Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Deeter, Shay sweep up at Notre Dame Invite (By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Assistant Sports Editor)
      The Irish cross country squads cleaned up the competition in the adidas/Notre Dame Invitational Friday, capturing both individual titles and the women's team title, and placing third in the men's team competition.
    • Irish shut out Big East competition over weekend (By MIKE CONNOLLY Associate Sports Editor)
      The weather was cold this weekend, but it couldn't slow down the red-hot Irish offense as the women's soccer team picked up two Big East victories over Georgetown on Friday, 10-0, and Villanova on Sunday, 4-0.
    • Brown keeps Irish defense rock solid (By MIKE CONNOLLY Associate Sports Editor)
      If you took at quick look at the Irish line up, you might look past Kara Brown. Standing just 5-foot-2, Brown is not the quickest, the strongest or the faster player on the Irish roster. But once you see her play, you quickly understand why she is such an important part of the Irish defense.
    • Braun leads Irish past Orange (By KERRY SMITH Sports Writer)
      Freshman forward Erich Braun came up big offensively Saturday night to lift the Notre Dame men's soccer team to a 2-0 win over Big East rival Syracuse.
    • Belles place fourth at Goshen College (By NELLIE WILLIAMS Sport Writer)
      The cold, wet weather on Saturday afternoon did not stop the Saint Mary's cross country team from running some of their best times during their meet at Goshen College. The Belles placed fourth out of nine teams. Bethel College placed first, followed by Adrienne and Hillsdale colleges.
    • Irish break away from Sooners (By BILL HART Associate Sports Editor)
      Jarious Jackson is no stranger to come-from-behind situations.
    • New life for fans, coaches, team (By MIKE CONNOLLY Associate Sports Editor)
      As the final seconds ticked off the clock in Notre Dame Stadium, head coach Bob Davie and receivers coach Urban Meyer could be heard shouting, "It's over! It's over!" and hugging as they jumped up and down on the Irish sidelines. After four weeks of questions regarding his play-calling and clock management, Davie finally had a chance to enjoy a victory and the rewards of coaching.

  • Inside
    • Prideful Cotton (Christine Kraly Associate News Editor)
      I could not have looked more casual yesterday.

  • Viewpoint
    • Go ahead — ash'k a silly question (By MEL TARDY )
      Anybody in our neighborhood who thought he was tough hadn't yet played Ernest in football. Though younger than most of us by a couple years, he was strong and quick enough to shake any of us. Even if he we did get hands on him, though, nobody could really tackle his burly form alone — except maybe Leo or Tookie.
    • Providence has been good to us (By CAPPY GAGNON )
      "Once more, Providence has been good to us, and we blessed God from the depths." This was one of the lines in the letter Fr. Edward Sorin sent to the Very Reverend Basil Moreau, on Dec. 5, 1842. Father Sorin and his small band of missionary priests and brothers (no whiners among them) endured a voyage across the Atlantic in steerage, followed by an incredible trek through the wilds of the New World, to eventually set foot on the south side of St. Mary's Lake.
    • Do we need to eat chicken? (Letter to the editor )
      I was dismayed to see columnist Mike Marchand's callous display of unconcern for the suffering of animals in last Monday's Observer. Inspired by Charles Rice's column on Sept. 24, Marchand attacks the "pure lunacy" of the "insane philosophy" of Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer, the father of the modern animal rights movement. Among Singer's "lunacies" is purported to be the claim that "apes, bears, cats, possibly chickens, chimps, dogs, dolphins, pigs, seals and whales are all on a level with humans because they are rational and sentient beings" while "newborn and unborn babies are not." Even worse, Singer's madness has apparently spread to his followers, as evidenced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) member Ingrid Newkirk's apparent attempt to implicate Colonel Sanders in a genocide of a scale unknown even in the Holocaust: "Six million people died in concentration camps, but 6 billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughterhouses."

  • News
    • Engineering dean to speak at Michiana business lunch (Special to The Observer )
      Frank Incropera, McCloskey dean of Notre Dame's College of Engineering will be the keynote speaker at the annual President's Luncheon for Michiana Business Leaders Wednesday.
    • SMC Pride Week kicks off today with rally (NELLIE WILLIAMS News Writer)
      The winds of change are in the air for Saint Mary's Pride Day. The celebration of pride, established three years ago, has this year become Saint Mary's Pride Week.
    • University opens new institute (MAUREEN SMITHE News Writer)
      Notre Dame has established a new Institute for Latino Studies and appointed Gilberto Cárdenas to serve as assistant provost and director of the institute.
    • Pro-Life group celebrates Respect Life week (KATE WALTER News Writer)
      Recognizing national Respect Life Week, the Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Right to Life organization will sponsor campus-wide activities that celebrate all stages of life.
    • Tapscott addresses COBA conference on info technology (LAURA SEGURA News Writer)
      The future of technology and the economy were the focus of this weekend's College of Business Administration advisory council conference, featuring keynote presentations by author and Internet guru Don Tapscott and Michael Mazaar, former director of the New Millennium Project.

  • Scene
    • That Really is Disgusting (By BRIAN McLAUGHLING Scene Writer)
      Have you ever wondered what a sootigan is? Have you ever contemplated how much you really can accomplish with a strip of raw liver and a few rubber bands? Do you want to know how one would go about eating a monkey's brain?