Second half of the IU-FSU game (OK, so the other title was more exciting)
(12/01/07 1:06am)
We're back for the second half. The Hoosiers just came out of the tunnel and we just got some half-time stats.
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Live from the Hall in the last of November
(12/01/07 12:00am)
Hey folks, Buckey and I are live at Assembly Hall for the first Bloomington installment of the Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge. They've been doing this for a few years on the men's side, and they decided this year to start doing it with women's basketball. The Hoosiers face Florida State tonight, a tall order considering the Seminoles start three players at 6-foot-1 or higher.
Rough ending to a vacation tournament
(11/25/07 12:40am)
Happy Saturday everybody. IU had a rough last day in (The) Paradise (Jam Tournament), as the Hoosiers fell in their final game 60-48 to the Texas A&M Aggies, moving their record to 4-2. A&M was ranked 10th when the Hoosiers played them, though the Aggies lost earlier in the tournament to Wake Forest. Jamie Braun led the way yet again with 14 points, six rebounds and three assists. Whitney Thomas and Amber Jackson added 12 and 10, respectively.
Quick hit Friday
(11/23/07 11:19pm)
Hey everybody,
A not so happy Turkey Day in the Virgin Islands
(11/22/07 9:24pm)
No, I didn't get to go to the Caribbean on the company budget. But I watched IU lose by two to Wake Forest today online - their first loss of the season - and there are a few things that stood out. 1) Turnovers were down, as IU committed only 11 to Wake's 25. That's been a stat coach Jack and the team have been working to tilt in their favor, and it was today. Kim Roberson had nine steals all by herself. 2) Shooting was also down, a problem that has plagued IU for most of this season. The team seemed to break out of their slump last weekend against Ball State, hitting almost 60 percent of their shots in the road win over the Cardinals. But 3-point shooting and overall shooting were both down again Thursday. 3) Amber Jackson just seems automatic, which is big for the Hoosiers this year. She added 11 points and eight boards and seems like she's going to be a dominating presence and a legitimate threat in the post, something that should help Whitney Thomas grab more rebounds, something she does well. 4) Jori Davis seems to have cemented herself as the top freshman in coach Jack's rotation. She has a good inside/outside game, plays strong defense and really hustles, something Jack is big on. She earned her first start against Arkansas-Pine Bluff when Kim Roberson sat with an injury, and she led all freshmen in minutes coming into the Wake game with 76 (Whitney Lindsay was closest with only 41). She's also keeping a running diary of the team's trip to the Virgin Islands. I'm stuck in Purdueland and I'm jealous.
IU 8th in AP, ESPN polls
(11/12/07 10:06pm)
IU rose to eighth in the most recent editions of the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls. They each got bumped up one spot to take Michigan State's place in the Top 10. Not much else surprising, Kentucky and USC both dropped out after rather embarrassing early-season losses to teams that appeared to be cupcakes. The call I can't quite explain is putting Michigan State 12th after losing to Grand Valley State in the preseason. Oh well, only time will tell.
1-0 and going strong
(11/12/07 12:28am)
IU's 67-59 victory over Albany on Saturday might appear a little bit deceiving for a couple of reasons: -IU shot 0-14 from 3-point range, something Felisha Legette-Jack said will get better. And it should. This team can flat out shoot, and Jack expects them to be much better from range Tuesday night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. A couple of those threes fall, and the scoreline is much wider. -Albany really pressed the Hoosiers early, but they adapted in the second half, and the 42-25 advantage IU held in the second half would suggest as much.
Looking ahead to the Showtime Skins
(11/06/07 12:47am)
I have no idea why there is a traveling Australian team coming to Assembly Hall tomorrow night to take on the Hoosiers, but it is not for me to know, I guess.
A quick hit
(11/05/07 1:45am)
I'll have an article in tomorrow's IDS about the team's win last night, but I thought I'd expand upon that in this space a little bit tonight.
Tipping it off!
(11/03/07 6:56pm)
Hey folks,
ESPN rankings are out, and IU is 9th
(10/26/07 3:27pm)
Hey folks, I know I'm not a regular poster to this blog, but I saw this on ESPN so I thought I'd toss it up real fast.
GUEST POST: Some random thoughts on a Sunday
(10/14/07 5:50pm)
Hey folks. This is somewhat unrelated, but I got to have a conversation with University Chancellor Ken Gros Louis Thursday afternoon. I asked him for his thoughts on IU football this year, and here's what a man who's been at IU since 1964 had to say:
Welcome to the greatest season of the year
(08/31/07 9:29pm)
No, you aren't dreaming. It's college football season. And yes, we feel the exact same way.
University supercomputer powers up for the first time
(08/23/06 3:53am)
IU faculty and visiting guests participated in the grand opening Tuesday of the IU's new supercomputer at the Wrubel Computing Center. \nThe computer, the fastest academic supercomputer in the country, possesses the capability to do functions in five minutes that previously took an entire day.\nIU President Adam Herbert, who helped cut the ceremonial ribbon and ran the first program on the new computer, said the computer would also be made available to IU faculty and students statewide. Herbert said he was excited about the new avenues the computer opened to IU researchers.\n"This is going to significantly enhance our capacity to engage in even more significant research, and also it will provide incredible opportunities for our students to have access to computing power of this significance," Herbert said. \nFunds for the computer were secured primarily through the Indiana Metabolomics and Cytomics Initiative. METACyt grew from a $53 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., to "advance life sciences research at IU Bloomington and in Indiana," a media release said. \nThe computer was made by IBM, which Interim Provost Michael McRobbie called "a superb partner" in his speech at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. \nMcRobbie said the supercomputer would be crucial in life science research and would bring new medical advancements to IU and the state of Indiana in general. \nAccording to the press release, a Battelle Memorial Institute report ranked Indiana in the top four among states with the "highest concentration of life sciences-related jobs."\nAcquisition of the supercomputer was made public in April 2006. In addition to life science initiatives, the computer will also be used in weather forecasting and physics experimentation.\nAll speakers hailed the attainment of the supercomputer as a fine achievement for IU. Bruce Cole, a former distinguished professor at IU and the current chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, called it "a real achievement in the acquisition of storage" in his speech.\nHerbert pointed out that data storage is a key in life sciences research, and the new computer brings that kind of memory.\n"One of the things that is clear is that in the life sciences, the data storage needs are incredible. ... Not only do you need the speed to analyze data, but also it's just essential to have massive storage capacity," Herbert said.\nAssistant Informatics Professor David J. Wild said the biggest advantage of the supercomputer is its speed and efficiency.\n"The really exciting thing for us is we can take our really complicated life science techniques, which do advanced data mining, and suddenly we can make them available in real time to scientists ... much in the same way as you can search Google and get some results back really quickly," Wild said.\nWild went on to say that the storage capabilities of the computer were just as beneficial, especially in terms of scientific research. The added space gives scientists a wealth of literature on biomedicine and life sciences stored in the computer. \nHerbert added to that in his speech, saying the new supercomputer continued former President Herman B Wells' principle to "dream no small dreams for Indiana University."\nHerbert said the supercomputer tied into an initiative to put IU at the forefront of the new wave of technology.\n"There's no question that Indiana University is at the cutting edges with regard to information technology," Herbert said. "We have established as a goal to be not just a national but an international leader in (information technology), and I think this project demonstrates that we're accomplishing that goal"
COAS begins 2 new majors
(01/10/06 5:27am)
The IU College of Arts and Sciences has added two new Bachelor of Sciences degrees, human biology and biotechnology. Biotechnology has been offered as an intended major since fall 2004, meaning students could declare it as their major. The earliest expected graduation date for anyone majoring in the field is May 2008 because upper-level required courses will be offered beginning in fall 2006. \nHuman biology has been offered as a certificate for students with a large blend of credit hours on their transcripts, said Program Director Whitney Schlegel. The Department of Biology is now offering it as a major as well. \n"The plan was originally to go for a major, but the certificate serves a different population," Schlegel said. "The two overlap, but the certificate is designed for students who are engaging in broader fields of study. We are offering a core curriculum that is innovative and integrative." \nBiotechnology combines elements of several sciences, especially chemistry and biology. The major requires no less than 122 completed credit hours, including 18 hours in chemistry and 43 hours in biotechnology-related courses, including general biology, microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry, according to the IU Department of Biology Web site.\n"I think that the complex problems that are facing the 21st century mandate that we approach things from an interdisciplinary perspective. We allow students to bring together several disciplines at once," Schlegel said. "There are problems in the world today, global warming, bird flu, etc. that cannot be solved by focusing on only one discipline. Human biology is a field of study that brings together biology and humanities and social sciences to help students better solve the social and biological problems that we face today." \nThe program helps to better prepare students for the world they will enter upon graduation, said senior biology major Albert Marks. \n"For the future, you need to be prepared," Marks said. "You can't just focus on one area of study because you need to be able to relate to a wide range of people and issues in today's world." \nMarks said the human biology program was very helpful to him as a pre-med student. \n"I wish they had offered this as a major when I was a freshman," he said.\nThe program seeks to help students better analyze and critically consume the world around them in terms of everyday science. \n"We are going to foster a type of graduate who is ready to lead and excel in many different areas," Schlegel said. "They will be leaders because they can critically understand the nature of science. Students in human biology will gain a better overall understanding of what it means to be human"
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