Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Gonzalez sues University Senior defender files suit to challenge drug suspension (By JEFF BALTRUZAK Assistant Sports Editor)
      Monica Gonzalez, a senior defender for the Notre Dame women's soccer team, has filed suit in St. Joseph County Superior Court against the University, seeking an injunction to continue playing soccer for the Irish.
    • Holiday's maturity starting to show (By ANDREW SOUKUP Associate Sports Editor)
      Two weeks ago, Bob Davie decided to start sophomore quarterback Carlyle Holiday because he thought the Irish offense needed a spark.
    • Fisher's game plan works again (By JOE HETTLER and MATT LOZAR Sports Writers)
      Fisher's interhall football team employed the same game plan against St. Edward's that they had in their first two victories.
    • Dillon demolishes Stanford, clinches berth (By MATT DeNICOLA, JOE LINDSLEY and BRYAN KRONK Sports Writers)
      Throughout the season, every team has poured weeks of preparation into their respective football teams. However, it took the Dillon Big Red (3-0) just slightly over an hour to clinch a spot in the playoffs.
    • Belles hit the road again against Knights (By KATRINA KALASKY Sports Writer)
      The Belles will hit the road again today, for the third away game in a row, against third-ranked Calvin College.
    • 1-3 looking pretty good (By TED FOX Fox Sports...Almost)
      I missed it.
    • Howard, Cavanaugh to face off after mix-up (By KEN CHAMPA and BRIAN LONG Sports Writers)
      For the second time this week, Howard is preparing to play Cavanaugh, and this time the two teams will finally get a chance to play.
    • Weasel punter pins Pyros' hopes (By AARON RONSHEIM and DANIEL TARSHA Sports Writers)
      Not too often the hero of a game is punter.
    • Welsh wins, makes playoffs (By MATT FURRIE Sports Writer)
      Who said Walsh couldn't put points on the board?

  • Inside
    • Bush earns respect (By Bryan Kronk Sports Copy Editor)
      It's always hard to put things in perspective, but after the events of Sept. 11, at least now we know how.

  • Viewpoint
    • Are we safe at Notre Dame? (John Litle Frankly Obnoxious)
      Are we safe on this campus?
    • Acknowledging collective guilt (Greg Yatarola class of '99)
      In his second inaugural address, the great Abraham Lincoln suggested that the devastation our nation suffered as a result of that war was punishment for our sins as a nation. Strangely, I do not remember reading anything to the effect that he had no right to claim any knowledge of the will of God.
    • Quote of the Day (Sir Winston Churchill former British prime ministe)
      "Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible."
    • Fear accompanies a new beginning (Maite Uranga Life in Africa)
      I am scared. In two days I leave Nouakchott, the capital, to go to my village. I arrived three days ago and have been indulging in all I possibly can, beaches and pools, ice cream, hamburgers and pizza, tank tops and bikinis. Currently I sit in an air-conditioned internet café which serves lattes.
    • Tailgate rules stifle football fun Spoiling a tradition (Jimmy Rogers senior)
      Oops, I was tailgating again.
    • Tailgate rules stifle football fun Citations are unnecessary (Chas Eberle senior)
      Continuing a tradition of bizarre and unnecessary rules, the administration has cracked down on tailgating.

  • News
    • Attacks are successful Second day of campaign utilizes 5 bombers, 10 strike planes, 15 Tomahawks (Associated Press )
      WASHINGTON
    • Johnson ready to help with harassment (By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer)
      Max Johnson, the University's new ombudsperson for discriminatory harassment, stands ready to help all those in the Notre Dame community who feel their civil rights have been violated by harassing speech or actions.
    • Watch dog group calls for ban to be upheld Security on Campus says allowing Rego to return will undermine University judicial system (By MYRA McGRIFF Saint Mary's Editor)
      The watch dog organization Security on Campus responded to the University's indecision in upholding former Notre Dame tailback Cooper Rego's alleged campus ban in a letter addressed to University President Father Edward Malloy on Monday. The organization's campus security spokesperson S. Daniel Cater called for Notre Dame to uphold Rego's alleged expulsion.
    • Freshmen focus on fundraising (By MEGHANNE DOWNES News Writer)
      The Freshman Class Council is focusing its time on creating a class T-shirt and sponsoring a concession stand to raise money for future activities for the class of 2005. The 27 representatives are hoping the theme of the T-shirt will promote class unity and are looking to freshman class members for design ideas. The deadline for design submissions to hall representatives will be Oct. 29.
    • Belles take on a marathon (By ALLISON ROCHE News Writer)
      Saint Mary's student Alissa Blair started running only a year ago.
    • BOG debates leadership center (By SHANNON NELLIGAN News Writer )
      Mana Derakhshani, interim director of the Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership, presented the purpose of the organization and asked the Board of Governance for suggestions on how to promote CWIL to Saint Mary's at Monday's BOG meeting.
    • Students issued discount cards (By JASON MCFARLEY News Editor)
      In a joint venture between Notre Dame and South Bend merchants, student government officials expected today to issue about 8,000 cards good for discounts at local businesses.
    • SMC Web site gets a facelift (By JENNIE BUEHLER News Writer)
      After a month of preparation and redesign, Saint Mary's Web page posted an updated look during the weekend.

  • Scene
    • Irish rock band to play Irish university Anticipation for U2's upcoming performance reaches a height as students prepare for the concert of a lifetime (By SAM DERHEIMER Assistant Scene Editor)
      U2 is coming to Notre Dame. Just in case you've been out of the country or you haven't come out of a Fitzpatrick computer lab in the last three weeks, here that is again: U2 is coming to Notre Dame.
    • All That You Can't Leave Behind: the history of rock legends, U2 (By JOHN HEIECK Scene Music Critic)
      During a time when hair bands shared the success and excess that typified the 1980s, the Irish rock band U2, with its honest, heart-on-the-sleeve mentality, became one of the biggest rock bands in the world with its 1987 release of The Joshua Tree.
    • Bono: Notre Dame has soul (Tim Collins Scene Music Critic)
      My name is Tim Collins and the story that I am about to tell you is true, every word of it.