No. 23 Michigan throttles IU to close out regular season
The Hoosiers had no deja vu this weekend. Last year, the then-No. 27 Hoosiers closed out the season with a 6-1 victory over Penn State and upset then-No. 25 Michigan 5-2.
The Hoosiers had no deja vu this weekend. Last year, the then-No. 27 Hoosiers closed out the season with a 6-1 victory over Penn State and upset then-No. 25 Michigan 5-2.
The grandstands were still in place from the previous weekend’s bike race, but the brisk wind and spotty rain kept the stands nearly empty. The weather could not stop the Hoosiers, though, as they pulled out a tough 1-0 victory over Virginia Tech in their sixth spring season match.
A four-game sweep certainly could not have been what the IU baseball team envisioned when it headed to Penn State looking to break a five-game losing streak. But the bad became worse for the Hoosiers as the Nittany Lions sank IU (15-22, 4-12) further into the Big Ten cellar.
Shutout in two games by Northwestern and losing another to a walk-off home run may have chiseled at the IU softball team’s will, but it did not break it.
At the conclusion of the annual Cream & Crimson spring game, players from both the offensive and defensive teams mingled with former football players, fans and each other on the field.
After a year and a half in the making, organizers have announced the 2008-2009 season at the IU Auditorium.
The performance, titled “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” featured the jazz ensembles of David Baker and Patrick Harbison.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will receive an honorary doctor of law degree at the Bloomington campus’ commencement May 3.
A small mountain of pizza rested on a paper plate with five slices piled on top of each other and three breadsticks surrounding the slices. The girl carrying this feast seemed unaware of it, as she was surrounded by peers with similar dishes Friday at IU’s second annual Pizza Mania.
Cornhole and volunteering formed a perfect match Saturday at Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. The Lutheran Campus Ministry at IU held its second annual Campus Cornhole Championship, raising $1,500 for Keep a Child Alive. Keep a Child Alive raises money to combat AIDS in Africa.
Bright yellow and orange balloons, games and rubber duck racing took over Dunn Meadow on Sunday. Alpha Phi Omega’s 18th annual Rubber Duck Regatta brought Bloomington residents together, providing free family fun for a good cause.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed Sunday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, whose owner and publisher, billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, personally funded many of the investigations that led to President Clinton’s impeachment in 1998.
President Bush, ahead of his trip next week to a summit with North American leaders, said Saturday that the House’s decision to block a vote on a Colombia free trade agreement was a “serious error” and urged Congress to reconsider.
After a three-hour deliberation by the IU Student Association Supreme Court concerning allegations between the Big Red and Kirkwood tickets, no decision has been made yet on who will take office.
Israel killed seven Hamas militants in a series of airstrikes after the group detonated two jeeps packed with hundreds of kilograms of explosives at an Israeli crossing on the Gaza border.
Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring “peace to our violent world.”
Sen. Hillary Clinton wants to debate in Indiana. Her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, isn’t so sure. And nothing else is certain right now.
To raise money for its parent-teacher organization, Fairview Elementary School held its “Annual Rummage and Plant Sale” Saturday.
Light rain did not deter the crowd from moving and humming to a rendition of the song “Seasons of Love” Saturday afternoon. The well-known anthem from the Broadway musical “Rent” was sung by the Quarryland Men’s Chorus as part of its performance for the Fourth Annual Bloomington AIDS Walk, a walkathon fundraiser to support the fight against AIDS.
When former President Bill Clinton spoke here endorsing Sen. Hillary Clinton, the IU logo appeared behind him in newspaper photos. Because of this, some members of the IU administration expressed concern that people would mistake this as an endorsement for Hillary Clinton. IU Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said the IU trident should not appear at any political events because “it’s just confusing to the public for a political candidate making a speech with an IU logo behind him or her, because it gives the impression that the University is supporting the candidate.”