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Redshirt sophomore Matt Carr pitches to Miami of Ohio's Adam Eaton during the fifth inning of the Hoosiers' 9-6 loss to the RedHawks on Tuesday afternoon at Sembower Field. Carr walked two runs home during a four-run fifth inning for the RedHawks, which upped the score to 6-2.

Purdue defeats IU in 1st Big Ten series loss

By Greg Rosenstein · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:40 p.m.

Down 3-2 in the eighth inning Sunday against Purdue, junior outfielder Evan Crawford stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs.

Study: Facebook users receive lower grades

By Alex Benson · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:37 p.m.

A study from an Ohio State graduate student revealed that Facebook use correlates with lower GPAs for college students.

Junior outfielder Evan Crawford dives back to first base after Valparaiso's Ryan O'Gara tries to apply a tag on a pickoff play. Crawford had two hits in the 9-5 Hoosier win.

Speedy base runner Evan Crawford is always a threat to steal

By DeAntae Prince · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:37 p.m.

Standing in a crouched position, his hands tickling the air, Evan Crawford’s eyes are fixed on the opposing pitcher. Crawford takes off after he sees the pitcher’s high-arching leg, a sign of an imminent thrust into his delivery. Within an instant, he safely slides into another stolen base.

Chemistry professor’s journey leads him to national prominence

By Laura Sibley · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:35 p.m.

Daniel J. Mindiola, associate professor of chemistry, recently received the 2009 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, a prestigious honor granted each year to about 20 prominent scientists from around the world.

Center collects used books to fill prisoners’ requests

By MaryJane Slaby · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:33 p.m.

Local organizations, including the Native American Community Center of Bloomington, the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department and the First Nation Educational and Cultural Center, are sponsoring a book drive to benefit the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project.

New Field Laboratory brings outdoors indoors

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:30 p.m.

Students and faculty members can now bring research in the environmental sciences directly from the outdoors to the indoors with IU’s new Field Laboratory, located a mile from campus at the Griffy Preserve.

First-year graduate students Michael Potter and Farkhat Yussupjanov test an Elvis robot Friday afternoon at the Robotics Club Open House in Eigenmann Hall. The robot had 16 degrees of freedom, and allowed people to play with the expression of the robot by pushing various buttons.

Talking robots assist graduate research

By Sarah Hann · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:26 p.m.

People packed into the open house on the eighth floor of Eigenmann Hall to see the Robotic Open House Friday. The robots were research projects on cognitive science created by graduate students.

IUPD officers receives award for heroism

By Lindsey Erdody · Sunday, May 3,2009 11:23 p.m.

Two IU Police Department officers were recognized by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association for helping save a Residential Programs and Services employee on Easter morning.

Bishop offers atonement at Notre Dame

Sunday, May 3,2009 9:01 p.m.

Bishop Thomas Wenski of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Fla., will celebrate a Mass of Reparation to make amends for sins against God in response to President Barack Obama's scheduled appearance.

Boy dies from meningitis

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:59 p.m.

The St. Joseph County coroner’s office says the sixth-grader at Dickinson Intermediate Fine Arts Academy died Thursday.

Man charged with arson in fake hate crime Friday

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:58 p.m.

Police arrested a northwestern Indiana man on charges that he set a fire at his mother’s home and tried to make it look like a hate crime by spray-painting a racial slur on the garage door.

Small plane crashes after takeoff at NW Ind. airport

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:57 p.m.

Authorities say a single-engine airplane crashed on takeoff from the Griffith-Merrillville Airport in northwestern Indiana.

N. Ind. hospital freezes staff pay, cuts for execs

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:57 p.m.

A northern Indiana hospital has announced a pay freeze for employees as it prepares to open a new $355 million facility later this year.

Ind. county commisioner facing meth charges resigns position

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:56 p.m.

David Decker submitted his resignation Friday as a Vigo County commissioner, ending his time as president of the board in charge of running county government.

Web site tracks carbon footprint

By Morgan Waters · Sunday, May 3,2009 8:54 p.m.

Starting June 15, My Emissions Exchange, a Web site focused on certifying drops in carbon emissions, will issue carbon credits that can be exchanged for money.

Israeli-run zones shield West Bank criminals

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:47 p.m.

When Nasser Qaout went to investigate strange sounds in his sheep pen late at night, a gang of armed thieves shot him in the leg and made off with half his flock.

Edwards acknowledges probe over campaign

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:46 p.m.

Failed presidential candidate John Edwards, whose political action committee paid more than $100,000 to his mistress’ company, acknowledged Sunday that federal investigators were looking into how he handled his campaign funds.

Paranoia Flu

By Danielle Fleischman · Sunday, May 3,2009 8:41 p.m.

As the school year draws to a close for IU students, the world scrambles to make sense of the threat of a possible pandemic. It is suspected that swine flu has killed 101 people worldwide since the World Health Organization declared the threat, though infection rates seem to be stabilizing, not increasing.

Home is where the news is

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, May 3,2009 8:40 p.m.

Headlines affect us, but we usually don’t have to live with them here in Bloomington. We’re lucky to be living somewhere that allows us to choose how we react to headlines and current events – rather than being part of them.

The Foundation and Sudan

Sunday, May 3,2009 8:39 p.m.

The Investment Committee examined the divestment question at its meeting in February. The committee takes seriously the grave situation in Darfur, as well as its legal and fiduciary responsibility to manage the endowment to provide current and future income for IU. In weighing these competing priorities, the Committee determined that it agrees with STAND’s position on Darfur but also believes that any possible benefits of divestment do not outweigh the more likely negative effects of managing the portfolio under a more restrictive set of guidelines.

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