Grrrr. Remember I told you about the female kicker who is suing North Carolina because she claims she was cut from the football team for being female? Predictably, N.C. is claiming that they cut her because she just wasn’t good enough. Which I could understand… except for the fact that she testified that her coach “told her she should give up kicking footballs and perhaps give beauty pageants a try.”
Norm!
Wow! I didn’t know that Norm from “Cheers” went to Notre Dame! And apparently he lived in Pangborn!
Rice
I always thought Charles Rice was a bit of bully and an asshole. Another student agrees with me.
Speak up, already
This girl wrote to the Observer to complain about some drunk guys behind her at a football game that talked about sex the whole time. While I agree that you should be able to attend a game and not be made uncomfortable, she could’ve done something about it. She just stood there the whole time feeling embarrassed. She should’ve asked them to tone it down. I don’t know… It just seems idiotic to stand there blushing for four hours.
Church abuse
Wow. Perhaps of interest to some: “Catholic Church reaches deal with accusers in abuse case.”
GO METS!
The finger.
Heehee. The Purdue kicker has been getting booed by the students a lot (a botched punt led to our victory this year), so after he kicked the game-winning field goal against Michigan last week he flipped off the student section. Now he’s apologizing.
Voting
Some people frighten me. This guy says that Bush is going to win Indiana anyway, so Indiana Democrats should give their votes to Nader. And then another guy says that since Bush is going to win so easily, real Indiana pro-life conservatives should give their votes to Buchanan. I think the first argument is ridiculous… “You’re not going to win, so why even try?” And the second is just scary… “Gore can’t win, so why not vote for the right-wing hatemonger?” WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? (It’s interesting to note that neither of these letters in the Observer actually came from students.)
Weasel Footblal
Weasel Football Report: This is officially the Bizarro season. PW loses to Off-Campus (but makes it into the Playoffs), the Weasels haven’t been able to score in 3 games, OC is ranked #1 in the Gold League going into the post-season, and the Pyros FAIL to qualify with a losing season of 2-4??
Hope
Everybody (including Bob) seems to think that ND’s record is only going to get better.