IU to battle Butler in spring contest The women's soccer team hasn't allowed a goal in 450 minutes this spring season, winning all five of its games.
New York, New Jersey and Bloomington. At first glance, the only comparison that can be drawn is rough traffic conditions. But a closer look shows four members of the men's tennis team, all natives of the New York-New Jersey area
To quote the old colloquialism, "Always expect the unexpected." Every story is made more interesting by the most unexpected development. (This is why "The Usual Suspects" is a better movie than "Killer Klowns from Outer Space.") As the past week has shown us, much of what makes the world of sports --from baseball to hockey to basketball to marathons -- so interesting is the unexpected developments it might bring.
Lifting weights on his day off, junior first baseman Gibran Hamdan sticks out from his teammates on the baseball team. It's not because he's 6-foot-5, 225 pounds. It's because he's the only player wearing football pants.
The IU baseball team gets a break from Big Ten competition as it travels to Miami (Ohio) to take on the RedHawks in a mid-week game Wednesday in Oxford, Ohio. The Hoosiers are coming off a one-for-four weekend against Northwestern. Miami is fresh off a four-game sweep of Mid-American Conference rival Buffalo, improving its record to 19-17. The RedHawks also have victories against Kentucky and Cincinnati.
The goal is to locate that one impossible-to-find accessory to go with everything, such as a 1950s-inspired beaded flower brooch that is dressy and casual, delicate and subtle. Or that one-of-a-kind button-up collar shirt or fatigue pants.
The slowing economy has taken its toll on Yesse! Communications, the Indianapolis-based parent company of the Bloomington Independent. Last week, the chain of alternative newsweeklies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Yesse! CEO Craig Hitchcock said the company will restructure to remain afloat.
There's something horribly wrong with the idea of novelizing a formulaic teenie-bop television show. But with the teen genre fiction market so hot, publishers will take anything that sells, and since Sarah Michelle Gellar sells, so does the line of novelized books.
Standing at the edge of Bill Armstrong Stadium, you can't help but get a little excited at this time of year. It's the weekend so many have hoped and dreamed about, and in just a few days, two new Little 500 champions will be crowned.
Our neighbors to the east (or west, if you live in Hawaii) are being silly once again. The Chinese government claims we've violated numerous international laws. Even though they've given us back our soldiers, they are still keeping our spy plane until we apologize, send flowers and promise to give top Chinese officials foot massages for the next 10 years.
Bloomington residents deserve better access to public records, and a new proposal coming before the city council tonight offers just that. Michael Chui, Bloomington's chief information officer, said up until now, the city has held a large amount of information in electronic form, but there has been no formal policy that allows city officials to give the public access to it. This ordinance, if passed, will open up many of the city's databases to public access, Chui said.
April has been called the cruelest month, its fickle nature making fools of us all. Case in point, this week's snow forecasts on the heels of an 80-degree heat wave. Such a month demands some measure of stability. Familiar fare at the dinner table is a start -- for instance, quiche.
The all-greek Row 5 features teams with a mixture of returning riders and rookies. Delta Tau Delta is the favorite to emerge out of this group, but a confident Sigma Nu team could slide to the top. Kappa Sigma has a third-year rider to share his experience with a young team.
The middle of the pack for the women's Little 500 could contain this year's champion if track conditions improve and luck is on someone's side. Even though Alpha Omicron Pi, Con Fuoco and Alpha Phi have not been powerhouses recently, these teams say not to be surprised if determination drives them past the favorites.
Easter Sunday wasn't kind to the women's tennis team. The Hoosiers defeated No. 27 Ohio State 5-2 in Columbus, Ohio, Friday -- giving Ohio State its first conference loss of the season. But the Hoosiers couldn't sweep the weekend series, losing to Penn State 4-3 Sunday.
I hope I don't jinx them, but the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs are playing great baseball right now. As of Monday, the Cubs were 8-4, tied for first place in the NL Central with Houston, and the Reds were a game and a half back at 7-6. Chicago has won its last five games, while Cincinnati has reeled off four consecutive wins.
Rob Specer visited a local tax preparer at 3 p.m. Monday. Within 45 minutes, the company finished his paperwork. He went to the downtown post office at 206 E. Fourth St. after work, getting the form postmarked six hours before the midnight deadline. "I procrastinated," he said. "It didn't sneak up on me; it was just me. But I'm just glad it's over." Spencer, who sipped coffee from a Styrofoam cup near a makeshift concession table, watched the blur of activity. He was not the only person to put off paying his taxes.
Few look forward to tax day, which fell on April 16 this year. Libertarians probably dread it more than anyone, but some party members said they see it as a political opportunity. A few dozen gathered outside the downtown post office at 206 E. Fourth St. Monday evening, bearing cardboard signs decrying bloated government. While sophomore Matt Briddell blared away on a trombone, they passed out literature to harried citizens hurrying to get tax return forms postmarked.
Two rising bands will play at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity's philanthropy event today.
Straight No Chaser will say goodbye to its seniors with a farewell performance today. Ben Cohen, Kyle Coffman, Mark Holloway and Michael Landau will leave the group next month.
