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Five Hoosiers, Eric Arnett, Josh Phegley, Matt Bashore, Evan Crawford and Kipp Schutz, were all picked in the MLB draft Tuesday through Wednesday. Arnett, Phegley and Bashore were all Top-50 recruits.

5 Hoosiers go on to minor-league play

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, June 10,2009 8:29 p.m.

Three years ago, 19 freshmen came to Bloomington as members of IU baseball coach Tracy Smith’s first full recruiting class. They can leave IU knowing their business in Bloomington is finally finished.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is surrounded by fans as he signes autographs before NFL football minicamp at Franklin College in Franklin, Ind., Saturday, June 6, 2009.

Manning to be new pitchman for tourism group

Wednesday, June 10,2009 8:06 p.m.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is a new pitchman for the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, promoting the city as a desirable site for tourists and for convention business.

The feng shui of sports fanaticism

By Zina Kumok · Wednesday, June 10,2009 8:03 p.m.

You know how athletes listen to a certain song or wear the same wristbands before each game? Well, fans have their own traditions. Being in London now, I’ve adjusted my basketball-viewing habits to fit my schedule and keep my sanity. But I’ve kept my fanaticism intact.

Lee criticism reflects problem at all levels

By Frank Therber · Wednesday, June 10,2009 8 p.m.

One play or one figure doesn’t deserve to be the scapegoat for any outcome, good or bad.

Sophomore Michael Shepherd runs with the ball while Junior Kyle Stroman assists during the IRB Junior World Trophy on June 7th in Kenya. Shepherd and Stroman were scouted to play for the U.S U-20 team during a Big Ten game with IU.

Hoosier rugby players compete internationally for US U-20 rugby team

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Wednesday, June 10,2009 7:58 p.m.

With 10 minutes remaining and the score tied, sophomore Michael Shepherd and junior Kyle Stroman found themselves on a field in Kenya playing for a title most of their classmates back home don’t even know exists.

SPEA faculty host to energy conference in D.C.

By Kevin Doran · Wednesday, June 10,2009 7:54 p.m.

The IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs will be host to a national conference of experts to discuss changing energy policy in the Obama administration Thursday.

IU assistant prof receives $100K research grant

By Lindsay Eckert · Wednesday, June 10,2009 7:52 p.m.

The Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the first American foundation developed solely for scientific research, awarded IU assistant chemistry professor Lane Allen Baker with its prestigious Cottrell Scholar Award last week.

Help! ... I need somebody

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, June 10,2009 7:51 p.m.

New blog, answer to the previous Campus Quiz and a plea for story and music ideas from the IDS editor-in-chief.

IU reworks scholarship criteria

By Peter Stevenson · Wednesday, June 10,2009 7:49 p.m.

IU announced new criteria for automatic scholarships June 1, in a move that sticks to the University’s long-term plan to attract better and more highly qualified students. But though requirements are getting tougher, administrators said the change does not mean fewer scholarships will be given out.

US sees hope in Lebanese election

Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Detecting signs of hope for its Mideast peace initiatives in the defeat of a Hezbollah slate in Lebanon’s weekend election, the Obama administration said Monday it will send special envoy George Mitchell to Syria and Lebanon this week.

Politics is a game, at home and abroad

By Sophie Pappas · Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:50 p.m.

Graz, Austria – Some things are the same everywhere you go. Kids complain about bedtimes both in the United States and in Austria. Politics are, well, political in both places.

Reynold Walter, executive director of FAFIDESS, a non-governmental organization in Guatemala, listens attentively as Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder and director of Grameen Bank, discusses the importance of financial literacy at all socioeconomic levels Tuesday at the Latin American-Caribbean Regional Microcredit Summit in Cartagena, Colombia.

Microcredit leaders convene to fight extreme poverty

By Nathaniel Kenninger · Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:49 p.m.

CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia – “We can open a window of opportunity to alleviate poverty among women, men, young and old to set them free,” former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said of microfinance.

No-go for pay/go?

Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:30 p.m.

WE SAY It's only a start.It'll keep spending from increasing, but we also need to decrease it.

Practical by any other name

By Christian Hines · Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:21 p.m.

The moment at which we collectively repudiate the humanities is the moment at which we reject the most foundational preparation for leaders and social pioneers.

Of cats and men

By Georgia Perry · Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:19 p.m.

A startling empathy for the male condition unfolded in front of my eyes while cat-sitting.

Where did swine flu go?

By Danielle Fleischman · Wednesday, June 10,2009 6:17 p.m.

The dreaded H1N1 virus has virtually dropped off the radar of the major news stations.

New political organization focuses on tax issues

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, June 10,2009 5:55 p.m.

Sign Big is a new Indiana organization that claims its mission is to inform taxpayers and reform local government, according to its Web site. Sign Big frames itself as a grassroots organization and utilizes new media such as YouTube and Facebook to get its message across. The organization gets its name from John Hancock’s famously large signature on the Declaration of Independence.

Uncle D’s praised for convenience, taste

By Mickey Woods · Wednesday, June 10,2009 5:53 p.m.

At its Kirkwood Avenue location, Uncle D’s New York Pizza has brought its authentic brand of New York-style pizza by the slice to Bloomington and IU students for a little more than two years.Now, the small franchise, which also has restaurants at the University of Michigan campus and 3 other Michigan locations, is reaping the benefits for its hard work.

Museum, park attendance high during recession

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, June 10,2009 5:51 p.m.

Free the mind from everyday burdens by going to the museum and become a participant in Indiana’s cultural tourism, said Laura Pinegar, public relations coordinator for the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Picasso notebook stolen from Paris

By JeanPierre Verges · Wednesday, June 10,2009 5:46 p.m.

A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso has been stolen from a specially locked glass case in the Paris museum that bears the painter’s name, authorities said Tuesday.

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