Zimbabwe’s opposition party says it will not attend a regional summit called to try to resolve the country’s political impasse.
Imagine you just finished production on a movie. With your job done, you wait for the release of the film so you can finally bask in your accomplishment. But there is one last obstacle you have forgotten: the film critic. Sitting comfortably in his theater chair, the critic spends a few hours picking apart what you spent months putting together. I actually feel a twinge of sympathy for even the worst films that get destroyed by critics. There must have been at least a few who did their job well, only to see a significant part of their lives receive a “D-.” Justin Babin of “Disaster Movie,” I’m talking about you.
In a speech in Ohio last week, Sarah Palin had much to say about patriotism. As New York Times reporter Patrick Healy described, she talked about how much she loves America, and – no lie – fresh cut grass. She added, “Man, I love small-town USA, and I don’t care what anyone else says about small-town USA. You guys, you just get it.” The funny thing is that I am from a smallish town in Ohio that isn’t so different from the one where Palin was speaking, but I’m not sure that I “get” what cut grass has to do with loving one’s country.
In two studies released this year and reported in several major newspapers, one in the Annals of Internal Medicine and the other in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers added more evidence to the sizable body of literature on the benefits and dangers of coffee and caffeine consumption.
Indiana and four other states – Arkansas, Wyoming, Georgia and South Carolina – are lagging behind the other 45 states in one major respect: They have no legislation in place to deal with hate crimes. Last year, legislators tried to address this problem with Indiana House Bill 1459, which defined a hate crime as a crime “in which an offender chooses a victim based on color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or sex.” Some evangelical lobbyist groups cried foul over the inclusion of “sexual orientation” in the bill. One e-mail sent out to several churches and families claimed the bill “represents an attempt to give special protection to homosexuals and cross-dressers by stating that a crime against them is to be treated with more severity than a crime against a senior citizen, a child or a pregnant mother.” The bill failed when state Rep. Jackie Walorksi, after reviewing letters from “concerned citizens,” pushed through an amendment to the bill that included language that would make a crime against an unborn fetus a hate crime.
I am writing to discuss my outrage with the Indiana Daily Student’s reporting. On Oct. 15, the IDS ran a story about Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis, who injured his ankle in the IU versus Iowa game. What the IDS has neglected to report, three weeks late, is an incident that all IU students should be aware of.
The search for Rick Greenspan's replacement has narrowed to at most five candidates and could conclude soon. For more information, visit the Basketblog.
The necktie is a small but very important part of a man’s formal uniform. What began as a small, knotted neckerchief worn by Croatian soldiers in the 1600’s is now a staple of the men’s suit that often helps add that last “something” to the entire outfit.
With fans and media free to witness the IU men’s basketball team’s first official practice Friday night, the Hoosier faithful got a glimpse into the kinds of tactics IU coach Tom Crean is using to improve his current group. One aspect of Hoosier Hysteria that is expected to be a staple in Crean’s regular practices this season are drills that produced a winner and a loser. Crean said in his lecture at the IU Auditorium on Oct. 6 that 70 to 75 percent of all drills in practice need to have a clear winner to help train the team for the rigors of the upcoming season.
It was suggested by an esteemed media colleague Friday night that the less-than-capacity crowd inside Assembly Hall seemed timid at times, still feeling out this team of almost all new faces. Perhaps too many fans were trying to match faces and roster numbers in their heads. Perhaps reality finally set in that these last 12 months really weren’t a dream, and these Hoosiers in no way resemble those of yesteryear.
IU basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack made a big impression at Hoosier Hysteria on Friday. She hopes the Hoosier Nation will share her passion for women’s basketball this year. “I don’t care how often they come, I just want them to come,” she said. “I think if they come once or twice, they’re going to think it’s a good enough sport they can come and support throughout the season.” Across the nation, attendance at women’s games is rising, but fans are not pouring into Assembly Hall in record numbers, something Legette-Jack said is needed for the success of the program. “We can’t do it without you,” she said to the crowd Friday.
Never has a family from Champaign, Ill., enjoyed basketball in Bloomington so much.Then again, most people from that area don’t have a son who plays point guard for the Hoosiers.One by one, the Hoosiers’ 12 new players were introduced to an anxious Assembly Hall crowd Friday night. Sitting in the bleachers behind the scorer’s table were two people in particular who couldn’t wait for the night’s festivities to begin. Their son’s Facebook status read, “Today is the day!” and they had just made a three-hour drive to see that son take the Assembly Hall floor for the first time in an IU jersey.Proudly wearing custom-made No. 12 jerseys with “V’s Dad” and “V’s Mom” on the back, Verdell Jr. and Sheila Jones watched their son jog onto the floor for the first time.Looking back on it an hour later, Verdell Jones Jr. admitted, “I was just trying not to cry.“I’m just so proud of the fact that he has the opportunity to wear the Cream and Crimson and the candy stripes,” he said. “I was just trying not to be sissy and not to cry.”Verdell Jones Jr. wasn’t the only family member who felt a little emotional at Hoosier Hysteria. His son, Verdell Jones III, scored the first basket in the team’s scrimmage.“It gave me chills for the first five minutes playing on Assembly Hall’s floor,” the younger Jones said after the game.
The IU women’s tennis team traveled to Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, matching up with six other teams to compete in the June Stewart Invitational at Vanderbilt. Team members said beforehand they were excited to match up with the different teams to gain experience and see how their abilities have developed throughout the past few weeks. “We are very excited to face the teams at this tournament, because they are strong competition.” said IU coach Lin Loring. “We won’t be matching up against each other. We get to see new competition.”
If history had any bearing on Saturday’s swimming and diving meet against Kentucky, IU swimming coach Ray Looze didn’t plan on a win from his young team. “I kind of expected to lose, in all honesty,” Looze said after the meet. But the Hoosiers proved their coach wrong, turning in a 189-108 victory over the Wildcats at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
WEST LAFAYETTE — The temperature was in the 40s. Senior Amber Lindgren couldn’t feel her hands at the driving range.
In their last meet before championship season, the IU men’s and women’s cross country teams impressed and made strides toward improvement and consistency. Their performance this weekend at Pre-Nationals, held at the LaVern Gibson Course in Terre Haute, placed them high among the best in the nation.
The IU women’s swimming and diving team put on a dominating performance Saturday in its first meet of the season, defeating Kentucky handily in a meet that was never closely contested. The Hoosiers won 15 of 16 events, taking first and second in six events and first, second and third in two events. They also took places one through four in the 500-meter freestyle. IU Coach Ray Looze said he is treating the victory with cautious optimism, noting that the team is talented, but still has much to prove.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — This was supposed to be a vaunted offense – an offense that intimidates its opponents. Scoring points, creating yards and a talented wide receiving corps were supposed to be IU’s staple points this year. Factor in an improved running game and the implementation of the no-huddle offense, and everything looked up for IU in August. But all of that has been traded in for a faint whisper – Saturday’s 55-13 loss to Illinois being the latest of disappointing offensive outputs. “We put together little drives,” said IU coach Bill Lynch, “but we couldn’t finish anything.”
The cost of textbooks could hurt any student’s budget, but the IU Student Association’s new proposal might help alleviate the pain.
This year’s Run for the End Zone included 65 teams that participated in the 5K run or one-mile walk.VIDEO: Run for the End Zone
