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(02/03/04 6:10am)
The beauty of the freshly-fallen snow from last weekend's storm has quickly turned into a safety concern for IU students and professors.\nKelley School of Business Professor Wayne Winston slipped and fell on a sidewalk around the arboretum at approximately 10 a.m. Monday. Winston suffered a broken hip and is currently receiving treatment at Bloomington Hospital. \nWinston cited icy sidewalk conditions as the main reason for the fall but also blamed his own lack of caution for the hip injury.\n"It was icy, and I was walking down a hill toward the HPER," Winston said. "I slipped and broke my hip, and I should have been more careful."\nWinston said he is unhappy about the fall and injury but does not necessarily blame the University. \n"I think they should have put down more salt," Winston said. "Basically, I feel horrible because I've broken my hip, but I'm not going to blame (the University)."\nRisk Management Director Larry Stephens said worker's compensation would be an option for Winston because the accident occurred on University property during normal business hours. Stephens also said Winston's accident was not an isolated event.\n"His only recourse would be worker's compensation," Stephens said. "Yes (such accidents have happened before), while I don't want to say it's common, it has happened."\nIf Winston seeks worker's compensation, Stephens said the amount of money allotted to him depends upon the severity of the injury.\n"In terms of workers compensation, depending on the type of break, it could be $40,000 or $100,000," Stephens said. "It depends upon the age, the type of break and other variables. After all, hospital bills are not cheap these days."\nIcy sidewalks near Dunn Meadow and slippery stairwells in Ballantine Hall were treacherous pitfalls Monday afternoon. Sophomore Elizabeth Rees said she witnessed numerous people slipping on the ice. \n"I saw people falling all over the University," Rees said. "There should be some changes made. It should be safe to walk around the campus, especially with so many people going to classes every day."\nThe IU physical plant cleared only some areas during the wet morning. \n"Some of the sidewalks haven't been cleared," Physical Plant Campus Division Manager David Hurst said. "That's all there is to it." \nWhile Stephens said IU's road and sidewalk conditions were bad in certain places, he said the University is doing the best it can with the problem.\n"There's only so much that can be done to keep the sidewalks clean," Stephens said. "Especially when it gets so cold the ice-melt simply won't work. So this is certainly a peak time for falls."\nDespite the severity of his injury, Winston said he has not thought about pursuing legal action against IU.\n"It depends on how bad the injury is," Winston said. "I haven't thought about (legal action against the University), and I won't think about that for months."\n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(02/02/04 5:59am)
With 1:05 left on the clock and IU down 69-57, junior Jenny DeMuth has already labored for 39 minutes and is on the free throw line. She sinks both free throws and goes on to score seven points in the final minute of the game.\nBut DeMuth's efforts weren't enough, as IU fell to Ohio State 71-65. The loss drops IU to 3-5 in the Big Ten and 10-10 overall, while OSU improves to 4-4 in conference action and 12-7 overall. \nThe first 15 minutes of the contest was back-and-forth, with neither team gaining more than a four-point lead. However, the last five minutes of the first half were all OSU, with the Buckeyes going on a 15-0 tear to bring the score to 29-17. \nFreshman Jessica Davenport led the way in the Buckeyes' effort with 10 points. \nOSU then capped off the first half with a 9-6 run to bring the score to 38-23 in the Buckeyes' favor. The 6-foot-5 Davenport and 6-foot-3 senior LaToya Turner ruled the block for the Buckeyes in the first half. Davenport and Turner finished the half with a combined 24 points, 10 rebounds, three steals and five blocks. \nThe duo continued their tear throughout the entire game, as Turner finished the contest with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Davenport finished with 18 points and eight boards.\nPrior to the game, 6-foot-7 freshman center Sarah McKay cited an intent to stop Turner and Davenport, but her efforts weren't enough.\n"I'm really going to work on my defense," McKay said prior to the game. "They have two strong post players, and I want to do whatever I can so they don't go off on us."\nIU fought to make things interesting in the second half, finally bringing the lead down to 10 with 10:50 to play. The Hoosiers were able to cut the lead down to single digits with 23 seconds left in the game on a jumper by DeMuth. IU went on a 9-2 run to end the game, but it wasn't enough.\nIn total, IU outscored the Buckeyes 42-33 in the second half, good for the team's second-highest second-half scoring output of the season. \nDeMuth led IU's crusade with 23 points, nine rebounds and two steals, while sophomore Cyndi Valentin followed with 20 points, three steals and one assist. McKay was the only other Hoosier to break into double digits with 12 points, six boards and two blocks. \nDeMuth, Valentin and McKay created the lion's share of IU's offense, as no other Hoosier scored more than four points. \nDeMuth said she was happy with IU's second-half effort but cited the team's defense for the loss.\n"We need to get better defensively," said DeMuth. "We did some good things to come back in the second half, but we have to play a complete game if we are going to win."\nFoul trouble also affected the Hoosiers' performance, as IU finished the game with 29 total fouls. IU's foul trouble allowed the Buckeyes to finish 24 of 39 from the charity stripe. Despite the foul trouble, IU coach Kathi Bennett was also happy with the team's second-half performance. \n"We are not going to win if we allow the other team to make 24 free throws," Bennett said. "I feel like our first-half post-defense was poor, but we made adjustments in the second half to give ourselves a chance to win." \n-- Contact senior writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(01/30/04 5:41am)
After duking it out with No. 8 Purdue and No. 16 Minnesota, the IU women's basketball team will get a break from nationally ranked opponents when the Hoosiers go up against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday. \nMake no mistake, this is no break for IU, as the Buckeyes aren't a pushover team. Currently, Ohio State is running at 10-7 overall and came within six points of beating current Big Ten leader Penn State (15-3, 8-0 conference). So far, OSU has faced the conference's finest and has come out with a tattered 2-4 Big Ten record. \nOSU's power comes from a scoring triple-threat in junior Caity Matter, freshman Jessica Davenport and senior LaToya Turner, who average 13.5, 12.5 and 12.0 points per game, respectively. Turner and Davenport are also dangerous on the defensive end, as the duo have batted away a combined 57 shots and each average around six rebounds a game. Davenport is also deadly from the field, shooting at a conference-leading .659 clip.\nIU coach Kathi Bennett said the Buckeyes are a more team-oriented squad than most Big Ten programs, as OSU's scoring is spread throughout the roster.\n"I think they're a really well-balanced team," Bennett said. "We've got to keep Caity Matter and (sophomore) Kim Wilburn in check. Caity Matter is a great three point shooter, and then they have a great size inside with the freshman Jessica Davenport, and I think they will try to isolate and try to do something with those players."\nIU's twin towers, 6-foot-7-inch freshman Sarah McKay and 6-foot-3-inch sophomore Angela Hawkins, will have their hands full with the Davenport/Turner duo, as McKay and Hawkins' combined scoring average is .2 ppg shy of Davenport alone. \nHowever, McKay and Hawkins match up well against the OSU post in blocks and rebounding. McKay is only two blocks shy of Davenport's 33, while IU's post out-rebounds the Buckeyes 12.2 to 11.6 rpg.\nWith two dominate post players in OSU's roster, McKay said her goal is to shut down the Davenport/Turner tandem. \n"I'm really going to work on my defense," McKay said. "They have two strong post players, and I want to do whatever I can so they don't go off on us."\nTurner, a fifth year senior, recently came off of an injury and has emerged as one of OSU's strongest players.\n"Latoya Turner has been around for awhile but had to rehab from some injuries," OSU coach Jim Foster said. "But she is one of the better players, and this year she will be a great leader for the team."\nIU's weapons remain in the hands of junior Jenny DeMuth and sophomore Cyndi Valentin, whose success is typically synonymous with the success of the Hoosiers. Valentin and DeMuth provide the lion's share of IU's offense, scoring 52.4 percent of the Hoosiers' points and nearly a third of the team's rebounds, even though both players are guards.\nThe Minnesota Golden Gophers ran over the Hoosiers, 78-46, in Big Ten play yesterday. Valentin led the Hoosiers with 13 points, while freshman Leah Enterline and Hawkins flanked Valentin's efforts with 11 and 10 points, respectively. DeMuth was taken out of the game, as she scored only 3 points -- her lowest point total of the season.\nIU suffered from stagnant shooting, hitting only 28.3 percent of their shots. The Gophers also destroyed the Hoosiers on the defensive glass, grabbing 31 rebounds to IU's 15. \nThe loss drops the Hoosiers to 3-5 in the Big Ten and 10-9 overall, while Minnesota rises to 5-3 in conference play and 16-3 overall.\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(01/29/04 5:13am)
One ranked team in one rickety arena. This is what's in store for the IU women's basketball team tonight when the Hoosiers lock horns with the No. 14-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers at the notorious 76 year-old Williams Arena.\nWilliams Arena, nicknamed "The Barn," has risen into infamy since its original construction in 1928, featuring a raised floor, shaky rims and a notoriously raucous fan base. While they have heard about "The Barn," IU players will simply look at it as just another gym.\n"I've never been there myself, but I've heard lots of stories about the raised floor and the crazy fans," freshman center Sarah McKay said. "It'll be an experience in itself, and we'll get some shots up and get a walk-through before the game, and hopefully it won't affect us too much."\nGym issues aside, IU will have its hands full against the powerful Golden Gophers, who come into the game with a 15-3 overall record and a 4-3 record in the Big Ten. IU coach Kathi Bennett said Minnesota can attribute their success to the play of the dynamic duo of senior guard Lindsay Whalen and junior center Janel McCarville. \n"They have two of the best players in the conference in Lindsay Whalen and Janel McCarville," Bennett said. "I feel that in order for us to compete with them, we've got to get back and get our defense set. We've got to take Whalen out of the mix, and we've got to do a good job with McCarville and force her into turnovers."\nWhalen, who recently took her place as Minnesota's top all-time basketball scorer, for both men's and women's basketball, is currently averaging 21.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. McCarville flanks Whalen's play with 15.7 ppg and 10.1 rpg and leads the team in blocks and steals with 44 and 45, respectively.\nIU has its own pair of caped crusaders in junior Jenny DeMuth and sophomore Cyndi Valentin. DeMuth comes into the contest averaging 19.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while Valentin adds 15.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists.\nStill smarting from the 24-point loss at the hands of the No. 8 Purdue Boilermakers, the Hoosiers have learned from their mistakes in last Sunday's "Pack the Hall" game.\n"I think we'll bounce back well from the loss," McKay said. "We got frustrated early, and we learned that we can't do that anymore, and Minnesota's a good team to go up against after such a tough loss." \nTonight's game also marks the return of freshman Annika Boyd and sophomore Kalli Kullberg to their home state of Minnesota. Both Kullberg and Boyd have played alongside six current Golden Gophers on the North Tartan AAU team. Boyd said the reunion will be fun, but intends to beat her former teammates.\n"It'll be interesting to see everyone and how they've changed, I really don't know what to expect at this point," Boyd said. "It will be fun to go against them for the first time. I'm looking forward to it, I want to battle"
(01/27/04 5:42am)
A Bloomington man was robbed at gunpoint by two men at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the sixth floor bathroom of the Indiana Memorial Union, according to the IU Police Department. \nThe victim, 28, reported one suspect was a black male approximately six feet tall with an average build and facial hair. He was unkempt and possibly wearing a black Starter jacket. \nThe second suspect was described as a white male, shorter than the first, with an average build and severe acne.\nIUPD is looking at a number of possibilities, said Lt. Jerry Minger.\n"It's still under investigation," Minger said. "There are a number of avenues and lots of people we'll interview. There may have been some unusual suspects or people hanging around that we need to talk to." \nIUPD will also look at video captured by cameras around the site of the robbery for any possible leads.\n"There are also places around campus that record these things," Minger said. "There may have been someone waiting around that could have been recorded. It's just one of those avenues that we check and if our inquiries are fruitful, we'll follow that lead to its natural end."\nThe victim said the robbers took all the contents of his wallet including money, credit cards and photographs. The perpetrators also took the victim's cell phone, but the phone was later found, and returned to him by the IMU staff.\nThe victim said the crime was especially troubling because he grew up in the Bloomington area.\n"(The robbery)'s distressing," the victim said. "I played in there as a kid, and I would've let my kids play up in there until yesterday. It's scary to think that something like that could happen."\nSophomore Ashley Crouse, vice president-internal for IU Dance Marathon, works on the fifth floor of the IMU. She attributed the robbery to the lack of people in the upper floors of the IMU during the weekend.\n"It's troubling because there aren't a lot of people here, especially on the weekends," Crouse said. \n"Therefore, it's left open. So if you're caught on the floor by yourself, a robbery at gunpoint is a loss."\nJon Smith, a Baptist Collegiate Minister, who also works on the fifth floor, said he will not change any of his work habits because of the event.\n"I don't really feel any different," he said. "Anomalies happen with break-ins and robberies, here and there, so I don't really feel troubled."\nCrouse said added security is a possibility, although there are financial and practical restraints. \n"I think (security) is a very difficult situation because they want to leave it open enough for students," she said. "But at the same time, it's difficult. Are they supposed to put in cameras? Or are they supposed to have security guards upstairs? The money and the personnel issues would be difficult."\nAnyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the IUPD Investigation Section at 855-4111. \n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(01/26/04 5:44am)
10,000 fans for $10,000. It was a simple formula IU coach Kathi Bennett and the Vera Bradley Foundation had in mind for this season's "Pack the Hall" celebration for Sunday's game against the Purdue Boilermakers. More than 10,000 tickets had been sold for the game, making the attendance goal seem possible.\nEnter Old Man Winter. Several inches of snow fell in a matter of hours, causing traffic problems throughout the Bloomington area and keeping numerous fans from attending. \nDespite the weather, 7,110 fans managed to make it to the contest -- good for the second-largest crowd in school history. Despite not hitting the 10,000-person goal, the Vera Bradley Foundation still made the $10,000 donation because more than 10,000 tickets were pre-sold.\nSunday's attendance ranks behind the 7,986 fans who showed up to last season's "Pack the Hall" night, when Bennett gave $5,000 of her own money to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Prior to Bennett's acts of charity, the last time the attendance record was broken was in 1999 when 5,503 fans showed up for another game against Purdue.\nBoth the coaching staff and the players were thankful for the support they received in the game.\n"The crowd was awesome," junior Jenny DeMuth said. "We're upset we couldn't give them a win. Just to see so many fans come out and support us was great." \nUnfortunately, the fans weren't enough for IU, as the team was decimated by a dominating defense, falling to the Boilermakers, 71-47. \n"Their defense was tough," sophomore Cyndi Valentin said. "They switched a lot of screens that we were setting, and our offense didn't do so well, that was the difference in the game."\nSenior Shereka Wright led the Purdue attack with 22 points, three blocks and two steals. Wright was especially effective from the free throw line, hitting 10 of 12 in the game. Freshman Erin Lawless followed up Wright's performance with 18 points coming off the bench. \nIU held its own in the first half of the contest, leading for the first five minutes. The Hoosiers' final lead came with 9:09 left in the first half when freshman Annika Boyd hit a three-pointer from the corner. IU then went on a mammoth scoring drought as the team failed to hit a field goal until DeMuth hit a jumper with 17 seconds left in the half. Despite the drought, IU was still within striking distance, facing a 33-25 deficit at halftime. Purdue then put away the game with an 11-4 run to place the score at 44-31 at 13:06, and the Boilermakers never looked back.\n"Their defense changed in the second half, they really took Cyndi (Valentin) and I out of the game," DeMuth said. "I think that was the biggest difference."\nWhile the loss was tough on the team, Bennett was pleased with the crowd's fortitude for showing up at the benefit.\n"I just want to thank the crowd for coming out, especially with the bad weather," Bennett said. "To see the attendance we had was great, and I'm very thankful for that. I wish we could have shown them a much better game. Just to see the crowd come out to support that cause is a positive"
(01/23/04 5:35am)
The Old Oaken Bucket, the Monon Spike, the Barnburner trophy and the Titan Series are all by products of a rivalry that has stood in Indiana history -- IU and Purdue.\nAnother page will be added to that rivalry when the Hoosiers and the Boilermakers will lock horns this Sunday at Assembly Hall. However, the age-old rivalry is far from the focus in this game.\nThe game is not just a rivalry game, it's the 2004 Hoosiers "Pack the Hall" game.\nIf more than 10,000 fans attend Sunday's game, the Vera Bradley Designs Corporation will donate $10,000 for breast cancer research. If IU coach Kathi Bennett succeeds in her mission, it will shatter IU's existing attendance record of 7,986 fans set last season in a 69-58 loss to Wisconsin.\nDonating money is nothing new to the Hoosiers, as Bennett donated $5,000 of her own money to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation after nearly 8,000 fans attended last year's "Pack the Hall" game Jan. 24, 2003.\nLast year was so powerful it even had an effect upon the opposing team.\n"I want to congratulate coach Bennett and the community on creating a great atmosphere for women's basketball," Wisconsin coach Jane Albright said. "This crowd only strengthens the support for women's basketball in the Big Ten." \nLast year, IU players were pleased to see such a reaction.\n"It was awesome to see all the people come out and support us," sophomore Cyndi Valentin said.\nThe Hoosiers will have quite a battle ahead of them with the perennially strong Purdue Boilermakers. This season has proved to be no exception, as the Boilermakers are tied for second in the Big Ten with a 4-1 conference record and have a 14-2 overall record when the Indiana Daily Student went to press. The No. 8 Boilermakers are also on a five-game tear and recently upset then No. 6 Minnesota 65-56 on Jan. 18. \nSenior forward Shereka Wright leads the Purdue squad with a 19.3 points per game average and is tied with junior Emily Heikes in rebounding with a 6.6 rebounds per game average. Freshman Katie Gearalds has emerged as another weapon in Purdue's holster with 9.4 ppg and 2.3 apg averages. \nThe Hoosiers will certainly have their own weapons in the contest with IU's dynamic duo junior Jenny DeMuth and Valetin averaging a combined 34.9 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. DeMuth is also quite adept at pickpocketing, with a 3.0 steals per game average, placing her second in the Big Ten. DeMuth ranks among the top five in the conference in scoring, rebounds and steals, while Valentin leads all Big Ten sophomores in scoring with a 15.0 ppg average.\nSix-foot seven-inch freshman Sarah McKay has also emerged as IU's much-needed third weapon, averaging 6.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 1.5 blocks per game. McKay also ranks among the top ten in the conference in both blocks and offensive rebounds. \nSunday's game certainly won't be all about the basketball with so much money being involved. Bennett said the chance to raise money for the breast cancer research was an honor.\n"It is an honor for us to be able to team up with Vera Bradley for such a great cause," Bennett said in a press release. "The research that they are doing and the strides that they are making are phenomenal and give hope that we are coming closer to finding a cure."\nThe IU women's basketball team will come into the Purdue contest on a two game winning streak after overtaking the Illinois Fighting Illini 63-56 Thursday.\nJunior Jenny DeMuth ended up only two rebounds shy of her seventh double-double in the season with 18 points, eight rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Freshman center Sarah McKay turned in another fine performance, logging eight points, 11 rebounds and an impressive six blocks in the contest. \nIU improves to 3-3 in Big Ten play and 10-7 on the season while the Fighting Illini drop to 1-6 in conference play and 7-11 on the season.\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(01/22/04 5:59pm)
After a string of thefts last semester, the IU School of Music was struck yet again over the holiday weekend.\nA lockbox containing cash and checks from the "Nutcracker" musical proceeds was stolen from room 308 in the Musical Arts Center during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.\nThe lockbox contained more than $1,000 in cash and checks from the ballet, IU School of Music faculty member Doricha Sales said.\nIU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger said the date of the theft is unknown because it was not noticed until after the holiday. \nVirginia Cesbron, chair of the music school department, reported the box's theft Tuesday morning.\nThere was no forced entry into the room, according to the police report.\n"Because of MLK, the office was open, and there were people in and out (during the weekend)," Minger said. \nLast October, a 55-pound safe, a $20,000 violin, a $5,000 bow and nearly $5,000 of video equipment were stolen. A set of the school's master keys was stolen at the end of last August as well. Police suspect whoever stole the keys has been involved in the thefts.\nMinger said the police are investigating the loss to see if the recent theft is related to those of last semester.\n"We haven't ruled out that possibility because the specific office space was contained in the same building," Minger said. "We haven't determined yet if (the master) keys worked there. The lock box was kept behind the counter on the shelf, and the room was secure." \nSales said the locks on that particular door had been changed since the initial thefts last October.\nMinger said he hasn't ruled anything out at this point.\n"It could have been an employee, it could have been a passerby, it could have happened over the weekend with keys that could have been compromised."\nMembers of the music school faculty said they are fairly certain the thefts are linked.\n"I would assume (the thefts are linked)," Sales said. "But it wasn't an instrument in our case, it was cash."\nThe stolen "Nutcracker" receipts have set the music school population on edge once again.\n"You would expect that (the music school) would keep everyone's instruments and things safe," junior pianist Joseph Bercovici said. "It's upsetting, and I hope they do something." \nStudents are watching their belongings at all times, some said.\n"I bring my violin with me every single day now," junior violinist Brittany Cotto said. "I just leave my books in my locker now because I can't take any chances now so I have been taking it back and forth on the stadium bus. It's kind of a pain, but I'd rather have that than it get stolen."\nMusic students don't believe the perpetrator could be another musician. \n"I don't know who would steal violins and stuff, it's like a part of someone. If you lose your violin, it's like losing a child," Cotto said. "I could never imagine doing that to someone."\nAnyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the IUPD at 855-4111.
(01/21/04 5:30am)
After one of its most prosperous eras, the Kelley School of Business needs a new leader. Dean Dan Dalton, who created the Graduate and Executive Education Center and raised more than $150 million for the school, will step down from the position and return to a professorial role at the end of the semester. A new interim dean will be selected before Dalton's resignation goes into effect June 20.\nDalton has served as the school's dean since 1997, and cited a desire to return to a teaching capacity as reason for the change.\n"I have served in the second-best position within the Kelley school now for eight years," Dalton said. "Now I look forward to be rejoining the best position in the school as a professor. I haven't been in the classroom for eight years, and that's entirely too long."\nDespite the change, Dalton will retain the Harold A. Poling Chair of Strategic Management title which he has held since 1998. \nDalton garnered many accolades for the business school during his tenure as dean, including retooling the MBA curriculum and creating the online MBA program. \nInterim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said Dalton made the business school a stronger institution. \n"The MBA curriculum was overhauled (under Dalton)," Gros Louis said. "I've talked to students and faculty, and they say that it's a much stronger curriculum, and much more forward-looking than it was before."\nFundraising was also one of Dalton's strengths as he was instrumental in raising funds in gift income for the school. Dalton secured $23 million from the family of E.W. Kelley leading to the creation of the Kelley Scholars program, and the naming of the business school in 1997. \n"(Dalton)'s been fantastic. I've served under four different deans and I've never seen a dean that's better," Associate Dean of Academics Dan Smith said. "The measurable performance is incredible with the new building, he's an incredible fundraiser, and without him, we're not the Kelley School."\nDalton originally took on the responsibilities of dean after John Rau left the position and IU, to become the president and chief executive officer of Chicago Title and Trust Co. and Chicago Title Insurance Co. After Rau stepped down, Dalton was appointed as interim dean in 1997 and eventually became the dean after a seven-month search beginning at the start of the 1998-99 school year. \nPrior to his tenure as dean, Dalton served as a professor at IU for 18 years and was the associate dean for academic affairs and chair of doctoral programs and the Samuel and Pauline Glaubinger professor of management.\nSince Dalton took on the responsibilities of dean, the IU business school has consistently increased both student and professor performance as the number of professorships and endowed chairs has grown from 26 to 67.\n"Student quality has improved and he's increased good teaching," Smith said. "In 1990, the average teaching rating in the IU business school was a five, on a seven point-scale. Today, it's a six, and that's huge. That comes about from reinforcing good teaching and hiring good faculty, and I think that's some of the major ways he's improved the school for the better." \nOverall, Dalton said he is happy with both his own performance as dean and the performance of the business school, as a whole.\n"I think it's fair to say that we at the (business) school have maintained a relatively high standard," Dalton said. "All of our programs are in the top 20 among both private schools and public schools, and that's something I'm very proud of"
(01/21/04 5:29am)
As Kelley School of Business Dean, Dan Dalton, prepares to step down at the end of the semester, new leadership will be sorely needed to continue the level of prestige the school has come to be known for. \nWith its undergraduate program consistently ranked among the top ten in the nation and the MBA program also ranked among the top 25, Dalton's successor will be challenged with keeping the school in such high esteem, business professors said.\nLawrence Davidson, a professor of business economics and public policy said the direction of the school will be dictated by Dalton's replacement, particularly with regard to how the budget is handled. An interim dean will be announced before Dalton officially steps down June 20.\n"(The direction of the business school) depends upon who the new dean is," Davidson said. "A new dean may work effectively with the faculty. We've had our challenges with getting funding from the University, one challenge for the new dean is getting internal funding. Another type of dean would be an outside dean getting funds from the outside. We've spent a number of years using our funds to build a new building. Then there's other things that go by the wayside when that's going on."\nInternet Systems Chair in the Business School Alan Dennis said he has seen Dalton make a positive impact within the Kelley School, despite Dennis' relatively short tenure at IU.\n"I've noticed significant changes just in the four years I've been here," Dennis said. "The new building has been great for both students and teachers. We used to be very overcrowded and the classes really were not what they should be, at a top-20 business school. He's also managed to raise money for faculty research. He's had a significant impact."\nBruce Jaffee, a professor of business economics and former business school associate dean, said he would like to see some internationalization of the business school programs with the new dean.\n"I'd like to see a greater focus on international programs and even higher quality students in all of our academic areas," Jaffee said. "I also would like to see a greater national/international recognition of the quality of the school."\nDavidson said the relative lack of in-house funding has been a sore point for business school faculty. Despite the criticism, Jaffee said he is happy with Dalton's leadership during his tenure as dean, and foresees some big shoes to fill for Dalton's successor.\n"We've had eight years of really super and stable leadership," Jaffee said. "He's going to be a very difficult person to replace, but I don't see any major changes on the horizon in the direction"
(01/20/04 5:14am)
If any word can sum up IU's 58-55 overtime win it, would be streaky. IU and Northwestern traded scoring tirades, traded the lead eight times and tied the score seven times.\nThe Hoosiers faced tough outside shooting from the Wildcats, who hit five of their first six shots from behind the arc. Northwestern's sharp shooting, led by Wildcat freshman Alex Mueller, who hit three consecutive three's in the first half, put IU into an early 23-14 deficit. \nThen it was IU's turn as the Hoosiers put together an 11-4 run late in the second half to whittle Northwestern's lead to 27-25 at halftime. While the team showed impressive play at the end of the first half, IU coach Kathi Bennett was unhappy with IU's flat play.\n"(Bennett) was just trying to get us motivated because we came out really flat (in the first half)," sophomore Cindi Valentin said. "Our defense wasn't there, and we dug ourselves a hole. She came out and told us we have to play defense because our defense sparks our offense."\nAfter a 4:32 scoring drought by both teams in the beginning of the second half, IU ignited again for a 12-0 run to take the lead 41-33. The streakiness endured when Northwestern went on a 12-2 tear of their own to bring the score to 45-43.\nPoor free throw shooting also hampered IU's game as the Hoosiers had the opportunity to close out the game during regulation with sophomore Angela Hawkins, junior Jenny DeMuth and freshman Annika Boyd all missing free throws in the final seconds. In total, IU shot a dismal six of 14 from the charity stripe while Northwestern capitalized with seven of nine free throw shots.\nDeMuth turned in yet another fine performance, scoring 17 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, good for her sixth double-double of the season. She also showed some generosity during the game as she handed out a season-high five assists. Despite her efforts, DeMuth fouled out in the final seconds of regulation, keeping the team leader out of overtime action.\nWith DeMuth out, it was Valentin's turn. She scored all seven of IU's points in overtime, leading to the 58-55 Hoosier victory.\n"Jenny fouled out, so it was something I took upon myself to do," Valentin said.\nValentin literally ignited in the second half, scoring 22 of her 24 total points after halftime. Her 24 points was also the largest single game point total of her career and led all scorers in the game.\n"I'm proud of Cyndi (Valentin) because she shot 1-for-7 in the first half," Bennett said. "Cyndi stayed tough and did a great job in the second half."\nDespite the hard-fought win and the tough play by Valentin and DeMuth, Bennett said she was not happy with IU's play in the game.\n"I thought it was a very poor defensive performance from our standpoint," Bennett said. "We came out flat and lacked energy. We just were not ready to play at all, and it was very frustrating."\nBennett wasn't the only one unsatisfied after Sunday's overtime win. The team as a whole knows winning at home cannot be IU's only option.\n"I think it was good we got a win at home," DeMuth said. "All Big Ten teams are supposed to win at home. Until we get a road win, I'm not going to be satisfied"
(01/14/04 5:57am)
The Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association held their annual installation ceremony Tuesday night in the University Club in the Indiana Memorial Union. In total, 16 positions were filled for the upcoming year.\nJunior Ryan Goldschmidt was named IFC president and senior Mike Trent was named executive vice president of the administration. Junior Sarah King and senior Colleen Corley were named as president and vice president of PHA.\nGoldschmidt replaced senior Evan Waldman as IFC president. Despite the change, Waldman said he is confident that Goldschmidt will point the organization in the right direction.\n"He's a fresh mind; he has different fraternal upbringings; he's in a different fraternity than me; he's got a different background than me," Waldman said. "He's got great ideas; it's just refreshing to have somebody new to keep the good and get rid of the bad."\nFormer President Abbey Nimmer also has confidence in her successor's ability to lead the PHA. King has experience, having served as vice president of membership development last year.\n"(King's presidency) should be pretty smooth since she has a year under her belt," Nimmer said "Things always come up, but I'm confident she will be able to deal with it."\nDuring their tenure, both Waldman and Nimmer said they prided themselves on the changes they made as the leaders of the Greek councils. Their most prized achievement was solidifying the Greek council positions as more than simple figureheads, Waldman said.\n"We really defined and drove home the ideas of values and what values really are and what integrity is and what it means to have integrity," he said. "Before, those two terms were questionable and simply used as buzz words, and I think we really changed that a lot and remolded what it means to be an Interfraternity Council officer."\nThe two new presidents cited keeping their organizations at a high level of honor as a main concern.\n"My goal is to maintain my commitment to maintaining integrity," King said. "That's the best thing that I can bring to my position and to my community. I'm looking forward to addressing the challenges that we will face."\nWith nearly five thousand members in the Greek community to unite, Waldman and Nimmer each said the new presidents have a monumental but gratifying effort ahead of them. \n"It was very rewarding yet the most challenging experience I've ever had," Nimmer said. "You're developing your personal skills as well as leading 2,600 other women toward a vision of what an outstanding Greek community actually is." \nWith such a difficult task facing them, the two presidents already have some goals set in their sights. Both presidents agreed that the Greek council's top priority is risk management within the community. \n"There really needs to be a focus on managing our risk and being accountable down to every single member of every single fraternity that IFC sponsors," Goldschmidt said. "Personal accountability and risk management has got to be the thing that we hit hardest on."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(01/13/04 6:10am)
Former IU Distinguished Professor Willis Barnstone has published 46 books, taught during two wars and one cultural revolution and translated texts from Chinese, Spanish, French, Latin, ancient and modern Greek and Biblical Hebrew.\nAnd Barnstone was just the beginning of his family's poetic legacy.\nTwo of his children, Aliki and Tony, have followed in their father's footsteps. Together, Aliki and Tony have published 17 books, including translations, poetry compilations, textbooks, memoirs and anthologies. \nIU students will get a chance to hear all three in person at a public reading at 4 p.m on Thursday in the Lilly Library.\nFor both of the Barnstone children, poetry has always been a part of their lives.\n"(Barnstone) used to read me his poems, and I always heard poems from other authors," Aliki said. "(Award winning author) Ruth Stone's family and our family would sit around and do this poetry game, and we would all have to write our own poetry as children."\nThe trio has also collected many literary honors, including the Emily Dickinson Award from The Poetry Society of America, the Paumanok Poetry Award and the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize and have won numerous poetry competitions. Barnstone has even been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice, once in 1960 for "From This White Island" and the second time in 1977 for "China Poems."\nWith such a long list of books and accolades, Barnstone said he is grateful for the success he has garnered over the years.\n"I've been writing for about 56 years, and I've written over 40 books. The world should be sick of me by now," Barnstone joked. "I think that I've been very lucky."\nBarnstone was a professor at IU for over 30 years while Aliki and Tony grew up in the Bloomington area. Despite their ties to Bloomington, none of the trio have done readings either at IU or any nearby location for over 20 years.\n"It's my first reading in 25 years, though I do give readings all over the country, this is the first time we'll all be reading in Bloomington," Barnstone said. "But I'm very pleased to be here, although I will always be alien wherever I am, I am quite fond of this area."\nAs for Tony, this is his first poetry reading in his hometown. While Bloomington readings have been scarce for all members of the Barnstone family, Tony said that he finds inspiration in his hometown.\n"Even though I left Bloomington after I got out of high school, it was the landscape of my imagination for the first 18 years of my life," Tony said. "There's a certain beauty of Bloomington that will never go away in my mind."\nThe quaint Bloomington city limits are not the only source of inspiration for the trio, as they all find inspiration from a large number of sources.\n"It comes out of a combination of reading and whatever I encounter in my daily life," Aliki said. "It's a combination of other art forms that transport me. I recently wrote a poem that was inspired by combining Plato and Jimi Hendrix."\nInspiration for poetry first entered Willis Barnstone's life over 50 years ago -- he attributes the beginning of his poetry career to a late night spark of illumination in his college dormitory. \n"I started writing poetry in the middle of the night when I was either 19 or 20 in Hawthorne Hall, (Bowdoin College) in Nathaniel Hawthorne's actual room at two in the morning, and 20 minutes later I wrote another poem," Barnstone said. "In the morning, I showed them to two of my friends, and they started comparing me to all of these great writers, and it got to my head, and ever since I've never looked back."\nAliki is an Expressive English professor at UNLV and actually started her writing career at the age of 12 with the release of "The Real Tin Flower." With the release of the collection, Barnstone said Aliki was more interested in her acquisition of a brand new bike from Sears than the printing of her first book.\n"Aliki was much more pleased about getting a bicycle than getting the proof of the book. She said, 'Maybe when I'm older I'll appreciate it more,'" Barnstone said. \nTony, an associate professor of creative writing and English at Whittier College, got his start at a comparatively late age -- as an undergraduate student. Despite his late start, Tony said that he values poetry because of its ability to create a reaction in a reader in a short period of time.\n"There's something really nice about how you can create this experience that can start some little engine up in the reader," Tony said. "(Poetry is) so much different than fiction because you have to wait to start the engine. It's the most condensed art."\nAll three poets agree that they find inspiration in each other and value each other's input.\n"We're always calling each other, and I steal from them, and they steal from me. We're all extraordinary pirates," Barnstone joked. "It's always good to have an immediate audience and get a reaction."\nAll three Barnstones said it will be nice to be back in the town that gave all of them some inspiration over the years. \n"I feel lucky to have grown up in Bloomington. It's a great place to grow up," Aliki said. "It is such a wonderfully creative and supportive community in so many ways. I will always have a lot of good things to say about Bloomington."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at By Dan Patrick\nIndiana Daily Student\nFormer IU Distinguished Professor Willis Barnstone has published 46 books, taught during two wars and one cultural revolution and translated texts from Chinese, Spanish, French, Latin, ancient and modern Greek and Biblical Hebrew.\nAnd Barnstone was just the beginning of his family's poetic legacy.\nTwo of his children, Aliki and Tony, have followed in their father's footsteps. Together, Aliki and Tony have published 17 books, including translations, poetry compilations, textbooks, memoirs and anthologies. \nIU students will get a chance to hear all three in person at a public reading at 4 p.m on Thursday in the Lilly Library.\nFor both of the Barnstone children, poetry has always been a part of their lives.\n"(Barnstone) used to read me his poems, and I always heard poems from other authors," Aliki said. "(Award winning author) Ruth Stone's family and our family would sit around and do this poetry game, and we would all have to write our own poetry as children."\nThe trio has also collected many literary honors, including the Emily Dickinson Award from The Poetry Society of America, the Paumanok Poetry Award and the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize and have won numerous poetry competitions. Barnstone has even been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice, once in 1960 for "From This White Island" and the second time in 1977 for "China Poems."\nWith such a long list of books and accolades, Barnstone said he is grateful for the success he has garnered over the years.\n"I've been writing for about 56 years, and I've written over 40 books. The world should be sick of me by now," Barnstone joked. "I think that I've been very lucky."\nBarnstone was a professor at IU for over 30 years while Aliki and Tony grew up in the Bloomington area. Despite their ties to Bloomington, none of the trio have done readings either at IU or any nearby location for over 20 years.\n"It's my first reading in 25 years, though I do give readings all over the country, this is the first time we'll all be reading in Bloomington," Barnstone said. "But I'm very pleased to be here, although I will always be alien wherever I am, I am quite fond of this area."\nAs for Tony, this is his first poetry reading in his hometown. While Bloomington readings have been scarce for all members of the Barnstone family, Tony said that he finds inspiration in his hometown.\n"Even though I left Bloomington after I got out of high school, it was the landscape of my imagination for the first 18 years of my life," Tony said. "There's a certain beauty of Bloomington that will never go away in my mind."\nThe quaint Bloomington city limits are not the only source of inspiration for the trio, as they all find inspiration from a large number of sources.\n"It comes out of a combination of reading and whatever I encounter in my daily life," Aliki said. "It's a combination of other art forms that transport me. I recently wrote a poem that was inspired by combining Plato and Jimi Hendrix."\nInspiration for poetry first entered Willis Barnstone's life over 50 years ago -- he attributes the beginning of his poetry career to a late night spark of illumination in his college dormitory. \n"I started writing poetry in the middle of the night when I was either 19 or 20 in Hawthorne Hall, (Bowdoin College) in Nathaniel Hawthorne's actual room at two in the morning, and 20 minutes later I wrote another poem," Barnstone said. "In the morning, I showed them to two of my friends, and they started comparing me to all of these great writers, and it got to my head, and ever since I've never looked back."\nAliki is an Expressive English professor at UNLV and actually started her writing career at the age of 12 with the release of "The Real Tin Flower." With the release of the collection, Barnstone said Aliki was more interested in her acquisition of a brand new bike from Sears than the printing of her first book.\n"Aliki was much more pleased about getting a bicycle than getting the proof of the book. She said, 'Maybe when I'm older I'll appreciate it more,'" Barnstone said. \nTony, an associate professor of creative writing and English at Whittier College, got his start at a comparatively late age -- as an undergraduate student. Despite his late start, Tony said that he values poetry because of its ability to create a reaction in a reader in a short period of time.\n"There's something really nice about how you can create this experience that can start some little engine up in the reader," Tony said. "(Poetry is) so much different than fiction because you have to wait to start the engine. It's the most condensed art."\nAll three poets agree that they find inspiration in each other and value each other's input.\n"We're always calling each other, and I steal from them, and they steal from me. We're all extraordinary pirates," Barnstone joked. "It's always good to have an immediate audience and get a reaction."\nAll three Barnstones said it will be nice to be back in the town that gave all of them some inspiration over the years. \n"I feel lucky to have grown up in Bloomington. It's a great place to grow up," Aliki said. "It is such a wonderfully creative and supportive community in so many ways. I will always have a lot of good things to say about Bloomington."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(01/12/04 5:53am)
IU lost a hard-fought game against Michigan 65-59 Saturday, falling to 8-6 overall and 1-2 in conference action. The Hoosiers could not keep the momentum from their 60-39 rout of Wisconsin just two days before the Michigan contest.\nThe Hoosiers and Wolverines battled through four lead changes and four ties in the contest. The first tie came after IU put together an 8-2 run to knot the score at 15-15 with 8:27 left in the first half. With both teams tied at 21, Michigan finished off the first half with a 12-4 run to give the Wolverines a 33-26 halftime lead.\nThe Hoosiers were able to pull themselves back into the contest with a 6-0 run in the first two minutes of the second half to pull within at 33-32. Michigan was able to keep its lead in a back and forth battle, but neither team led by more than six points in the second half.\n"The difference in the game was that (Michigan) broke us down defensively and got to the line," IU coach Kathi Bennett said. "That is how they beat us." \nJunior Jenny DeMuth and sophomore Cyndi Valentin led IU's offense again with 19 and 11 points respectively. The duo also added 11 boards and three assists to IU's cause. However, Michigan senior center Jennifer Smith all but eclipsed the duo's performance with a 33 point, 9 rebound performance. Smith's impressive performance was flanked by junior guard Tabitha Pool, who notched a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds.\nFoul trouble also plagued the Hoosiers, as the team committed 23 fouls with two IU players fouling out of the game. Bennett said that the foul trouble contributed to the Hoosier loss.\n"We played hard enough but didn't play smart enough," she said. "We committed way too many fouls."\nIU had its fair share of highs and lows during the winter break, finishing at an even 3-3 since school let out.\nIU had an impressive 60-39 home win against Wisconsin January 8, with DeMuth and Valentin each scoring over 20 points apiece. After the game, DeMuth said defensive consistency was the key to the big win over the Badgers.\n"We played 40 minutes of defense, and I think that is a huge stride for this team," DeMuth said after the win against Wisconsin. "I think the past week we really got after it defensively. Finally, what Coach Bennett has been trying to instill on us has come through."\nAnother high came in the form of an 81-74 overtime win against Western Illinois on December 22, where the Hoosiers fought through a 14 point second half deficit to steal the game in overtime.\nIU's lows came with the team losing its conference opener 59-41 at the hands of the Michigan State Spartans on January 2. Within the game, IU could not get its offense going, as the team scored its lowest point total since 1990 in another game against the Spartans.\nHowever, another high came with 6-foot-7 freshman Sarah McKay hitting her stride during the winter break. McKay fought her way into the starting lineup and has started in each of IU's last six games. McKay started her tirade in IU's loss against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Dec. 20, scoring 19 points, 4 rebounds and blocking two shots off of the bench. \nAfter the game, McKay cited her impressive performance to good ball movement from her teammates.\n"My teammates really set me up with some good passes and kept me going, and I was finishing," McKay said. "It felt nice to be a little shocker."\nHowever, the Arkansas game was just the beginning. McKay had another career performance against the Ball State Cardinals as she led the team in points and rebounds with 24 and 16 respectively.\nPrior to the Razorbacks contest, McKay averaged a lowly 2.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and half a block per game. In IU's last seven games, McKay broke out with an average 11.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.\n"Sarah is a freshman playing a ton of minutes, and she keeps getting better and better," Bennett said after the Ball State contest. "She's an exciting player to watch." \n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu
(12/15/03 7:14am)
Junior guard Jenny DeMuth and sophomore guard Cyndi Valentin have been the keys to IU's success throughout the entire year, and Sunday's game against North Carolina State was no exception. DeMuth and Valentin finished the game with 45 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals. \nUnfortunately, the dynamic duo's heroics were not enough in Sunday's game against N.C. State as the Hoosiers dropped the hard-fought contest, 93-91. \n"Wow, what a game," N.C. State coach Kay Yow said in a statement. "It's been a while since we had a game like this in Reynolds Coliseum. It was great to see our players just battle like that and play a team that is very fundamentally sound and well-coached. It was a great win for us."\nN.C. State dominated the lane in the contest, nearly doubling IU's output with 50 points in the paint as opposed to IU's 26. Other than the large discrepancy in points around the bucket, the game was evenly matched with 10 ties and N.C. State narrowly winning the bench battle with its non-starters scoring 25 points compared to IU's 24. Both teams also displayed solid shooting with IU hitting 52.8 percent of its shots while N.C. State hit 58.3 percent.\nDeMuth turned in yet another impressive performance. The 5-foot-10-inch guard finished the contest with 25 points, 8 rebounds and three steals. Valentin followed DeMuth's performance closely with a 20-point, three-assist outing. Valentin was also deadly from behind the arc, hitting four of six from three-point land. IU, as a team, also showed its shooting prowess, connecting on eight three-pointers out of 13 attempts.\nFreshman guard Leah Enterline also proved to be an asset to IU's offense as she finished with 13 points and eight assists in 36 minutes of action. Enterline has been on a roll as of late, scoring double figures in each of the Hoosiers' last three games. \nPrior to the hard loss at the hands of N.C. State, IU continued its four game home win streak with a 67-58 win over the Maine Black Bears Friday. \n"I was very happy with our performance (Friday)," IU coach Kathi Bennett said. "Maine is a really good basketball team at every spot. I just felt like we played very well tonight. I am very happy to get the win."\nSophomore center Angela Hawkins took control early in the game, scoring six of IU's eight points in the first five minutes of the contest. From there on, it was DeMuth's game, as she had a double-double by halftime with 14 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Hoosiers in both categories. Such impressive play is nothing new for DeMuth, as she recorded another halftime double-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds against North Texas in the Indiana Classic championship game. \nDeMuth also controlled IU's offense against Maine, amassing four of the Hoosiers' five total assists at the half. Her stellar play continued after the break as DeMuth finished the contest with 22 points, four assists and a career-high 14 rebounds. \nDespite her own impressive performance, DeMuth attributed the win to the team's quickness advantage over the talented Black Bears squad.\n"I think we took advantage of their weaknesses," DeMuth said. "We knew we were quicker, and we wanted to exploit that weakness of theirs."\nThe DeMuth/Valentin duo continued its tear, as the two combined for 61 percent of IU's offense and over 50 percent of the Hoosiers' rebounds. All in all, Valentin finished with 19 points, three rebounds and one steal. \nEnterline also turned in another strong performance, as she notched 13 points and hit 11-of-15 free throws. Enterline started in the game for injured sophomore Kali Kullberg who is out with an injured knee.\nThe Black Bears proved to be a formidable opponent, closing IU's lead to within two points five times in the first half. While the Hoosiers led by as much as 14 in the second half, the Black Bears were able to claw back to a 55-52 deficit late in the game.\nWhile the home stand was short lived, the Hoosiers were happy to play in the familiar confines of Assembly Hall.\n"We have to defend our home court," Valentin said. "Maine was within four or five points there in the second half. The fact that we were playing at home motivated us."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(12/05/03 6:24am)
The IU women's basketball team is looking to get back on the right track after dropping both games in the Paradise Jam Tournament, falling to 2-2 on the year. This weekend's road trip brings the Hoosiers to Richmond, Va., to battle the Virginia Commonwealth Rams Friday and concludes with a stop in the nation's capital to face the Georgetown Hoyas Sunday. \nFresh off its first loss of the season, Virginia Commonwealth seeks to derail IU's attempt to get back on track. VCU essentially has only one offensive weapon in senior guard Cyndy Wilks, who is coming into the contest with a 24.0 points per game average and has hit 5-of-13 from behind the three-point line. To put Wilks' performance in perspective, her point total equates the offensive output of her next five leading scorers on the Rams roster. \nThe Rams' coach, Beth Cunningham, has ties here in Bloomington, as she is the daughter of IU baseball coach Bob Morgan and is the all-time leading scorer for Bloomington South High School. Cunningham is in her first season at the helm of the VCU Rams and has guided the program to a 2-2 start.\nThe Hoosiers will face a tough opponent Sunday in the Georgetown Hoyas, who are coming into the game with a 4-0 record.\nGeorgetown senior forward Rebekkah Brunson is the biggest threat to IU as she has been named the Big East Co-Player of the Week for the second week in a row. \nBrunson is coming into the weekend averaging 18.3 points and 15.0 rebounds per game. Brunson's game is flanked by junior guard Mary Lisicky, who has put up impressive numbers of her own with a 11.8 points per game average, hitting 11 of 28 from behind the arc. \nWhile the Hoosiers will face some impressive players, IU has a few weapons of their own in junior guard Jenny DeMuth and sophomore guard Cyndi Valentin. \nPrior to the season, IU coach Kathi Bennett cited DeMuth as someone the team could count on.\n"(DeMuth) has skill in every area." Bennett said. "She can shoot the three. She can score off the dribble. She defends, and she's a good rebounder. Jenny is someone who can bring excitement into the game."\nDeMuth has certainly delivered the goods this season, leading the team in scoring and averaging 19.3 points per game, field goal percentage and steals. DeMuth's has nearly half of IU's 29 total steals with 12. Standing at only 5-foot-10 inches, DeMuth is also second on the team in rebounds, collecting 6.5 rebounds per game.\nDeMuth's impressive numbers have not gone unnoticed as she was an all-tournament selection at the Virgin Island Paradise Jam, the Indiana Classic MVP and was the first IU Big Ten Player of the Week since Jill Chapman in December of 2002. After she received the distinction, DeMuth showed an air of humility.\n"This is a great honor to have, especially in a conference where there are so many great players," DeMuth said. "What makes it even better is how well we played as a team."\nValentin has been DeMuth's right-hand woman since last season, averaging 15.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Valentin is also deadly from behind the arc, hitting six of 18 from the three-point line.\nAt 20 years old, DeMuth is one of the oldest on the IU roster. On a squad with 12 active players, 10 are freshmen and sophomores and have the fourth youngest average age in the country. However, the Hoosiers look at their youth as an asset.\n"With experience, we're going to keep building, and we're going to make strides this year," freshman guard Leah Enterline said. "I definitely think we have a lot of depth to the team, and that's going to help as the season progresses."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(11/24/03 6:28am)
The Hoosier women's basketball team started off the season on the right foot by winning the Indiana Classic for the seventh straight time. IU rolled over Cornell 75-41 in the first contest Saturday and pummeled the North Texas Lady Eagles 79-60 in the championship game.\nIU had control throughout the game against North Texas, leading by as much as 28 points in the game. By the end of the first half, IU led 44-25. During the first half, IU showed its defensive abilities by limiting the Lady Eagles to an anemic 26.8 field goal percentage.\nHoosier junior Jenny DeMuth notched a double-double in the first half by scoring 20 points and collecting 10 rebounds. DeMuth led the team in four categories and finished the contest with a career-high 30 points, 12 rebounds and five steals. She also turned the ball over only once in the first half and finished the game with three.\n"(DeMuth) was awesome," IU coach Kathi Bennett said after the game. "The aggressiveness and attacking the rim, the little things that this team needs her to do, just the difference that she makes is incredible." \nThe Hoosiers showed their capabilities on both sides of the court in the first half by holding the Lady Eagles to only 25 points while draining 44 points of their own. In both the preseason contests, IU has faltered defensively in the second half, but the team said its second half defense improved against North Texas. \n"I think the difference was that we picked it up defensively," DeMuth said. "Tonight in the second half, we didn't give up that many points. We've made huge strides defensively."\nIn the Hoosiers' first game of the Indiana Classic, IU dominated Cornell in the first half and held the Big Red scoreless for more than eight minutes en route to a 24-0 run to place the score at 36-6 in the Hoosiers' favor. At the end of the first half, Cornell could not break into double digits with the scales tipped 40-9 in IU's favor.\nDespite the impressive performance in the first half, the second half did not go so well for IU as the Hoosiers gave up 32 points from 11-of-23 shooting. \nBennett was not pleased with IU's defense in the second half. \n"I thought we played hard start to finish, we didn't consistently play smart," Bennett said after the Cornell game. "We were disappointed with our defensive performance in the second half. With 10 minutes left to go in the second half, I thought we really broke down. I didn't feel we were contesting as well as we could have."\nAs expected, IU utilized its young roster in both games, with all five freshmen turning in significant minutes during the first contest. Freshman forward Jamey Chapman also started both games. Chapman said that she was happy to get the regular season started.\n"I felt a little more pressure, the exhibition games were still games, but these are the ones that really count," Chapman said. "I feel good that it's finally started."\nSurprisingly, 5-foot-8-inch sophomore guard Cyndi Valentin led the team with eight rebounds in the Cornell game. DeMuth gave Bennett yet another impressive performance as she led the team with 19 points, six steals and two blocks.\nAs a result of their efforts, Hoosier guards Valentin and DeMuth were named to the All-Tournament team and DeMuth was also named the Indiana Classic's Most Valuable Player.\nThe team will return to action in the Paradise Jam Nov. 28-29. The four-game tournament will take place in the Virgin Islands. The Hoosiers will go against Mississippi State for their first game and will then play the winner of Virginia Tech-Iowa State to round out the tournament.\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(11/19/03 6:59am)
From afar, she looks like any other college woman, well proportioned with shoulder-length blonde hair. But when you stand next to her, it all becomes clear. This woman was built to be a NCAA Division I basketball center.\nStanding at a legitimate 6 feet 7 inches, freshman center Sarah McKay is set to make a splash on the IU women's basketball team. McKay's height ties her with Wisconsin senior Lello Gebisa for the tallest player in the Big Ten Conference and such height should command attention from Hoosier opponents. IU coach Kathi Bennett sees potential both in McKay's 6 foot 7 inch frame, and her upbeat frame of mind.\n"Sarah's someone that we can build around," Bennett said. "It's not only her size. She encourages, she lifts, she does all those intangible things. From a pure basketball standpoint, she gives us a great presence inside and the ability to score one-on-one in the post."\nMake no mistake, McKay is not all height. During the 2003 AAA Provincial Championships, Sarah averaged 37.8 points, 26.5 rebounds and 5.5 blocks in four games, earning first-team All-Star Honors. She was also one of only 22 players in the entire country invited to participate at the Canada Basketball Developmental Mini-Camp and was one of the top 40 incoming freshmen in the nation.\nMcKay, a native of Victoria, British Columbia, a large coastal city in Canada, received a little shell-shock coming into the basketball-crazed atmosphere of Indiana.\n"(Playing at IU) has been amazing. All the people are great, and I never expected anything like this to happen," McKay said. "Basketball's life for some people down here, and that's the greatest thing anyone could ask for, especially coming from a place where basketball's not quite so big."\nThe tall Canadian is actually quite comfortable with her impressive height. Coming from a family with a 7 foot father and a 6 foot 11 inch brother, Sarah and her 5 foot 7 inch inch mother are actually the shrimps of the McKay clan.\n"Some people ask me if I don't like being tall," McKay said. "But I have to live with it, and I figure I may as well enjoy it. I consider it a blessing. It's never been a problem for me."\nA blessing on the basketball court? Absolutely. Blessing in the clothing aisle? Not so much. McKay often frequents the Tall Girl chain of stores for her unique clothing needs.\n"(Finding clothing) was a problem for a while, but I found a store here in the College Mall," McKay said. "I was in shock that I found some pants that were long enough."\nClothing objects aside, Sarah seems to have no trouble moving about with a "higher outlook" than most people have.\n"One thing about Sarah that makes her unique is that she's not a young lady who shrinks from her size," IU associate coach Trish Betthauser said. "She's very comfortable in her body, and you do not always see that. You see someone who's over six foot, and they're forced to play the game because they're tall, and that's not Sarah. She's comfortable with who she is."\nBasketball's been a part of her life for a long time. McKay said she has been playing the sport for as long as she can remember.\n"My dad played (basketball), so I was probably born with a basketball in my hands," McKay joked. "The first time I played on an actual team, I was going into the fourth grade. My brother got to start playing when he was going into the sixth grade, and I was really jealous. I was like 'Why can't we have a team?' So my dad and some of his friends put together a team of their daughters and neighborhood kids, and it all started."\nWith such a long history within the game of basketball, it's no surprise her most prized possession is an autographed Lisa Leslie ball. The 6 foot 5 inch WNBA star has long been one of McKay's heroes, and she got to meet Leslie in Seattle.\n"(Leslie) was doing a promo thing for Nike, and I met her. She signed a ball for me, we got pictures together and we actually went shopping. That was really cool," McKay said. \nShe said she was pretty star-struck at first, but then realized Leslie was just another person. \n"She said that she had never really stood beside someone taller than her, so she started talking about posture and how her mom always made her stand up straight and everything, all the tall things," McKay said. "It was really exciting for me."\nWhile Leslie will be dunking her way through the WNBA ranks, Sarah will be working on her own game right here at IU. However, no matter how far her basketball career goes, McKay is sure to point out that it was never because of her height.\n"I know a lot of people who play because they're tall, but even if I wasn't tall I definitely would play," McKay said. "Basketball's just a part of who I am."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(11/19/03 6:58am)
With only two active players on the latter half of their college careers, IU coach Kathi Bennett has a corral full of young guns to holster. One sharp shooter Bennett won't have to worry about is sophomore Cyndi Valentin.\nValentin, at a mere 19 years old, is actually one of the most battle-tested Hoosiers, logging impressive minutes in all 28 of IU's games. However, minutes aren't the only statistic Valentin feasted upon last season.\nValentin scored a total of 290 points, the largest point total for an IU freshman, en route to a 10.4 point per game average. Only junior Jenny DeMuth and former IU standout Lisa Eckhart had higher scoring averages last season. \nValentin's scoring average also placed her in second place all-time for freshmen scoring averages behind Linda Cunningham's 11.2 ppg in 1983, one year before Valentin was born. Valentin managed such impressive numbers while only starting in 17 of 28 games.\nValentin was also lethal from the free throw line, hitting 86.9 percent of her shots from the charity stripe, placing her amongst the nation's best in that category. On the way to this impressive statistic, Valentin set a record for IU freshmen by hitting 25 consecutive free throws over a span of 13 games. \nValentin's statistics earned her a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team, making her only the third Hoosier in the women's basketball program's history to qualify for the distinction. \nDespite such a remarkable performance during her freshman season, Valentin saw aspects of her game that needed improvement.\n"Offensively I worked on being more consistent. Last year, it was up and down," Valentin said. "I also worked on ball handling and being able to shoot off of the dribble."\nHer coaches were impressed with her freshman campaign, but also felt that Valentin had some aspects of her game that needed some polish.\n"Cyndi showed last year that she can shoot the three point shot consistently and get to the rim," associate head coach Trish Betthauser said. "What we asked of her was to work on shooting off the screen and work on her defensive game."\nSophomore slumps are notorious in the game of basketball, with numerous athletes turning in lackluster performances after tremendous freshman campaigns. As for Valentin, don't count on it.\n"I've heard of that, but I'm not worried about it," Valentin said. "I'm just going to play my game."\nIf IU's two preseason games are any indication, she won't have to worry about a slump, no matter how notorious. In the Nov. 9 game against Athletes in Action, Valentin logged 17 points, four rebounds and one steal. In IU's second game against the Reebok Lady Stars, she led the Hoosiers in scoring with 21 points, added five rebounds, two steals and she had one block for good measure.\nCyndi also brings another asset to the Hoosier table, a tremendous ability to shoot the three. Valentin is the two-time reigning Midnight Madness three-point competition champion. \n"Cyndi has tremendous offensive ability. She can score in a variety of ways," Bennett said. "She can shoot the three and she can finish in traffic. She is a very exciting offensive player."\nPrior to her tenure at IU, Valentin had a phenomenal high school career at Bloomington South High School where she was a McDonald's All-American nominee. Despite her slight 5'8" frame, Valentin led Bloomington South in rebounds during her senior season.\nPlaying in her hometown proved to be a blessing for the sophomore as she is able to see her family on a regular basis.\n"I enjoy (playing at IU) a lot," Valentin said. "It was a great opportunity to come here and play in my hometown. I love it."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.
(11/19/03 6:57am)
For the first time in the IU women's basketball program's history, the Hoosier coaching staff was able to recruit a nationally-ranked freshman class.\nCoupled with an already young roster that has only two juniors and one senior (who is not expected to return due to an ACL injury), the Hoosiers could have a bright future, said IU coach Kathi Bennett.\n"I think our young players are very talented, and they're going to get better," Bennett said. "Then we get back some of the key people that we have that got hurt."\nFreshmen Annika Boyd, Jamey Chapman, Leah Enterline, Sarah McKay and Carrie Smith should aid in providing the light to such a bright future.\nChapman, a 6-foot-3-inch freshman, is expected to produce immediately and could be jockeying for a starting position as Bennett works to finalize her roster.\n"We are extremely excited about Jamey," Bennett said in a press release. "She's got good touch around the rim and could challenge for a starting spot."\nChapman is also used to winning, as she led her high school team to a 21-3 campaign during her senior season, earning her a spot on the Nebraska Senior All-Star team, averaging 16.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2 blocks per game.\nChapman isn't the only freshman bringing height to the table. McKay, a 6-foot-7-inch center from Canada brings size and a will to learn to the Hoosier basketball court. McKay, a top-40 freshman, commands attention from IU opponents with her size and all-around ability. \nIndiana natives Smith and Enterline also provide talent for Bennett to mold. Smith, a 6-foot-1-inch forward, was selected for the Indianapolis Star 2003 Indiana All-Star team and was a Region Roundball Review Super Senior Top 25 selection. In addition to her past accolades, Smith also brings other things to the IU locker room.\n"Carrie brings the intangibles," Bennett said. "She's a great competitor who hates to lose. She can do a lot of different things and is a very skilled player."\nEnterline should also be an instant performer for the Hoosiers as she brings great numbers to the IU roster. As a senior, the 5-foot-9-inch guard averaged 22.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 5.3 steals per game.\nBoyd is another guard that should provide depth to an already talented roster on the wing. Boyd, a prolific three-point shooter, averaged 13.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.3 assists per game in her senior season.\nHigh school accolades aside, the NCAA is a completely different game and the players have said the transition is difficult.\n"It was such a huge transition," Enterline said. "I just never really noticed how much easier it was than high school because you didn't have to work nearly as hard to get open and on defense. Here you have to give 150 percent every minute, every practice."\nWith 10 players between the freshman and sophomore classes, the IU women's basketball team will remain largely intact for the next two seasons.\n"(Such youth) is exciting, in three years, playing together and in the next two or three years," Chapman said. "We're going to be really close on the court and off the court."\nEven if the team doesn't meet its expectations this year, they have plenty of years ahead.\n"Being so young, we're going to be together for a few years here," Enterline said. "With experience, we're going to keep building, and we're going to make strides this year, but I definitely think we have a lot of depth to the team and that's going to help as the season progresses."\n-- Contact staff writer Dan Patrick at djpatric@indiana.edu.