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(04/28/06 4:24am)
After finishing second in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Western Division tournament last weekend, the No. 16 IU water polo team will attempt to earn a bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament at the CWPA Eastern Championship at Princeton University this weekend.\nThe Hoosiers are seeded fourth entering the Eastern Championship and will play No. 5-seed Bucknell University in the opening round of the tournament. IU defeated the Bison in February 12-9, which started a 19-3 run to end the Hoosiers' regular season. \nIU is 3-0 against Bucknell all-time.\n"When you're playing for the championship, all bets are off and (Bucknell) is going to be a totally different team than what we played in our second tournament of the season," said sophomore Brittany Estrada.\nIn order to advance to the NCAA Championship Tournament, IU must win the Eastern Championship this weekend or earn one of the three at-large bids. Eight teams will compete for a shot at the national title, which is held at the University of California-Davis.\n"There's no doubt in my mind that we have all the potential to get to UC-Davis," Estrada said. "I think that at this point, we don't have anything to lose but it would be really incredible to win. Everyone is expecting to go out there and give their best effort and hopefully it will be enough to get us to the championship." \nThe Hoosiers enter a tournament that includes No. 12 Hartwick University, No. 17 Michigan and No. 20 Princeton University. The Hoosiers are 2-2 against Michigan this year, losing last week in the CWPA Western Division Championship game. IU also lost to Princeton 9-8 in February.\n"If anything, I think the loss to Michigan provides motivation because we had beaten them the last two times that we've played them," Estrada said. "It's really hard to keep up a winning streak, so I think that losing to them kind of gives us an advantage because it makes us more motivated to play them this weekend."\nIn 2003, the Hoosiers won their first Eastern Championship and ultimately advanced to the Final Four, finishing fourth overall. Since the 2002 season, the Hoosiers have finished third place or higher in the Eastern Championship while playing in two title matches.\nShould the Hoosiers defeat Bucknell, they will play the winner of the Hartwick-Harvard University match. If they win in the second round, the Hoosiers would advance to the championship round, giving them a shot at going to UC-Davis for the NCAA Championship Tournament.
(04/28/06 3:41am)
While many recognize Little 500 week as a time to party, IU students have been increasing their attempts to stay safe during their sexual activities as well.\nAccording to the IU Health Center and Planned Parenthood of Bloomington, Little 500 week brings in an increase of prescriptions for emergency contraceptives. This has been an annual occurence for both facilities. Despite that history, none had an increase in prescriptions for emergency contraceptives during last week's festivities.\n"Following the Little 500 week, Planned Parenthood gave out the same amount of prescriptions of contraception Plan B pills than it normally would on any Monday and Tuesday," said Virginia Rogers of Planned Parenthood.\nAccording to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Web site, www.fda.gov, Plan B is a pill used after unprotected sex and as a backup method to birth control. Plan B can only be prescribed and is recommended to be taken one to two days after having unprotected sex.\nRogers said that between Monday and Tuesday, Planned Parenthood normally issues an average of 38 prescriptions of the contraception Plan B pills. Last week was no different, as the facility prescribed the same amount of contraception pills it normally would.\nThe IU Health Center had similar results.\n"Our pharmacist was ready for more business of emergency contraception, to give out packets for what she thought she would need," said Anne Reese, who is the director of Health and Wellness Education at the IU Health Center. "I think that it's important that students know that they can get emergency contraception from the Health Center."\nReese stated that the Health Center was surprised fewer people showed up for information on emergency contraception and prescriptions this year and does not know why fewer prescriptions were produced than in past years.\nGenerally, the Health Center also sees an increase of prescriptions for emergency contraceptives on Mondays and after Spring Break, Reese said.\nEven though this year did not attract as many students as the Health Center was expecting, Reese believes students are becoming more aware of their choices for contraception through tools such as the Internet, as well as their education.\n"That would be great to say that students are protecting themselves more, but I don't have any evidence about what happened this past weekend," Reese said. "It would be great to think that education is working."\nReese also said that Web sites, such as www.not-2-late.com, can give important information, such as locations where users can buy contraceptives and phone numbers where the providers can be reached.\n"It's really nice because you can find out what's available in your location," Reese said.
(04/21/06 4:20am)
As postseason play begins Friday for the No. 16 IU water polo team, the Hoosiers have their sights set on something they have only done once before -- compete in the Final Four for the NCAA water polo championship.\nBefore that happens, however, the Hoosiers are going to have to finish in first or second place this weekend at the Collegiate Water Polo Associate Western Division Championship at the Counsilman-Billingsly Aquatic Center, in Bloomington. This is the first time the Hoosiers will play host to the CWPA Western Championship.\n"I don't think the seeding has anything to do with the way we play," coach Barry King said. "It comes down to playing solid team defense and being successful in our power play. If we can get into the 50, 60 percent range in our power plays and play good defense, then I think we'll be in good shape."\nThe Hoosiers retained the top seed in the tournament after finishing 7-0 in their conference, with one of their wins coming against rival Michigan. The No. 17 Wolverines are seeded second in the tournament.\nThe top two finishers this weekend will compete in one week at the CWPA Eastern Championship in Providence, R.I.\nShould the Hoosiers get past the Eastern Championship, they will be one of eight teams vying for a chance to play in the Final Four. The only time IU has reached the Final Four was in 2003, when they finished fourth.\nSophomore goalkeeper Jackie Pyrz said she believes the Hoosiers can contend to win the national championship.\n"I know we can do it for sure," Pyrz said. "I feel that as a group, we're really strong. From our first game until now, we've definitely grown as a team."\nThe Western Championship begins Saturday morning for the Hoosiers as they play the No. 5 seed, Gannon University. The Hoosiers defeated Gannon 15-5 March 3. Later that night, the Hoosiers take on No. 4-seeded Slippery Rock University, who lost to IU 11-3 March 4. The three teams will compete against each other in a round-robin tournament to decide who will play against the winner of the rest of the field in the championship game.\nThe Hoosiers are a combined 16-0 all-time against their two initial opponents.\nWhile the Hoosiers have only lost two games in the past two months -- with both losses coming to ranked opponents -- King said they will need to play good defense to be successful this weekend.\n"I think we need strong contributions up and down the roster," King said. "Matchup-wise, Melissa Soria should have a really good weekend on the offensive end. But most of all, we're looking for people to contribute a lot on the defensive side and gain offensive opportunities out of that team defense."\nSoria scored 22 goals in the last seven games to finish the regular season.\nBoth Pyrz and King agree that the Hoosiers have the talent to make it to the Eastern Championship and the Final Four. In order for that to happen, the team will have to take the rest of the season on a game-by-game basis, Pyrz said.\n"I definitely think we can go past Eastern for sure," Pyrz said. "We just have to play it game-by-game and not take anything for granted"
(04/18/06 4:31am)
This Saturday, Atlanta rapper Bubba Sparxxx will culminate the Little 500 weekend as he takes his music to a new venue -- the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.\nThe event, which was finalized last week, will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight. The rap duo of DJ Rhythm and Legacy will take the stage alongside Sunnay Dae for the first two hours before Sparxxx begins his set.\n"We think that it's a great opportunity for our house and we're happy to provide it for the University," said AEPi President and freshman Josh Philipson. "I'm proud of the guys that planned it and that we're able to do it."\nInitially, the fraternity planned on bringing rapper Mike Jones but chose Sparxxx instead due to his new single "Ms. New Booty," which is currently No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.\n"We really want to celebrate the end of the Little 500 with a big bang," said AEPi sophomore Jimmy Slatkin. "'Ms. New Booty' is a big song, and we wanted to bring in somebody who's hot right now, and he's getting a lot of radio play in clubs everywhere."\nAEPi freshman Ryan Lefkoff agreed. \n"Not only is he hot right now, but he's got equally as many songs prior to now that everyone knows about," he said.\nLefkoff and freshman Daniel Kuniansky have been working on getting Sparxxx for much of the year. The two used a contact in Atlanta's music industry to obtain Sparxxx to play Saturday night.\n"I'm just very relieved that we got him, because the process is a lot tougher than people think it is," Lefkoff said. "But it's going to be an absolutely crazy time."\nAEPi plans on selling 2,000 to 2,600 tickets for the concert, even though they haven't had much publicity as of yet. \nStill, Kuniansky said he believes the concert will still be a success.\n"Although I haven't been around to see any of the other concerts, because I'm a freshman, I know that this is going to be well done because we have a certain DJ who is accustomed and used to throwing parties in Atlanta that exceed 6,000 people," Kuniansky said. "He should make it a great time."\nIn order for the concert to take place, the fraternity needed the IU Police Department and IU Risk Management to inspect the house for any possible hazards and the necessary security measures that will need to take place. Both signed off on the event. \nTo prepare for the concert, the fence in the backyard of the fraternity will be taken down to allow more people to attend.\nWhile the members of the fraternity are not sure they will make a profit out of the event, AEPi intends to donate any proceeds to a charity. Though no charity has been chosen yet, the most probable choice will be toward Crohn's disease research, Philipson said, because of the passing of a mother of one of the AEPi brothers last winter break.\n"Basically, we've been saying from the beginning that we don't want any of the money to go to us," Slatkin said. "If we can make it fun for everyone and if we can gain any profit, it's going to a good cause because that's our number one priority."\nIn order to purchase tickets, which cost $20, students can go to the AEPi house, located on the Jordan Avenue extension or ask anyone wearing AEPi letters around campus.\n"If anyone sees a brother wearing an AEPi shirt, most likely, they will have tickets. And if you go up to them, they will sell you a ticket," Kuniansky said.\nFor more information about the concert, students can visit AEPi's Web site at www.iuaepi.net, e-mail questions or concerns to tickets@iuaepi.net or call 857-6173.
(04/17/06 3:55am)
Friday the student media board announced new editors for the Indiana Daily Student and the Arbutus yearbook. The board named junior Eamonn Brennan the summer editor in chief for the IDS, junior Michael Zennie as fall editor of the IDS and junior Lauren Cooper as the editor in chief of Arbutus.\n"We felt like we had five exceptional candidates and had to make some tough choices," said Director of Student Media Dave Adams. "I'm excited about working with all three of the new editors in different capacities. I'm a very lucky person to have the job I have."\nThis year, Adams combined the Arbutus selection committee with the IDS committee to select the candidates. There were 11 members on the selection board, five of whom are representatives of the IDS and the Arbutus.\n"We were looking for the passion for the person to do the job and we wanted to select a person that could take the paper to the next level," Adams said. \nApplicants were asked to comment on a number of issues. In a response, Zennie referred to "shoe leather journalism" -- getting out of the IDS office and walking around to talk to people. Zennie said he believes this will increase the quality of the articles of the IDS as well as improve the relationship between the IDS and its readers. Zennie beat current IDS Campus Editor Sam Nissen for the fall position.\nAmong the main focuses of the applicants was the IDS Web site, www.idsnews.com.\n"I think getting people to read online is very important because we're a community newspaper and we touch on issues that nobody else covers," Zennie said. "It's not as important as The New York Times or The Washington Post, but it's going to be really important for blogs and video."\nAs fall editor next semester, Zennie also has other initiatives he would like to accomplish.\n"I really want to encourage the reporters and editors to get out into the public to sit down with people and see what issues we're covering well, what issues we need to be covering better and which issues we're not covering at all," he said.\nAs Zennie wishes to improve the IDS Web site, he will be working with the changes that Brennan will have made as the summer editor in chief. The future summer editor also said he sees the Web site as an important issue.\n"We really want to focus on continuing the progress that we've made on the Web over the past couple of semesters," Brennan, who beat current Arts Editor Kacie Foster for the position, said. "We want to increase the interactivity between our readers and the Web site."\nHe said the summer IDS staff typically has some different concerns than its fall and spring counterparts.\n"It's tough that there's not as many people here, but on the Web we can still get many people to come and our current product is quality to the point where we know people will read it -- it's about expanding on that."\nBrennan, the current sports editor of the IDS, also said he sees the summer as a time to train writers and get them involved in writing workshops to get them ready for the fall. He said he sees this as important so that writers can gain experience and be more prepared when new writers apply to the IDS at the beginning of the fall semester.\nCooper, the new Arbutus editor, ran unopposed and is charged with the job of improving the popularity of the yearbook, as sales declined in 2006.\n"Lauren's been grooming for this job for quite some time for the Arbutus," Adams said. "She's been working side-by-side with the current Editor in Chief Katie Farrer."\nIn order to improve the financial constraints of the Arbutus, Cooper said in her application that students and greek organizations need to be more informed on the yearbook.\n"Greeks are a huge, untapped market," Cooper said in her application. "We allowed them to be in the groups and organizations section in the current book, yet we had a poor turnout. I want to work with the advertising staff to come up with a plan to get greeks excited about being featured, especially since sororities put pictures of their pledges in the IDS."\nEven though there are areas which each of the editors believe will need to focus and improve upon, Adams said he is pleased with the new editors of the two publications.\n"Both the Arbutus and the IDS have very strong immediate futures with the leaders that we chose," Adams said. "I look forward to seeing them put their respective staffs \ntogether"
(04/10/06 4:52am)
When freshman Noah Skube checked his Lee Corso Facebook profile last week, there was one problem. It wasn't there.\nRecently Facebook.com, the popular social networking Web site, has come under scrutiny for deactivating fake profiles, in addition to language in its terms and conditions that allows Facebook to distribute and release any information placed in profiles. This can include a user's groups or interests, as well as pictures that friends place on the Web site. \nSkube, who created his profile in the name of one of his favorite sports analysts, said he disagreed with the decision to remove his profile.\n"It wasn't that big of a deal, and it didn't ruin my life or anything since it was more of a joke, but it just seems so petty of them," Skube said. \nWhile students like Skube seem to be puzzled by the action Facebook is taking, representatives of Facebook have been unfazed by criticism at this point.\n"It is part of Facebook's terms of agreement that users are not authorized to misrepresent themselves, which includes posing as someone else," said Chris Hughes, a spokesperson from Facebook.\n"We're not intending to be a humor site. We want to build a social directory that enables people to share information."\nWhile Facebook entertains the right to release information provided in profiles, there are types of people who Facebook will not comply with, Hughes said.\n"We reserve this right because it is an industry standard, but we do not provide our users' information to marketers or spammers," Hughes said.\nHughes also stated that he doesn't see why Facebook's image would be hurt by having this disclaimer.\nHowever, this option still leaves students like Skube troubled.\n"It's sort of disturbing," he said "I wish they made that a little more clear, but of course they wouldn't because then it might scare folks off."\nThough Facebook protects its users from marketers, there is still a possibility the information would have to be dispersed, Hughes said.\n"The only scenario in which we would be required to do so is if we were legally subpoenaed," Hughes said.\nSophomore Jon Palak, who had his profile, "a panda," deactivated, but brought it back by changing his name to Jon "a panda" Palak, said he is indifferent toward the possibility of outsiders using the information students provide. \n"I believe that the people who are at the most risk are those that are graduating and applying for jobs," Palak said. "However, if you're applying for a job for after graduation, I doubt your employer would have any issues if they saw a picture of a person drinking on a Web site that is mostly geared towards meeting new people."\nPalak also stated that businesses shouldn't care what the person does on the weekends as long as they do their job well.\n"If an employer saw my profile, they would either be confused or just disregard it completely," he said. "Well, unless my employer was also an administrator at Facebook, in which they'd turn down my application because they don't like the idea of a panda working for their company"
(03/28/06 5:42am)
After starting the season off with seven straight losses to ranked opponents, the No. 17 IU water polo team capped a three-game sweep this weekend at the Fluid Five tournament in Bloomington.\nThe Hoosiers have now won 13 of their last 14 games, including a second consecutive victory against No. 16 University of Michigan Saturday.\nA last-minute, 6-5 win versus the Wolverines Saturday and victories against Wagner University (13-9) and Marist University (12-6) the next day put the Hoosiers at 17-8 on the season.\n"In the last month, we've been doing nothing but get \nbetter and this weekend was more of a confirmation of the things we've been working on in practice," IU coach Barry King said. "We executed really well and now these are the outcomes that we are beginning to expect."\nAgainst Michigan, the Hoosiers found themselves in a back-and-forth match where IU, after giving up the game-tying goal with 2:08 to go, made the final blow on a goal from junior Brooke Zimmerman, less than 30 seconds later.\nPrior to the game winner, the Hoosiers gained a power play, prompting King to take a \ntimeout.\n"The timeout helped us to figure out what we need to focus on, and it helps us to collect our thoughts so we are able to execute the right play," added sophomore goalie Jackie Pyrz.\nUsing the power play to her advantage, Zimmerman moved toward the center of the pool, where she took a pass from junior Kristin Zernicke, and fired a shot into the back of the net.\nThe game-winner for Zimmerman also gave her a hat trick on the day, her eighth of the \nseason.\nWhile Zimmerman provided the offensive boost for the Hoosiers against Michigan, Pyrz kept the Hoosiers in the game with 10 saves, two of which occurred during Wolverine \npower plays.\nThe next day, the Hoosiers extended their win streak to four games with wins against Wagner and Marist. The two victories put the Hoosiers at 17-8 on the season.
(03/27/06 6:56am)
As Facebook is becoming ever more popular, users can no longer enjoy the humor of being poked by a panda or a monkey.\nWith more college (and now high school) students creating profiles on Facebook, other students have opted to take the more creative route of making fake profiles. However, Facebook has answered back and has decided to deactivate all fake profiles until the users change back to their actual identities.\nSophomore Jon Palak created a fake profile under the name 'a panda,' but Facebook recently deactivated it.\n"(Facebook) sent me an e-mail saying that I have to change my name, which I was able to change to Jon 'a Panda' Palak," Palak said. "But then I deactivated that because it didn't have the same ring as 'a panda.'"\nPalak said he created his panda profile because of his addiction to Facebook that arose after he created a profile with his actual name.\n"For me, I was badly addicted to it and I was checking it every day," he said. "So, to get rid of my addiction, I decided, 'what the heck, if I was a panda, I would stop checking it.'"\nThe opposite effect worked, as Palak's fake profile encouraged other Facebook users to message him and view his profile, he said.\nHowever, it is against Facebook's policy to create fake profiles because it is against its goal.\n"The intent of Facebook is to enable the communication of real information between real users," said Kate, a customer service representative from Facebook.\nWhile the Web site is cracking down on profiles, Facebook is also trying to get rid of inappropriate groups as well.\n"After we lost to Indiana State in basketball, I started a Facebook group with a few curse words in it," said freshman Noah Skube. "After a month, they notified me and told me that they were taking that down."\nSkube has also created a fake profile, naming his after ABC/ESPN analyst Lee Corso. However, his profile has not yet been deactivated.\n"My friend at NC State started a Trey Anastasio profile and through that, I figured out how you got the second e-mail address," Skube said. "Later, I was talking with my cousin about what I should make. We both love Lee Corso, so I decided to do it. It was one of those spur-of-the-moment things."\nBut not all Facebook users have had the same luck as Skube. John Thayer, a friend of Palak's, also created a profile that was deactivated.\nUsers have been able to create fake profiles in a few ways. Skube created a new profile on Facebook by using an e-mail address ending in iub.edu, instead of indiana.edu. However, Palak and Thayer both requested name changes, which were granted at the time.\nAs Facebook has started to deactivate fake profiles, the users of those profiles have also questioned Facebook's methods for doing so.\n"I guess you could see where they're coming from because it is in their policy, but it's kind of silly to think about it," Thayer said. "There's no harm in it and it brings a lot of attention."\nThayer said he believes users are looking at their profiles because they are fun. However, he also said it makes sense to delete offensive profiles, but not to delete fun profiles.\n"Facebook should deactivate profiles for some things, like a J.J. Redick or Brodie Croyle profile, where they are college students because those could be misleading," Skube said. "But not someone who's obviously not, like Lee Corso, Lindsay Lohan or a panda."\nPalak shared the same views.\n"As long as you understand that you can't make a profile that's kind of slanderous to someone, it should be around," Palak said. "If it's all positive and fun, why not keep it"
(03/22/06 5:14am)
In a weekend set that included two wins against ranked opponents and the end of a nine-game win streak, the No. 19 IU water polo team captured its second-straight Collegiate Water Polo Association Western Division regular season title.\nThe team finished the weekend with three wins and a lone loss to No. 7 San Diego State University to extend its overall record to 14-8 and 7-0 in the CWPA Western Division conference.\nThe Hoosiers began the weekend against Michigan and avenged their February 4 loss with a 6-4 victory in Ann Arbor. The victory clinched the CWPA Western Division regular season title.\n"The Michigan game was very important because just to play them and beat them was a huge step for us coming up toward the end of the season where we're going to have to play another important game against Michigan in the Eastern finals," said junior Brooke Zimmerman.\nAfter falling behind 1-0 in the first 30 seconds, the Hoosiers responded with two goals of their own to end the first period, but fell behind again at the half 4-3. \nThe Wolverines wouldn't score again.\nIU held Michigan scoreless in the second half and added three goals of its own. Senior Janis Pardy scored the eventual game-winner, her second goal of the night and 28th of the season.\nThe next day, a 10-9 victory against No. 18 Cal-State Northridge University gave the Hoosiers a nine-game win streak, which was quickly broken with a loss to San Diego State. The loss marked the second Hoosier loss to the Aztecs, this time by a final of 12-5.\n"Against San Diego State, I think that we just kind of lost control of the game," junior Melissa Soria said. "We just started to shut down as a team. We weren't getting our shots in, and it just wasn't our best \nperformance."\nThe Hoosiers started off the day by taking care of Cal-State Northridge. Soria scored four goals -- her second hat trick of the season -- to lead the Hoosiers over the Matadors while Pardy added another three goals.\nIU was unable to extend its win streak, as the team fell to an early 3-1 deficit at the end of the first period and ended the half down 5-3.\nWhile the Hoosiers only lost by two in their first meeting with San Diego State, the Aztecs scored seven goals to the Hoosiers' two in the second half to ensure their second victory over IU this season.\n"I think that it's going to help us improve better," Soria said. "It's definitely a learning experience. Basically, you have to go into every game and work you're hardest so that you can't slack off at any point during these games."\nAfter having been handed its first loss in four weeks, IU started off with an 11-3 cushion through the first three periods against California Baptist University. The Lancers scored four goals in the final period, but they weren't enough as the Hoosiers held on for a 13-7 victory.\nNine Hoosiers scored in the match against California Baptist, including a hat trick for Zimmerman and a pair of goals each for Pardy and junior Kara Woolley.\nThe Hoosiers will host the Fluid Five Tournament, their first home tournament of the season, this weekend when they play Michigan for the second straight week and the third time this season. IU will finish the tournament with matches against Wagner College and Marist College.\n"We're going to need to keep our focus in games and in practice," Zimmerman said. "We have an upcoming tournament this weekend, and we need to win all of our games and just stay positive and keep the \nchemistry going"
(03/06/06 6:11am)
Before this weekend, the IU water polo team was a combined 38-0 all-time against the six schools it would face over the weekend. By Sunday's end, it was 44-0.\nThe No. 19 Hoosiers opened Collegiate Water Polo Association Western Division play with six wins to extend their record to 11-7 while outscoring their opponents 75-23.\n"We played really well as a team," said freshman Maggie Hannon. "Everyone was able to get in and play this weekend where we all meshed really well together."\nThroughout the weekend, the Hoosiers relied on a combined team effort, as coach Barry King let some of his seldom-used players get a chance to compete.\n"This weekend was really nice because a lot of the players who don't get as much playing time were able to step up and play really well, which was very nice to see," Hannon said.\nIU opened the weekend with a 15-5 win over Gannon University where three Hoosiers -- senior Janis Pardy, junior Kristin Zernicke and freshman Martha Schuessler -- finished the game with hat tricks. For Schuessler, her three goals against Gannon were the first in her career as a Hoosier.\nThe next day, the Hoosiers defeated Grove City University (10-3), Slippery Rock University (11-3) and Washington & Jefferson University (12-2). Throughout the day, the Hoosiers collected three more hat tricks. Against Grove City, Pardy recorded four assists as well as four steals. It was her third four-assist game of the season.\nJunior Brooke Zimmerman, fresh off of her CWPA Western Division Player of the Week award, added her fourth hat trick of the season against Slippery Rock and two more goals against Washington & Jefferson.\nAs the tournament came to a close Sunday, the Hoosiers added two more victories, including a 14-6 win over Mercyhurst University and against Penn State-Behrend, 13-4. Hannon recorded her first hat trick of the season, while Zimmerman added her fifth.\n"We were able to do the things that we've been working on in practice really well," King said. "We weren't out there just to 'out-talent' people."\nWhile the Hoosiers have a week off, they are looking toward their rematch against Michigan on March 25. The Hoosiers lost to Michigan 11-7 on Feb. 4.\n"It's huge," Hannon said of the rivalry with Michigan. "The last time we played them, we had a rough weekend. After the past few weeks of practice, we feel really good about it and we're just as excited to play them."\nIn order to beat Michigan in two weeks, the team is going to have to continue its strong play, even on the defensive end, King said.\n"We're going to need to continue to play good, solid team defense -- we need to refine that even more," King said. "But even more importantly, I think we need to finish off our opportunities when we get them. Right now we're about 50-50 in converting some of those opportunities into goals and we need to make that more of a certainty"
(02/13/06 5:40am)
After starting the year with high aspirations, the losing woes continued for the IU women's water polo team this weekend as the 2-6 squad lost three of its four matches at the Triton Invitational in San Diego.\nThe No. 13 Hoosiers began the weekend with promise. In their first match of the invitational, IU defeated the University of Redlands 8-7 in overtime. Senior Bridget McKeon clinched the Hoosiers' second win of the year, scoring the game-winning goal in the third overtime period.\n"The win was good for team morale, but we felt pretty confident going into the game," said senior Janis Pardy.\nThe second contest of the day signaled a turning point for the Hoosiers. IU lost the first of a three-game skid, 9-7, despite a 3-1 lead early in the second period against No. 8 San Diego State University.\nJunior Brooke Zimmerman and senior Clare Meadows tallied the first two goals in the first period, while sophomore Brittany Estrada added the third goal less than a minute into the second period. The Aztecs then added two goals to the Hoosiers' one, and IU took a 4-3 lead into halftime.\nAfter trading goals late in the third period, the Aztecs scored five-straight goals to take a 9-5 lead. Before the final buzzer, the Hoosiers added goals from junior Kristin Zernicke and Meadows, but it was not enough for a victory. Zimmerman added a bright spot by finishing the game with her first career hat trick.\n"We strung together some really good things that we can use to build on during the year," said coach Barry King. "It's a tough situation to come out here and play four games in about 28 hours. It was a big test for us physically, and we were kind of worn down by the end."\nAfter splitting the first two games on the first day of the tournament, the Hoosiers fell to the No. 17-ranked University of California-San Diego 9-3, and No. 1 University of California-Davis 6-2, finishing eighth place in the tournament. All six of the Hoosiers' losses on the year have come against ranked opponents.\n"I think that our record is the way it is because it's the beginning of the season," Meadows said. "We have a lot of new players that we're just getting used to reading."\nThe loss to UC-San Diego put the Hoosiers into the seventh-place game against UC-Davis.\n"We had the opportunities to do well but we had a lot of problems finishing this weekend," Pardy said. "During the last game against UC-Davis, we shot 27 times and scored twice."\nThis weekend, the Hoosiers will compete in their third four-game invitational in three weeks with a trip to Princeton for the Princeton Invitational. There, the Hoosiers will face off against Bucknell, Brown, Harvard and No. 8 Princeton.\n"We're going to try and put together four strong games and try to put together the lessons we learned from this weekend to step up and come out on top," King said.\nThough the Hoosiers' record stands at 2-6, the members of the team are not worried about the rest of the year, King said.\n"The focus is to be as good of a team as we can be in April," King added. "Our first three quarters against San Diego State were by far the best that we've played so far in the year. We're going to focus on those three quarters, what we did really well there, and try to reinforce those things to get better"
(02/03/06 5:10am)
After finishing last season with a 24-10 (7-0) record, the IU women's water polo team opens its season ranked No. 11. The Hoosiers started last season with the same ranking and topped last season at No. 6, but dropped to No. 10 after losing to Michigan 7-6.\nThough the team lost its two leading scorers from a year ago, attackers Krista Peterson and Kandace Waldthaler, it returns senior Janis Pardy and junior Kristin Zernicke who led the team in assists last year, with 39 and 34 respectively.\n"This is going to be an opportunity for some of our other players to step up who weren't able to play as much last year," coach Barry King said. "However, losing them changes the nature of our team quite a bit because those two scorers were our centers and we won't be as much attacker-driven."\nBecause of the losses of Peterson and Waldthaler, the Hoosiers will need to rely more on their perimeter game rather than scoring over the middle.\n"We lost some key players last year, but I think that people are stepping up a lot more, plus we have a lot of good freshmen," sophomore goalie Jackie Pyrz said.\nThis weekend the Hoosiers open their season at the Michigan Kickoff Tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich. During the course of two days, the team will play four games, three of which are against ranked teams. On Saturday, IU will face off against No. 17 University of California-San Diego and No. 8 Michigan. The Hoosiers finish the tournament Sunday against No. 7 Long Beach State and unranked Colorado State.\n"This is the first time in awhile that I feel as if I don't have a handle on how good we are," King said. "We could be anywhere from 4-0 to 0-4 by Sunday. We have a lot of question marks on what the weekend is about, but we'll find out the answers to those questions by the end of the weekend."\nIn order for the Hoosiers to come out of this weekend strong, they will have to look for players to step up and lead the team to victory, King said.\n"We're going to have to play well as a team and keep our heads in the game," Pyrz said.\nKing said he feels confident that the other teams are in a position similar to the Hoosiers'.\n"Michigan and Long Beach all graduated a large group of athletes along with us, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out," King said.\nThough the Hoosiers lost their leading scorers from last year, team members said they believe they are now a deeper squad, especially in the attacker position, which King hopes will carry them through the weekend. \n"There are some people who have now gotten themselves into the mix and our rotation," King said.\nWhile the Hoosiers' offense is suspect at the moment, their defense generally remains the same and the team feels that the defense is "as good of a defensive squad" as they've had in the past. On offense, the Hoosiers are hoping that their counter-attack has improved, which will allow them to score some easier goals in the half court.\nThough there is no clear vision on how the team will do this year, it has set high goals, including winning the conference championship and making the NCAA tournament. Despite that, King and the Hoosiers are just focusing on this weekend.\n"I think that some of our short-term goals, especially this weekend, are about finding our unity, what we do well and realize what we're going to need to work on over the next six weeks," King said. "This first weekend is going to be a lot about how well we can respond to some of the things our opponents are going to do"
(12/06/05 5:40am)
A fund-raiser for the IU student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis in September drew more than 600 people and brought in more than $35,000 to help her family with medical bills. Friends of freshman Ashley Lee's family organized the Nov. 28 event at Terre Haute South High School.\nThe donations came in the form of ticket sales, donations and an auction held at the event. All the proceeds raised go directly to Lee's family to help pay for her hospital expenses. She has spent the better part of the past two months in the hospital.\n"The turnout for the fund-raiser was awesome," said Emily Donahue, a family friend who helped organize the event. "It exceeded our expectations because we weren't sure how many people would come out on short notice, but we were fortunate enough that the local newspapers let people know about it."\nAside from publicity in the newspapers, the benefit was emceed by the local NBC and CBS affiliates in Terre Haute.\n"This was definitely a community event where everybody came together as one," Donahue said.\nDonahue also said another group of students in Terre Haute are looking to organize a 3K or 5K run in Lee's name at IU in the spring, but the event has not been finalized as of yet.\nCurrently, Lee is undergoing physical rehabilitation and there is no expectation as to when she will return to school, though her father Tom Lee said her condition is continuously getting better.\n"At this point I do not think that we can foresee that far ahead, but I can tell you that Ashley is very anxious and is looking forward to getting back to school at IU," Tom Lee said.\nJust prior to Thanksgiving, the Lee family moved Ashley's belongings out of her dorm with the help of IU staff at Briscoe Quad.\nDonations can still be made to Ashley at any First National Bank or Old National Bank\n"For a handful of our friends to pull this event off in only a three and a half week period and reach out to over a thousand people in the community, to come out and support us speaks very well of the Terre Haute community," Tom Lee said. "We're not a large city or a real small city, but to get a thousand people to say that they want to help support is very unbelievable"
(11/16/05 11:46pm)
Since President John F. Kennedy said in 1961 that America would put a man on the moon, the American people have been fascinated with the skies.\nWith a newfound interest in space because of President Bush's proposal of sending a man to Mars, NASA is looking to IU's Cyclotron Facility to help research the effects of solar flares on the human body. The Cyclotron is a multidisciplinary facility that includes particle accelerators for nuclear physics, medical research, a cancer treatment clinic and a neutron source, said IU Cyclotron Director Paul Sokol.\n"One of the big problems with space travel is the astronaut's susceptibility to solar flares, which are mainly comprised of protons," Sokol said. "We're going to be studying the effects of solar flares on the immune system."\nIn order to test the effects of solar flares on humans, IUCF will use a model that simulates the effects of weightlessness by applying stress to their immune systems, a phenomenon astronauts experience. \n"We're going to be using lights to study the effects at the IU Medical School and the Cyclotron to measure their immune system and bone marrow," Sokol said.\nThe IUCF proposed the idea to NASA because of its long-standing interest in the IU School of Medicine and IUCF's partnership with SHOT Industries, located in Greensville, Ind.\nHowever, in order for the project to take place, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate must both pass funding.\nSokol said Congressman Mike Sodrel of Indiana's 9th District has been a big help in getting the funding passed through the House and was one of the advocates for NASA to become involved in the project.\n"The research being done at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility in support of the United States Armed Forces will help ensure that America remains strong for generations to come," Sodrel said on his Web site, http://sodrel.house.gov.\n"I'm proud to support the work being done at IUCF with this funding, and I look forward to working with IUCF leaders to continue to enhance and expand the facility and its capabilities."\nThe project will begin in about four months, and the initial series of studies will take nearly three years to complete.\n"We're hoping that this will turn into an even longer program at IU," Sokol said.
(10/25/05 5:52am)
While many students are enjoying fine dining in the dining halls this October, Muslim students throughout Bloomington attended a Fast-a-thon to break yesterday's fast in the holy month of Ramadan.\nThe Fast-a-thon, which took place in the Greenleaf Dining Hall in Forest Quad, was sponsored by the Muslim Student Union and raised more than $1,000 to give to Bloomington Community Kitchen. The goals of the MSU were to make the IU community more aware of Ramadan and to give charity to the community, MSU vice president and senior Shahaab Uddin said.\n"A big part of our religion is giving to charity, so this in turn allows us to incorporate both of those into one event," Uddin said.\nThe MSU was very proud of the turnout and the amount of donations given, said Fast-a-thon coordinator and graduate student Khazir Ali. Ali also said the Bloomington Community Kitchen was chosen because the MSU wanted to stress that hunger and poverty aren't just occurring in places such as Africa, but are happening here in the local community.\nThis reasoning also prompted the MSU to use local sponsors such as Pizza Express, Little Tibet, Turkuaz Café and Falafels.\nAbout 500 people signed up to take part in the fast and support the Fast-a-thon. The attendees were comprised of not just Muslim students, but other IU students and members of the community who are not part of the Islamic faith. Because of this, the MSU is very pleased with the positive response and awareness it is receiving, MSU President Ozair Shariff said.\n"I definitely think that the Muslim community here is growing," Uddin said. "We're getting more and more students involved, including those that aren't Islamic, so I feel as if we're getting a more diverse group every year."\nThough the MSU is pleased with the turnout at the Fast-a-thon, some students still have the feeling as if they are not getting the same religious recognition as Christian and Jewish students. The general feeling among Muslim students, though, is that events such as the Fast-a-thon increase awareness and make more people sensitive to when Islamic events come up, Uddin said.\n"I don't think that students are being left out of recognition because I think that most Muslim students have really found a strong sense of community," Shariff said. "That being said, I really can't speak for every student."\nNo incidents of hate crimes have been reported against Muslims this academic year, Ali said. But, in July, a suspect broke a window in the Bloomington mosque near campus and poured a flammable propellant into the building that ignited it. The fire caused little damage to the building, but the FBI is still investigating the case. \nThis year's Ramadan has not really been affected because of the incident, Ali said.\n"There hasn't been that much of an impact from the firebomb last year because we try not to worry too much about those kinds of things," Ali said. "The community is pretty good this year. We haven't had any incidents like that, especially during this month, so I think that the community as a whole is pretty tolerant"
(10/24/05 4:16am)
With a sea of red in the parking lots and stands Saturday at Memorial Stadium, the IU versus Ohio State football game was not only hyped up to be a great game but sent countless numbers of tailgaters into states of euphoria.\nBecause of the hype for Saturday's sellout, which had the highest number of fans since 1979, the IU Police Department took extra measures to ensure the flow of the pre-game activities, said IUPD Sgt. Andy Stephenson.\n"We had an increased number of police officers at the game in case things got out of hand, though everything went pretty smoothly." Stephenson said.\nIUPD was initially expecting the possibilities of a rowdy crowd because of the attention the game was given. However, there were no major crowd control or parking incidents reported.\nIncluded in the infinite list of tailgaters was Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Daniels attended his first game this year and kicked it off by grilling burgers in his own tent, which boasted "My Man Mitch" signs.\n"I'm a big believer in this year's football team," Daniels said. "Everybody has to love what coach Hoeppner has done in such a short time. He and I have visited a time or two, and we've each come into situations with a lot of problems to solve and he's done a great job solving his."\nThough IU lost 41-10, the game was seen as one of the more important games of the year. Adding to the level of importance, ESPN aired the game and filmed parts of it for its show "The Season," which will air at a later date. "The Season" follows IU football through its preparation and play during the Ohio State game and follows the team as it travels to Michigan State next week.\nFor its "Tailgate Tour," mtvU also attended the tailgating activities. The tour offers college students the opportunity to tailgate with mtvU and receive free food and prizes, according to www.mtvu.com. The mtvU bus is also fully equipped with TV sets to watch other college games and a video game lounge.
(10/20/05 5:09am)
In a society where pop culture and advertising have continued to push the envelope through their use of sexuality, Matt Ezzell and Natalia Deebs-Sossa of the University of North Carolina, are doing what they can to push for sexual equality.\nEzzell and Deebs-Sossa presented "Talkin' Ads and Porn" Wednesday in the Whittenberger Auditorium to a relatively full audience. The goal of this presentation was to inform students about society's perception of women as sexual objects and how to correct this perception.\n"Since most women are kind of different from the top-model image, there is a constant losing battle of self-image," said Douglas Hofstadter, who organized the event and is a professor of cognitive science and computer science at IU. "It's damaging when every woman that's portrayed in the media or who are on the covers of magazines are part of a stereotypical form of beauty, whereas the average woman is not."\nThe two-hour presentation began by describing the relationship between violence and sexually explicit advertisements and ended with a slide show of sexual images in the media and pornography. In order to make their points, Ezzell and Deebs-Sossa showed common advertisements that can be accessed virtually everywhere. These ads generally viewed women in sexual positions and tended to focus on certain body parts, they said.\nThe portrayal of women as sexual objects in advertising and pornography is what troubles Ezzell and Deebs-Sossa because this depiction produces a general harm to women, Ezzell said.\n"We think that there is a connection between pornography, advertising and violence towards women, but it's not a direct causal link," Ezzell said. "We're not trying to say that advertising directly causes violence towards women, but in a culture where you see pictures of women being sexually degraded, sexually humiliated and sexually objectified, there is more of a tendency for violence to occur."\nThe presentation also included the harm toward men in instances of pornography because it suggests the way a man should act sexually and it limits a man's sexual expression.\nDeebs-Sossa said advertisements are not just degrading women as a whole, but there are sub-groups of degradation because minority women are portrayed differently than white women, which can lead to certain consequences like racism.\nEven though Ezzell and Deebs-Sossa see advertisements and pornography as a way of degrading women, they stressed that they, in no way, wanted to encourage censorship.\n"Everybody has the right to produce what they want within the First Amendment," Ezzell said. "That's not where our critique comes, though. We're saying that they have this right but rather they need to look at the consequences of their actions." \nEzzell also believes that if society censors pornography, it will be in a worse position than he believes it already is because of the possibilities of a black market. He also believes the amount of sexual violence probably wouldn't decrease.\n"Part of our presentation is how the advertisements and the commercials are so similar to some of the images we see in pornography that part of what we need to change is the idea of what we consider sexy or attractive in our culture," Deebs-Sossa said. "Until we change that, we will create some injustice in this world."\nShe believes the increase of women who are considered beautiful in advertisements also leads to health problems with teenagers. The number of girls who have anorexia and strive to obtain the bodies of these women has gone up, and she thinks advertisements play a major role in that.\n"I think that the main question that we need to ask ourselves is why a woman taking her clothes off is what we need to use in this culture to sell things," Deebs-Sossa said.\nEven though the presentation strongly depicted advertising and pornography as negative, both Ezzell and Deebs-Sossa believe society can improve the degradation of women in those areas.\n"There's a lot of ways to be sexual, and pornography only tells one of them," Ezzell said. "We can be much more creative in the ways that we express ourselves sexually and there's a lot of hope to expand our ability to be intimate with one another"
(09/29/05 4:32am)
Contrary to the knowledge of most sports fans, the National Hockey League is back in full swing and nearing opening day of the season. \nOnce I found out that the lockout, which prompted me to join a group on Facebook.com, called "Bring Hockey Back" was over, I was filled with joy, even though many think hockey is boring. \nNow that it's back, I have a reason to play hockey in my basement and act out the roles from "The Mighty Ducks" like I did when I was a little kid.\nI was even more excited because of revitalizing changes taking over the game. Shortly after the announcement of a new season, the NHL was given the major boost it deserved with the signing of teenage Canadian phenom, Sidney Crosby. Just recently, Crosby was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins and has been said to be our generation's Wayne Gretzky.\nThe end of the lockout also brought new rules to hockey to make the game more interesting and fun to watch. The NHL changed overtime periods to shootouts and legalized the two-line pass to encourage breakaways, among other changes.\nEven with the hype for hockey set in place, where is the hype from all of the fans? It certainly isn't visible. There have been no nationally televised preseason games, and there haven't been any televised advertisements for the upcoming season. \nDue to the lockout, the NHL lost ESPN, its major partner in televising games. This year, very few games will be broadcast nationally. It's amazing that there can be all of this negativity toward the NHL after everyone had a rebirth of excitement when the lockout ended. But remember, you can always see the highlights on "SportsCenter" -- if you wait until the last five minutes of the show.\nMany wonder if the NHL will regain the same status it once had before the lockout. Not that its previous status was any good. The answer to that question, unfortunately, is probably not. \nThe reason: fans like myself have been betrayed by the players' need for more bling. It seems that hockey has a bunch of money-pinching owners and mini T.O.'s running around, saying that they need more money to feed their kids.\nI know that the lockouts in baseball and football from years past did not destroy Major League Baseball and the National Football League. However, baseball and football were already sewn into the hearts and minds of nearly all sports fans. Not to mention, they're both American sports and we Americans so dearly love what we produce, like McDonald's for example. Man, I could go for a Big Mac and a ball game right now.\nUnfortunately, hockey hasn't reached the type of fan base that football and baseball both possess, nor was it born in America. The lack of popularity combined with is foreign origin puts the sport that comes from the land of "eh" and "what are you talking aboot" at a disadvantage to other sports.\nIn all seriousness, of course I want hockey to succeed. Why? Because it's an amazing sport that many people just don't give a chance. Still, its popularity probably won't change. You can even see it now. Look around. How many people are sporting Detroit Red Wings hats, or wear a Dallas Stars T-shirt? Nobody. They're all sporting Chicago Cubs hats and Colts jerseys. \nEven so, I dearly hope that this hockey season turns out well, because after a two year hiatus, I can't wait to go grab my stick and check somebody.
(09/19/05 5:02am)
Even though par was hard to come by at the Gopher Invitational this past weekend, the IU men's golf team closed strong with a sixth place finish. \nOnly nine of 66 players finished in red numbers Sunday while the rest of the field succumbed to the challenges Spring Hills Golf Course had to offer. None of the Hoosier golfers were able to finish under par to close out the tournament, but freshman Jorge Campillo put forth a strong effort, posting a 1-over-par 73. Campillo finished tied for 14th with a total of 221. Campillo's finish marks his second top 15 finish in only his second start.\nThe Hoosiers, as a team, combined for 902 strokes. The University of Washington finished tied with Minnesota, whose totals were 883 strokes. Niall Turner of Minnesota, who was the only player in the tournament to finish under par with a one-under 71, was the tournament's individual winner. \nFollowing Campillo for the Hoosiers was sophomore Santiago Quirarte, who finished 19th and shot six over par for the tournament (222). Quirarte had a strong front nine in his final round but had three bogeys on the back nine to put him at two over par for \nthe day.\nGoing into Sunday, the Hoosiers were in seventh place, but were able to move up with solid performances from Campillo, Quirarte and an even par round by freshman Drew Allenspach. Allenspach was one under through the first 13 holes but fell into trouble and bogeyed holes No. 14 and 15. He rebounded to get back to even par by birdieing the par five No. 15.\nAllenspach also shot a four over par Saturday, but faltered during the second round and finished at ten over par. However, his round of even par on the final day moved him up 21 positions to finish 28th. Seniors Scott Seibert and Brad Marek rounded out the IU scoring, finishing in 30th and 54th place, respectively.
(09/09/05 5:10am)
Students who want to be excused from class for religious holidays must inform the University today.\nIn order for students to request class off, they need to either inform their professors or turn in the "Request for Accommodation for Religious Observances" form. The University is not obligated to honor the requests of students who are leaving the Bloomington area for religious observances, but the form guarantees students will not be penalized for missed work if their professors grant their request.\n"Usually the only type of problem I have in honoring students' requests is when they say their holiday starts at sundown, yet their class is that morning," said criminal justice professor William Head. "If their reasoning is that they have to leave that morning to get to their destination by sundown, it's a little more problematic because you have to decide how much leeway to give them."\nIn fact, many holidays for which students are exempt from class start at sundown. Jews, Muslims and Bahá'ís all have holidays starting at sundown, including Yom Kippur, Ramadan and the Birth of the Báb, respectively.\nIU implemented the current policy several years ago, said Dean of Students Richard McKaig. Prior to the policy, he said, students and their families were very vocal about not being able to miss class without punishment on certain holidays.\n"Since the policy has been in place, the number of student conflicts with the University has been drastically reduced," McKaig said. "We used to get a couple of problems every year, but now they're a rarity."\nThe form acts as a safety net for students needing to miss class. If a professor allows a certain number of absences during the semester, the exemption might not count as one of them. Students must also be given the opportunity to make up missed work on these days.\nLike many other religious figures at IU, Rabbi Sue Shifron of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center, worries that students aren't knowledgeable about this exemption form and that some teachers may choose not to honor the exemption form.\n"There have been problems in the past with professors who choose not to observe the policy," Shifron said. "I've already had two students come to me with professors who have told the students that they're going to violate the policy already."\nIf students aren't able to download the form, they can inform their professors by the end of today. Students wishing to use the exemption forms can find them at the dean of faculties Web site at http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/download/holidayreq.html.
