Buckeyes thwart IU’s tourney hopes
A storybook ending just wasn’t in the cards. Playing the night after a convincing victory over Iowa in the Big Ten tournament, the IU women’s basketball team fell to Ohio State 72-60 Friday night.
A storybook ending just wasn’t in the cards. Playing the night after a convincing victory over Iowa in the Big Ten tournament, the IU women’s basketball team fell to Ohio State 72-60 Friday night.
Fourteen groups made proposals to the Committee for Fee Review to increase by $50 how much students pay in mandatory fees, which would be an increase of 12 percent to 13 percent.
INDIANAPOLIS – This time around, the IU women’s basketball team would not allow Iowa’s 3-point shot to beat them. The Hawkeyes attempted 19, but only connected on four in a 67-53 Hoosier win in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament.
After a loss at Wisconsin to end the regular season, the IU wrestling team is ready to get back on the mat and chase history. The Hoosiers haven’t won a Big Ten title as a team since 1943, and are looking to add to their 13 Big Ten championships March 3-4 at the 2007 Big Ten championships at Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.
In “Finding Herman B Wells,” published Feb. 19, the editorial board laid out its view that either of the presidential candidates, Michael McRobbie or Dr. Ora Pescovitz, would be a good fit for the IU presidency based on their prior achievement and involvement in IU.
When Ty Tucker took over as Ohio State men’s tennis coach in the 1999 to 2000 campaign, the Buckeyes had never been to the NCAA Tournament. Eight seasons later, Ohio State has been to seven consecutive NCAA Tournaments, is the defending Big Ten champion after a nine-year reign by Illinois and is the nation’s second-ranked team.
If you decide to attend the Blue Lotus Tribe and the Best of Bloomington Belly Dancers performance at 8 p.m. Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, you cannot go in expecting Shakira. Belly dance had its beginnings centuries ago in the Middle East long before “Hips don’t lie.” Below are some terms related to the ancient social dance.
Usually in this space, I give a brief analysis of the game. Not this time. IU will beat Penn State. We all set on that? Good. What I’m going to instruct you all to do is to show up to the game Saturday at 8 p.m.
Kevin Brown, co-president of the IU Black Faculty and Staff Caucus and a law professor, says new IU leader Michael McRobbie will be a good president who has a solid sense of what will be best for the University in the long run.
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration filed charges Thursday against David Hicks, an Australian suspected of aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan and the first terrorism-war era detainee to be charged under the new law for military commissions.
“Enormous warmth.” An intriguing way to describe a man so maligned for the things he did – or did not do. But when asked to reflect on departing IU President Adam Herbert’s greatest strengths, University Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said it was Herbert’s ability to connect with people, whether one-on-one or in a group setting, that set him apart from his predecessors.
This Saturday the IU Auditorium will open its doors to something it hasn’t seen in a while: a country act. The Union Board is bringing Dierks Bentley to the auditorium for a 7:30 p.m. show to add a new flavor to its spring events line-up. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a country artist, if ever, so we decided it would be good for Union Board to bring (one) to IU,” said Adam Soiref, UB concerts director. The last country performer to come to IU was Willie Nelson in December 2004.
An Indiana law passed in July 2005 granted the Indiana State Police permission to make a DNA database for all convicted felons in Indiana’s 92 counties.
Though the IU board of trustees enthusiastically endorsed Interim Provost Michael McRobbie as the next president of IU, students seemed to greet the news with a collective apathetic groan.
Perhaps you’ve seen the reserved parking spaces for mothers with children – a second level of reserved parking, just beyond the disabled parking spaces, marked with universal icons of a woman and little children.
After receiving the news that IU Interim Provost Michael McRobbie will be the University’s 18th president, former IU President John Ryan extended him a warm welcome, and he said he hopes others will do the same.
The IU men’s basketball team defeated Penn State 94-63 Saturday night in Assembly Hall, completing a perfect 15-0 record at home this season. Senior guard Rod Wilmont led the Hoosiers with 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Hoosiers tied the school’s single-game record for three-pointers made with 17. IU finished the game 17-of-32 from beyond the arc.
The continent of Africa – big enough to fit Europe, U.S. and China within its borders – is rich in minerals and resources, but Africans continue to struggle with poverty.
On Saturday night, when the Hoosiers take on Penn State at 8 p.m. in Assembly Hall, three members of the IU men’s basketball team will step onto Branch McCracken Court for the final time in their careers as Hoosiers. Senior guards Rod Wilmont, Errek Suhr and Earl Calloway have had different experiences during their times at IU. But each player has created his own identity and used it on the basketball court.
INDIANAPOLIS – Receiving an outright vote of confidence Thursday, soon-to-be University President Michael McRobbie can hope his transition into IU’s top role will be smoother than his predecessor’s. McRobbie, the long-rumored and now newly confirmed University president, will likely experience relative ease in transitioning roles when compared with outgoing President Adam Herbert. Audio from Michael McRobbie's speech Video from announcement Audio from Adam Herbert's speech McRobbie's contract