What: Commemorative Head of a King, Uhunmwun-Elao from the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, 17th century. Brass.
"Hairspray" is not your typical musical. In this lighthearted musical comedy, the protagonist's mother is played by a man, and popularity status is determined by the size of a girl's hair. "Hairspray," which boasts eight Tony Awards, opened Tuesday at the IU Auditorium and will close tonight. "The show has great energy," said Christy Steele, president and CEO of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. "We're fortunate to have this in Bloomington."
It's been over a month since Newsweek ran its cover reading "The Race Is On," split down the middle by the shining, confident faces of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. That's some impressive foresight, if America's already got our next president narrowed to two candidates.
According to a recent announcement by Chris McJesus, founder of the Catholic Ocean Conservation Society (COCS), this entire organization will shut down -- immediately -- if new anti-discrimination laws are passed that allow sodomites to begin adopting whales.
"Do not feed the homeless." In a city like Bloomington, having signs with those words on them would be ridiculous. However, this is not true everywhere.
Though IU football coach Terry Hoeppner and the Hoosiers landed a 19-player recruiting class, the coach lost thier most valuable recruit, Warren Central safety Jerimy Finch. Finch signed a letter of intent to play at Florida. In January, Finch gave the Hoosiers a verbal committment to play in Bloomington after spurning a previous verbal committment to play at Michigan.
What were once thought to be houses without homes are turning out to be quite the opposite: homes without houses.
The locker room was divided. The dark-skinned players sat side-by-side, opposite their white teammates before the game. That was the arrangement of the IU football team when George Taliaferro, now 80, led it to its only undefeated Big Ten championship, in 1945. Though he was an All-American running back and a leader who played a large role in the team's success, Taliaferro, who is black, said there were limits to what he was allowed to do at IU. He said he couldn't live in the dorms, and the only two things he did at IU was go to class and play football. "I faced a problem that I think still exists in today's sport," Taliaferro said. "I had to be twice as good as the white players to make the team and retain a spot. This format resulted in me playing with guys who had never played against or with a black person." IU would not be the last place Taliaferro saw this type of separation between his teammates. Taliaferro was the first African-American player ever drafted by an NFL team when the Chicago Bears selected him in the 13th round of the 1949 NFL draft. He instead elected to sign with the Los Angeles Dons of the All American Football League. "The pros weren't any better than the IU locker room, because money was involved," Taliaferro said. He returned to the NFL the following year with the New York Yanks and participated in three Pro Bowls during his six NFL seasons.
ARE, Sweden -- Lindsey Kildow whooshed a long sigh of relief after earning her first major championship medal. Bode Miller shrugged after finishing 24th and losing his super-G title, then fled the scene.
With the constant arrests of NFL, NBA and MLB players, violations by players and coaches alike of NCAA rules, and fighting that occurs during many sporting events, sportsmanship is beginning to look like a thing of the past.
IRVING, Texas -- Waiting two hours on a Chicago runway, Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera wondered if icy weather really was delaying his flight to a job interview in Dallas. "There was a vicious rumor going around Chicago didn't want me to leave so they weren't going to let the plane go," Rivera said.
Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized an Iranian diplomat as he drove through central Baghdad, officials said Tuesday. Iran said it held the U.S. responsible for the diplomat's "safety and life." One Iraqi government official said the Iranian diplomat was detained Sunday by an Iraqi army unit that reports directly to the U.S. military. A military spokesman denied any U.S. troops or Iraqis that report to them were involved.
LOS ANGELES -- A production company that made the action film "Sahara" reneged on a deal to give best-selling author Clive Cussler creative control of the movie based on his book, his attorney said Friday. Attorney Bert Fields told jurors at the outset of the trial of dueling lawsuits between Cussler and Crusader Entertainment that the agreement was breached when vital story lines were eliminated and Cussler's script suggestions were ignored.
It's only a few weeks into the semester, but IU already has some serious catch-up work to do, according to its College Sustainability Report Card 2007. This review of 100 schools, conducted by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, measured environmental policies and programs in the fields of administration, climate change and energy, food and recycling and shareholder engagement.
After a long football season with 1-1/2-hour-long practices five days a week, plus whole Saturdays taken away by game days, the IU Marching Hundred's efforts have paid off. The marching band received the 2007 Louis Sudler Intercollegiate Marching Band Trophy, the nation's top award for college and university marching bands, this December at the Midwest
IU has moved one step closer to selecting the University's next president. The Presidential Search Committee has completed its work and passed on its candidate recommendations to the board of trustees.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.
The nine students in the Environmental Business Club are trying to help make the campus more environmentally friendly and the University is listening. On Dec. 14, they presented a plan to Residential Programs and Services directors about ways to cut back on light use in residence hall lounges.
A survey brought out by Academic Analytics at the end of January ranks 14 programs at IU-Bloomington and two at the IU School of Medicine among the best in the country.
Iran's political culture is more vibrant than most Western democracies, journalist Danny Postel told students during a lecture in Woodburn Hall Tuesday night.
