Region

Ghana grooves

By Caitlin Johnston · Wednesday, March 5,2008 1:03 a.m.

When hearing the word “groupies,” the first things that usually come to mind are teenage girls claiming they’re “with the band.” But the Willkie Auditorium was full of a different kind of “groupie” Tuesday night. Claiming to be “Bernard Groupies,” people from all over Indiana and surrounding states gathered to watch a free performance of the Saakumu Dance Troupe of Ghana led by Bernard Womo.

IU hosts Gophers in last home game

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, March 5,2008 1:01 a.m.

It’s taken three games, two weeks and one horrific loss, but Lance Stemler thinks the IU men’s basketball team is ready to accept IU interim coach Dan Dakich as its leader. “We really are starting to see coach Dakich as the head coach now,” said Stemler, a senior forward. “I guess there was a little bit of transition from going from assistant to head coach.”

Final farewell for Hoosier seniors

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, March 5,2008 12:48 a.m.

Four Hoosier seniors will be honored tonight as the No. 18 Hoosiers host Minnesota in the final home game of the season.

Bracket-holism: A horrible disease

By Aaron Beard and Ben Homrig · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:47 p.m.

Hello. My name is Ben H. And I am a recovering bracket-holic. I’d like to first thank those of you who brought cookies and punch to the meeting. Sign-ups for next week will be posted at the conclusion of our discussions.

Hoosier baseball game canceled due to storms

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:46 p.m.

Due to weather conditions, the contest between IU’s baseball team and Indiana State scheduled for 3 p.m. today in Terre Haute has been canceled.

Cycling club unites Hoosier riders

By Ashley Pettit and Heather Hacker · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:45 p.m.

Training and preparing for races is anything but easy for the IU Cycling Club.

No. 1 in the nation, club team looks to expand

By Ashley Pettit · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:45 p.m.

The No. 1 tennis club in the nation, ranked by the Midwest USTA League last semester, is looking to expand.

IU club team swinging for the playoffs

By Ashley Pettit and Heather Hacker · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:44 p.m.

Finishing a game short of perfection last season at 13-1, the IU Club Baseball team is ready for another successful season with high expectations.

Class group to travel to Sierra Nevadas

By Greg Brav · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:43 p.m.

For students concerned about staying inside all summer, there is a class that can take them to beautiful landscapes they can only dream about while sitting on the couch at home.

‘Tired’ Favre retires after 17 seasons

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:43 p.m.

Brett Favre has had enough. After a wild ride marked by fist-pumping highs, head-shaking lows and a record number of consecutive starts, the 38-year-old quarterback told the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday that he intends to retire.

Bidding adieu to a brilliant duo

By Aaron Beard and Jonathan Hines · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:42 p.m.

It’s still hard to make sense of this season. After 29 games, it’s impossible to gauge whether this team has thrown in the towel or is gathering itself for a memorable postseason run.

Self-defense, rape awareness seminar teaches techniques

By Allison Tyra · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:42 p.m.

Members of the Hapkido/Self-Defense club offered strangers the opportunity to punch, kick and sit on them Saturday afternoon at the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation building. But it was for a good cause.

Red Cross campaign strives to create ‘heroes’

By Kyle Kerns · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:41 p.m.

In an effort to raise money and awareness, the Monroe County Chapter of the American Red Cross, along with the IU Red Cross Club is kicking off its annual fund-raising campaign, Heroes for the American Red Cross.

Unwanted populism

By Nathan Dixon · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:36 p.m.

Sen. Hillary Clinton says she wants a “new manufacturing policy” that would involve renegotiating the North

Unsafe at this speed

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:35 p.m.

A couple weeks ago, consumer advocate and generally pissed-off citizen Ralph Nader announced he would, once again, be running for president. He has, of course

Copycats

By Abra Oliver · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:32 p.m.

From day one of our education, administrators and instructors have engraved into our eager little minds that we must strive to produce good work of which we can be proud. Of course, there’s one little catch that most of us in academia understand – we can claim responsibility for a work only if it is a result of our own labor. Madonna G. Constantine, a professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College, didn’t seem to get this memo. Or she simply chose to ignore it.

Drunkorexia?

By Jennifer Miller · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:28 p.m.

Last Sunday’s New York Times ran a feature on distorted body image entitled “Starving Themselves, Cocktail in Hand.” It discusses the

Natural born

By Tristan Reitz · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:27 p.m.

Within the U.S. Constitution lies a confusing rule. The rule states “No person except a natural born citizen

Contemporary authors present work at Waldron Arts Center

By Greg Winget · Tuesday, March 4,2008 11:14 p.m.

Written words will come alive at 8 p.m. today at the John Waldron Arts Center auditorium as published fiction writer and poet John Keene will read with poet Evie Shockley as part of the “Writers at the Waldron” series. The event is presented by IU’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, March 4,2008 10:13 p.m.

Russia and China on Tuesday scuttled a Western attempt to introduce a resolution on Iran’s nuclear defiance at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, diplomats said.

Trending