.
    • N.Y. victims receive help from the littlest hands u Children work to understand tragedy through volunteer effort (By NOREEN GILLESPIE News Writer)
      When his mother tries to explain the tragedies at the World Trade Center and Washington, D.C. to him, Collin Junk listens carefully.
    • GSU highlights need for better insurance plans (By ANDREW THAGARD News Writer)
      This month, representatives from the Graduate Student Union will meet with Notre Dame administration and members of the Board of Trustees to discuss health insurance.
    • Fellows find assistance u New office helps students with fellowships and scholarships (By MOLLY HERBE News Writer)
      Notre Dame has established a new office to assist undergraduate students and their faculty mentors in the application for fellowships and scholarships, including the Marshall, Rhodes and Fulbright.

  • Scene
    • I still want my MTV Celebrating its 20th birthday, MTV continues to captivate youth audiences worldwide (By MATT KILLEN Scene Writer)
      This past summer MTV, one of the most watched cable networks on television, celebrated its 20th anniversary on the air. Growing from a relatively small operation that just played a few music videos, MTV is now a worldwide phenomenon that encompasses television shows, movies, fashion, style, youth culture and yes, even music.