Mitt Romney, libertarian?
Romney has used a copious supply of money to overcome challenges from his more charismatic opponents and has concentrated his campaign efforts on being as not dislikable as possible.
Romney has used a copious supply of money to overcome challenges from his more charismatic opponents and has concentrated his campaign efforts on being as not dislikable as possible.
IU student Linden Whitt was confirmed dead Saturday afternoon after she sustained injuries in a fall from a balcony early Friday morning.
A two-vehicle accident at Third Street and Highland Avenue left one vehicle flipped on its side. The street was closed at about 10:15 p.m.
Led by a breakaway effort from RJ Stuart, Delta Tau Delta won its first-ever Little 500 in front of a packed Bill Armstrong Stadium, ending the Cutters’ five-year winning streak.
Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Teter, Wing It, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Delta Sigma Pi had been battling back-and-forth all night with no one team ever taking a commanding lead. As the 100th and final lap began, the six teams found themselves in an all-out, one lap spring to decide the 25th Women’s Little 500 at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
IU Dean of Students Harold “Pete” Goldsmith and Interim Provost Lauren Robel, inspired by the airing of student concerns at last week’s Board of Trustees meeting, called an open forum with various student organizations Friday afternoon.
Dennisha Hicks was arrested last week for violating a restraining order keeping her from Howard Davis. That arrest was not enough to keep her away, however.
Police interviewed a 26-year-old woman being treated at IU Health Bloomington Hospital yesterday, but she refused to cooperate in a possible rape investigation.
Frazier, 21, went upstairs to confront her neighbor, Maureen Pickering, 56, about loud noise at about 6 a.m. Wednesday, Lt. Bill Parker of the Bloomington Police Department said.
A pedestrian, 21, walking at 2:45 a.m. Thursday was struck by a white Hyundai near the State Road 46 bypass, Lt. Bill Parker of the Bloomington Police Department said.
Residential Programs and Services notified Forest residents Thursday at about 10:54 p.m. that freshman resident Kyle Williams died in his hometown of Martinsville.
Bounce Music Festival founders Brandon Silverstein and Jared Lyons said they were in Mexico for their spring break tour in Puerto Vallarta when they heard Afrojack was coming to IU. They said they had to top it.“And I think we did it,” Silverstein said.
Singer Jessie J’s “Do it Like a Dude” played from speakers in a Ballantine Hall classroom Thursday night as freshman Ash Kulak rehearsed an act for GenderF**k IU 2012.
One hundred and thirty-four people were unable to avoid the Indiana State Excise Police during last year’s Little 500 weekend. The excise police issued 167 tickets to those individuals, the highest number since 2008.
The weather forecast for Saturday predicts rain, which would create adverse conditions for the riders. Junior Tyler Dennis of the Black Key Bulls, another top team that placed third in Qualifications, isn’t worried about the rain.“It rains on everybody,” he said. “I don’t think it will affect (the race) at all. I think the top teams will stay the top teams, and everybody else will fall in line. Maybe mental toughness will be more of a factor.”If the Cutters do, indeed, extend their record to six in a row, they will have to overcome more than just the weather. This year, the team is without Eric Young, who landed the best ITT time from 2009-11 and won the USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship just four months after his final Little 500 appearance.
Thirty-three women’s teams will take the track at Bill Armstrong Stadium tonight for the 25th running of the Little 500. On race day, two-time defending champion Teter will aim for its third straight Little 500 title and will be wearing the coveted yellow jersey on the track.
The IU men’s and women’s track and field squads will be back at it again this weekend, as the Hoosiers will compete at home at the Polytan Invitational at Billy Hayes Track in Bloomington. However, four Hoosiers from the men’s squad will be traveling to Princeton, N.J. to compete in the Larry Ellis Invitational as a distance medley relay group.
Seniors Stephen Vogl, Jeremy Langer and Will Kendall said they hope to conjure up a repeat of last year’s scenes of Hoosier joy at a 3 p.m. Friday Senior Day rematch with No. 20 Illinois at the Varsity Tennis Courts.
Sunday will be Senior Day for IU, and the Hoosiers will play one of the Big Ten’s toughest teams in Northwestern.
This weekend’s Big Ten home stand against Northwestern marks the last time the IU softball team will play in front of students before summer break this year.