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(06/07/12 6:11pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Most people would assume the Tour De France is the biggest bike race in the world. Those people have never been to IU.Now going into its 63rd year, the Little 500 race is the biggest college bike race in the world. Thousands of visitors pour into Bloomington to be a part of the weekend.The inspiration came in 1950 when Howdy Wilcox watched four students race bikes around a dormitory. Now, the Little 500 race has become the largest intramural event at IU.The race is put on by the IU Student Foundation, and the proceeds are used to grant scholarships to working students. The women’s race takes place the Friday of Little 500 weekend and has up to 33 teams, who race 100 laps around the cinder track.The men’s race takes place on Saturday and also consists of 33 teams which are determined by qualifying time trials. The first team to complete 200 laps around the quarter-mile cinder track wins. The teams typically represent fraternities, sororities, residence halls and independent groups.The race achieved such popularity throughout the years that celebrities such as Barack Obama, David Letterman and Lance Armstrong have been known to attend.The race also inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Breaking Away.” The film prompted a group of riders to break from their fraternity and name themselves the Cutters. The most recent Cutters team won the race for the fifth straight year in 2011, a feat never before accomplished in the race’s history.The race, however, is not the only fun event by any means. Festivities kick off early in the week as fraternities sponsor concerts that have featured artists such as Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa. The IU Auditorium usually plays host to a concert, too. Flight of the Concords played to close out 2009’s Little 500 weekend.A plethora of outside events also take place, like pudding wrestling competitions. Students should be warned, though, classes do still continue to follow their regular schedule. The bike race is not the only race during the week either. The Little 50 is the runner’s equivalent to the Little 500 race. The Little 50 consists of 25 teams of four running in a 50-lap relay race and typically takes place Thursday of Little 500 week.One thing is for sure, Little 500 is an experience IU students never forget. So mark your calendars because this is one weekend you will not want to miss.
(06/01/11 5:10pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Most people would assume the Tour De France is the biggest bike race in the world. Those people have never been to IU.Now going into its 62nd year, the Little 500 race is the biggest college bike race in the world. Thousands of visitors pour into Bloomington to be a part of the weekend.The inspiration came in 1950 when Howdy Wilcox watched four students race bikes around a dormitory. Now, the Little 500 race has become the largest intramural event at IU.The race is put on by the IU Student Foundation, and the proceeds are used to grant scholarships to working students. The women’s race takes place the Friday of Little 500 weekend and has up to 33 teams, who race 100 laps around the cinder track.The men’s race takes place on Saturday and also consists of 33 teams which are determined by qualifying time trials. The first team to complete 200 laps around the quarter-mile cinder track wins. The teams typically represent fraternities, sororities, residence halls and independent groups.The race achieved such popularity throughout the years that celebrities such as John Mellencamp, David Letterman and Lance Armstrong have been known to attend.The race also inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Breaking Away.” The film prompted a group of riders to break from their fraternity and name themselves the Cutters. The most recent Cutters team won the race for the fifth straight year in 2011, a feat never before accomplished in the race’s history.The race, however, is not the only fun event by any means. Festivities kick off early in the week as fraternities sponsor concerts that have featured artists such as Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa. The IU Auditorium usually plays host to a concert, too. Flight of the Concords played to close out 2009’s Little 500 weekend.A plethora of outside events also take place, like pudding wrestling competitions. Students should be warned, though, classes do still continue to follow their regular schedule. The bike race is not the only race during the week either. The Little 50 is the runner’s equivalent to the Little 500 race. The Little 50 consists of 25 teams of four running in a 50-lap relay race and typically takes place Thursday of Little 500 week.One thing is for sure, Little 500 is an experience IU students never forget. So mark your calendars because this is one weekend you will not want to miss.
(06/21/10 12:14am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>During a players-only meeting before the first-ever Indiana Invitational bike polo tournament, Zack Woodward laid down the rules.“Rule No. 1, don’t be a dick,” he said.More than 60 players on 20 different teams gathered Saturday morning at the Wright Quad tennis courts to participate in the all-day event.Armed with homemade mallets made from household objects such as ski poles and plastic gas pipes, players came to Bloomington from seven different states across the Midwest.This underground tournament was planned by senior Travis Davies, president of the Bloomington Bike Polo Club, and Bloomington resident Woodward, who brought the sport to Bloomington from Seattle. Davies and Woodward spread word about the tournament by sending invitations to interested players through websites such as www.hardcourtbikepolo.com.Bike polo has more in common with street hockey than it does with actual polo, Woodward said, and only a few rules make up the sport. Each game lasts ten minutes or until a team makes five goals, and if any part of a player’s body touches the ground, the player must ride back to the middle of the court and tap a pole to get back in the game.“I rode my bike anyway — might as well thrash some stuff while doing it,” Davies said.Many teams who participated in the tournament did not arrive with a team name and made them up on the spot before the playing began — the more lewd, the better. The opening match pitted the Dignified Gentlemen against the Newb Kids on the Block, with the Gentlemen taking the first win.Evan Ely, a member of the Dignified Gentlemen, said his team left from St. Louis around 3 a.m. Saturday and reached Bloomington at 8 a.m., two hours before the tournament started.“Sleep deprivation is just part of the game,” Ely said.Some of the teams booked rooms in local hotels for the weekend, but the majority found themselves sleeping on other players’ couches.“We’re a close community,” Davies said. “I can crash at other players’ houses.”As the tournament progressed into the afternoon, the heat began to take its toll on the players. During his team’s game against the Dignified Gentlemen, Woodward pedaled to the fence to throw up away from the court. On the other court, a player lay on her back in pain after getting hit in the throat with a mallet. After recovering on the sideline, she finished out the game.Nearly eight hours and countless scrapes later, the Dignified Gentlemen defeated the Butt Suckers from Columbus, Ohio, to win the tournament as well as a golden trophy made from old bike parts welded together.Woodward’s team, the Electric Wizards, made it to the semifinals before facing elimination, but he said he couldn’t care less.“No matter what the result, the tournament is a success just in that it happened at all,” he said.
(06/09/10 3:30pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Most people would assume the Tour De France is the biggest bike race in the world. Those people didn’t go to IU.Now going into its 61st year, the Little 500 race is the biggest college bike race in the world. Thousands of visitors pour into Bloomington to be a part of the weekend.The inspiration came in 1950 when Howdy Wilcox watched four students race bikes around a dormitory. Now, the Little 500 race has now become the largest intramural event at IU.The men’s race has 33 teams of four which are determined from the qualifying time trials. The first team to complete 200 laps around the quarter-mile cinder track wins. The teams typically represent fraternities, sororities, residence halls or independent groups.The women’s race takes place the Friday of Little 500 weekend and has up to 33 teams of four who race for 100 laps around the cinder track.The race is put on by the IU Student Foundation and the proceeds are used to grant scholarships to working students.The race achieved such popularity over the years that celebrities such as John Mellencamp, David Letterman and Lance Armstrong have been known to attend the event.The race also inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Breaking Away.” The film prompted a group of riders to brake from their fraternity and name themselves the Cutters. The most recent Cutters team won the race for the fourth straight year in 2010, tying the record set by Pi Kappa Psi (1958 — 1960) and Delta Chi (1979 — 1981).The race is not the only fun event by any means. Festivities kick off early in the week as fraternities host concerts that have featured artists such as Ludicris and Young Jeezy. The IU Auditorium usually plays host to a concert, too. Flight of the Concords played to close out 2009’s Little 500 weekend.A plethora of outside events also take place like the Terra Trace pudding wrestling competition or Annual Big Wheel Race at the Colonial Crest Apartments. Students be warned though, classes do take place as usual during the week.The bike race is not the only race during the week either. The Little 50 is the runner’s equivalent to the Little 500 race. The Little 50 consists of 25 teams of four running in a 50-lap relay race and typically takes place Thursday of Little 500 week.One thing is for sure, Little 500 is an experience IU students never forget. So mark your calendars, because this is one weekend you will not want to miss.
(11/12/09 4:44am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A new IU student-created Web site pools donations and uses a voting system to distribute funds to charities.Senior Caleb Levell launched www.charitymob.org a month ago based on the concept of mob rule.The site pins different charities against each other to be voted for most worthy of receiving a donation.The first donation of $105 was made three weeks ago to the Bear Hugs Children Foundation, based in Florida. Bear Hugs provides medical care for children worldwide and supports scientific research of pediatric illnesses. On Nov. 6, the WonderLab Science Museum, a children’s science museum in downtown Bloomington, won the second round of mob voting.The Charity Mob Web site is the final project of Levell’s Individualized Major Program curriculum. Levell is set to graduate with a major in “Social Media Ecology” in addition to telecommunications.“We all have the things we are passionate about,” Levell said. “What Charity Mob does is bring people together, connect them and let them share what they are passionate about. It informs other people what’s going on in the community and the world around them.”All causes big or small are accepted onto the site to be voted on. Their fate is ultimately decided by the “mob.” National causes such as The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research are up against local ones like WonderLab. “Charity Mob raises awareness of the nonprofit community,” said Jeanne Gunning, the volunteer director for WonderLab. “It’s a way for different demographics to get involved.”Assistant Professor of telecommunications Andrew Weaver, Levell’s adviser on the project, has high hopes for the Web site.“The idea of collective action isn’t new,” Weaver said. “But to be able to use new technology to get more people involved is a major focus in the project. The mob collectively can do a lot more than the individual.”Awareness for Charity Mob is being spread through United Way’s Give 5 campaign, which encourages students to visit the Web site and donate up to $5 to the pool through a Facebook group and series of e-mail chain letters. For Levell, the message is simple.“The small things we do can make a big impact,” Levell said. “Using small change we can make a big difference.”
(06/15/09 9:08pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Most people would assume the Tour De France is the biggest bike race in the world. Those people didn’t go to IU. Now going into its 60th year, the Little 500 race is the biggest college bike race in the world. Thousands of visitors pour into Bloomington to be a part of the weekend.Originally inspired in 1950 when Howdy Wilcox watched four students race bikes around a dormitory, the Little 500 race has now become the largest intramural event at IU. The men’s race has 33 teams of four which are determined from the qualifying time trials. The first team to complete 200 laps around the quarter-mile cinder track wins. The teams typically represent fraternities, sororities, residence halls or independent groups.The women’s race takes place the Friday of Little 500 weekend and has up to 33 teams of four who race for 100 laps around the cinder track. Last year’s women’s race was followed by a concert of hit rapper Soulja Boy in the tailgating fields.The race is put on by the IU Student Foundation and the proceeds are used to grant scholarships to working students.The race achieved such popularity over the years that celebrities such as John Mellencamp, David Letterman and Lance Armstrong have been known to attend the event. The race also inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Breaking Away.” The film prompted the team, the Cutters, who won the race for a third straight year in 2009, tying the record set by Pi Kappa Psi (1958 to 1960) and Delta Chi (1979 to 1981).The race is not the only fun event by any means. Festivities kick off early in the week as fraternities host concerts that have featured artists such as Ludicris and Young Jeezy. The IU Auditorium usually plays host to a concert, too. Flight of the Concords played to close out 2009's Little 500 weekend. A plethora of outside events also take place like the Terra Trace pudding wrestling competition or Annual Big Wheel Race at the Colonial Crest Apartments. Students be warned though, classes do take place as usual during the week.The bike race is not the only race during the week either. The Little 50 is the runner’s equivalent to the Little 500 race. The Little 50 consists of 25 teams of four running in a 50-lap relay race and typically takes place Thursday of Little 500 week.One thing is for sure, Little 500 is an experience IU students never forget. So mark your calendars because this is one weekend you will not want to miss.
(05/10/09 11:30pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As four-year college becomes more expensive and IU’s enrollment standards increase, many students are enrolling at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington. For years, Ivy Tech has offered students classes that transfer to IU and other four-year colleges for a lower price.IU accepts more than 100 courses from Ivy Tech, said Terry Knaus, IU senior associate director of admissions. Now more students than ever are planning to take many of their classes at Ivy Tech Bloomington – and Ivy Tech Bloomington’s spring enrollment increased 10 percent in the past year, according to a recent press release.Sophomore Sam Sharp is majoring in social work and spent her freshman year at IU. When her student loans became unavailable, Sharp chose to remain in Bloomington for college and attend Ivy Tech Bloomington her sophomore year.“I always wanted to go to IU,” Sharp said. “It’s the only college I applied to.”But Sharp quickly found out that attending Ivy Tech Bloomington is not very different from going to IU.“I do everything I did last year,” Sharp said. “The only difference is I drive to class instead of taking a bus.”Knaus believes the main reasons why students from around the state choose to attend Ivy Tech Bloomington in hopes of transferring to IU are because they want a four-year bachelor’s degree and want to be in Bloomington because it’s a college town.Ivy Tech’s tuition is about $2,300 less than IU’s per semester. Students can get a number of required classes out of the way there, such as K201, W131, finite math, psychology, speech and Spanish. IU freshman Jordan Grogg spent her first semester attending classes at Ivy Tech through the Hoosier Link program while living in Shoemaker Hall in Briscoe Quad. Hoosier Link is a program that allows students to live on IU’s campus as freshmen while attending classes at Ivy Tech Bloomington and paying Ivy Tech tuition. Grogg chose to transfer into IU for the spring semester.“I got tired of telling people that I go to Ivy Tech Bloomington,” Grogg said. “People think that going to Ivy Tech automatically means you’re stupid, and I didn’t want people to think I was stupid when I’m not.”Sharp was also eligible to return to taking classes at IU during the spring semester, but she chose to remain at Ivy Tech Bloomington until spring 2010 because she finds classes there easier.“If I can make all A’s at Ivy Tech and make them transfer, then I’ll boost my GPA there,” Sharp said.Grogg said she has made a seamless transition into her classes this semester and is enjoying life at IU.“It hasn’t been as difficult as I thought it would be,” Grogg said.Sharp said she is looking forward to returning to classes at IU this fall. Grogg and Sharp went to Ivy Tech Bloomington for different reasons, but each is happy to have saved money on tuition. Both are planning on graduating from IU on time with a bachelor’s degree.“I’d advise students to take any classes they can at Ivy Bloomington,” Sharp said.
(04/30/09 3:47am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU Bloomington and IU-Purdue University Indianapolis will sponsor free
Electronic Waste Collection Days from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through
Saturday.Students, faculty and the general public are invited to drop off their unwanted electronics at the Memorial Stadium parking lot at 17th and North Dunn streets or at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Businesses and organizations, which have already registered to recycle 400,000 pounds of electronic waste during the next three days, are asked to register in advance at indiana.poweron.com/p/register.Graduate student Laura Knudsen helped organize the E-waste Collection Days with the IU Task Force on Campus Sustainability and has been spreading awareness of E-waste. “Computers and cell phones still have valuable products,” Knudsen said. “If you’re just throwing them away, you’re wasting valuable materials.”Electronic waste, or E-waste, includes unwanted computers, monitors, TVs, radios, cameras, printers and cell phones; a full listing of acceptable items is available at indiana.poweron.com. E-waste can have hazardous materials in it that can be harmful to the environment if not disposed of properly. Television sets and computer monitors can contain mercury or lead.Recycling old electronics helps save energy and keeps E-waste out of underdeveloped countries.The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that much of the electronic waste discarded in the United States ends up in developing countries that do not have environmental or labor laws. There, the electronics are processed by “sham” recyclers. “Sham” recyclers often exploit workers and process parts that might contain personal information, fueling the identity theft market, according to IU’s E-waste Web site.All E-waste collected during the next three days will be transported to Sims Recycling Solutions in Chicago. All materials with personal information will be shredded. Apple is providing all the recycling services.The E-waste Collection Days are a continuation of IU’s ongoing initiative for sustainability. According to the 2008 Sustainability Task Force report, “total waste generation has been at about 6,800 tons per year with 4,900 tons going to landfills and 1,900 tons of waste recycled each year.”Although many people have become more conscious of the environment in recent years, E-waste is often overlooked – something Knudsen knows far too well.“When I mention E-waste, a lot of people don’t know what it means,” Knudsen said. “It’s obviously a problem.”