Tickets on sale for annual Kiss Off Tickets are on sale until April 4 for the second Kiss Off event, sponsored by Delta Upsilon fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority.
About 20 volunteers from the Indiana Public Interest Research Group split up and spent Saturday volunteering around Bloomington during the 17th Annual Hunger Cleanup.
No longer will students have to carry around a green registration admission ticket to be admitted to register for classes. Registering is now as simple as a four-digit code.
For three and a half innings Saturday, Minnesota and IU engaged in a pitching dual between the Golden Gophers' Piper Marten and the Hoosiers' Alison Cooke, a junior. The game was scoreless heading into the Hoosiers' half of the fourth when a two-run home run by sophomore third baseman Stormy Hanson gave IU (11-22, 1-3) a 2-0 lead they would not relinquish.
Freshman leftfielder Kevin Mahar entered the Hoosiers' lineup when freshman-slugger Brian Bucciarelli was sidelined with a broken right hand. Mahar's first assignment: Register hits and drive in runs against Big Ten-defending champions Minnesota. Mahar got the job done, going 6-for-14 with two doubles in four games against the Gophers. But his teammates weren't as successful as the Hoosiers lost three of four games to Minnesota at Sembower Field this weekend.
Coach Diane Stephenson has spent the entire season preaching to her team about the importance of intensity, claiming extra effort will be the determinant in whether the Hoosiers reach their goal of getting into the Big Ten tournament. But it was No. 23 Wisconsin (19-12, 2-0) that came out with the needed intensity Friday. The Badgers used a three-run first inning to propel themselves to a 5-4 win in the first game of the doubleheader at Softball Field. The Hoosiers lost the second game to the Badgers 2-0.
Junior Susan Woessner, IU's top backstroker, earned a ticket to the World University Games with her personal best time of 1:3.25 minutes Saturday in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Nationals. Woessner will represent the U.S. team when it travels to compete in China later this year.
The Indiana Invitational ended on a sour note for the water polo team, as the Hoosiers dropped another close battle with arch-rival Michigan 8-6 at Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center Sunday. The two-goal margin is the largest point differential between the two teams in four matches. The first contest between the two resulted in a tie, and the last two went to Michigan in overtime.
IU's 86-68 victory against Michigan in the NCAA championship game was the third time the Hoosiers bested the Wolverines that season. The teams first met in Ann Arbor January 10 where IU pulled out an 80-74 win. The second meeting in Assembly Hall Feb. 7 was a bit closer. Trailing by two with just seconds to go, center Kent Benson tipped-in an IU miss to send the game into overtime. The controversial play was disputed by the Michigan bench, as coach John Orr said he felt the tip occurred after the buzzer had sounded.
Tonight's NCAA national championship game marks the 25th anniversary of IU's undefeated season. Twenty-five years and teams have passed, but none of them duplicated the feat of that Hooiser squad. A perfect 32-0 season culminated March 29, 1976 with an 86-68 win against Michigan in the national championship game. After trailing by six at halftime, the Hoosiers dominated the second half, outscoring the Wolveriness 57-33.
After a much-publicized accident, Stephen King's future in writing was doubtful. As he chronicled in his memoirs, "On Writing," even the simple act of sitting at a computer was painful. His first novel since the accident, the first draft of "Dreamcatcher" was written using a Warterman cartridge fountain pen.
When one sees a production at the Bloomington Playwright's Project, 308 S. Washington St., it must always be viewed with a grain of salt. Performing in an adequate, although not equitable space, using effective, yet old lighting equipment and an off-center pole, nearly every production is a struggle usually resulting in brilliant work.
I'm writing in response to James Boyd's brilliant column ("Fighting the evil Parking Operations power," March 28). I have been in class with him before, even seen him in the residence halls when I was still living there. He's not an angry or violent person. Just inventive.
It seems to me that everyone who complains about the parking tickets on this campus have one thing in common: They all get parking tickets!
Chris Edwards' March 28 column, "Scientists function as part of society," argued that scientists are normal human beings and should not be treated as an authority to be trusted implicitly. This thesis is correct, but his writing displayed an ignorance of science that should be addressed.
Poor Matt Csanyi. I could write an angry letter blasting him for trying to characterize Little 500 as a negative, useless tradition ("Little 500: The stupidest IU tradition," March 28). I will instead send my pity to him, for he clearly doesn't get it, and I fear he never will.
When I first read the title of Matt Csanyi's article ("Little 500: The Stupidest IU Tradition," IDS, March 28), I was offended. After reading the article, I am still offended. Although Csanyi does make some valid points, calling Little 500 "the stupidest IU tradition" is going too far.
I would like to respond to James Boyd's "Officially Condemned to Hell" (IDS March 21) article. God can forgive everything we've done in a blink of an eye. He has the ability to do everything. But those who truly believe in God put Him first always. They strive to serve God, and when they falter, they ask for forgiveness. The goal of Christians is not to live our lives any way we please, and then simply ask to have our sins washed away. Instead, our goal is to strive toward God's will and ask for forgiveness when we falter.
The Florida presidential election debacle has been so underreported by the media that I feel an uncontrollable urge to talk about it. Don't worry, I won't bore you too much.
A "new world" of campaigning might soon be on its way. The McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill, expected to pass a full Senate vote today, would change the face of political fund raising as we know it.
