Community Arts

Umphrey’s McGee jam band lights up IU Auditorium

By Danielle Paquette · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:49 a.m.

An evening of screaming fans, trance-like dancing, rhythmic guitar chords and vibrant varieties of tie-dye culminated to one predominant theme: You must jam.

In a sea of 20-somethings, junior Mary Norman, 54, stands out

By Elvia Malagon · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:47 a.m.

“Every time I walk into a classroom, the students sit up because they think I’m the professor,” said Norman, 54, a continuing studies student. “And I sit down and they are like ‘I can’t figure out, who is she?’”

RHA delays IMU meal point vote

By Jake Wright · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:45 a.m.

Despite the support of four student organizations, the proposal to have meal points in the Indiana Memorial Union might be postponed if the Residence Halls Association does not approve it.

IU prepared for OSU’s Pryor

By Greg Rosenstein · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:42 a.m.

IU football coach Bill Lynch said the Hoosiers' biggest challenge Saturday will be No. 9 Ohio State’s dual-threat sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the preseason Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.

Golfers trying to move beyond ‘mediocre’

By Kevin Bowen · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:28 a.m.

The Hoosiers are coming off 13th and 15th place finishes at the Olympia Fields Invitational and the Ping/Golfweek Invitational, respectively, which are two of the biggest college tournaments of the fall season.

After weekend tournament, team could get NCAA bid

By Justin Albers · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:27 a.m.

IU coach Randy Bloemendaal tried time and again to explain to his players that they could compete with any team or athlete in the nation before last weekend’s UVA Ranked Plus One tournament.

Americans, the dumb cowboys

By Caitlin Ryan · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:25 a.m.

“Oh, you are from America – everything’s bigger in America,” is how I am often greeted by my European classmates. This generally leads into a fairly interesting discussion of the stereotypes we carry about our respective countries.

Top teams meet in Pennsylvania

By Kyle Abrell · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:25 a.m.

After thrashing the competition the past few meets, the IU cross country teams are met with their biggest test in their young season Friday in Bethlehem. Pa. The Paul Short Invitational brings in several ranked opponents for the Hoosiers.

2 games set in Iowa this weekend

By Aaron Siegal-Eisman · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:24 a.m.

IU goes to Iowa City, Iowa, to play the Hawkeyes for its second Big Ten game on Friday and will see the Golden Bears on Saturday.

Dancing for Durga, playing with fire

By Emily Ridout · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:23 a.m.

Last Friday, my yoga class came to an abrupt halt as my teacher entered with a picture of the goddess Durga, lit some incense, broke a coconut, threw some flowers and said a prayer.

6-0 at home, IU ready for 2 home games

By Pat Hickey · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:23 a.m.

After experiencing a minor speed bump in their strong start to the season last weekend, the Hoosiers (8-3-0) return home this weekend to play No. 20 Michigan State on Friday and Illinois on Sunday.

IU plays at home after Purdue road win

By Drew Allen · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:21 a.m.

Now three games into the Big Ten season, each conference opponent the IU volleyball team has faced has been ranked at some point in 2009.

No. 9 IU heads to California to take on No. 11 UCSB

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:18 a.m.

Two ranked opponents in one week with a nine-hour flight in between is not what IU coach Mike Freitag wanted for his No. 9 team.

Absence makes the Hoosier heart grow stronger

By Ryan Winn · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:16 a.m.

Ignorance is bliss for the Hoosiers. While Thomas Gray certainly didn’t have the IU football team on his mind when he wrote his much-referenced poem in 1742, his words ring true in the Hoosiers’ 2009 Big Ten season.

Could IU give Ohio State its 'Darkest Day'?

By Nathan Hart · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:14 a.m.

In 1987, the 3-1 Hoosiers traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to face the Buckeyes. While this year’s game is in Bloomington, the current Hoosiers can only hope the game result is the same.

Fire, brimstone and a couple chords

By Caitlin Peterkin · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:42 p.m.

For those of you milling about Ballantine Hall and Woodburn Hall, you might have noticed a man with a guitar strapped over his shoulder preaching the Word of God. While students jeered and laughed, this man strummed and hummed. Well, it was more like shouting over some guitar chords that we were all sinners and were going to burn in Hell.

5 great songs that make Indiana home

By Erica Rogers · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:41 p.m.

Cornfields, the Indianapolis 500 and John Mellencamp are just three things I love about Indiana. True, the yearly ice storms and high heat indexes can be annoying, but Indiana is so unique in its given right. Whether you have been here your whole life or just the years you’ve spent at IU, Indiana is a home to us all.

Students create Tundra remixes

By Tony Walsh · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:39 p.m.

The IU Hip Hop Congress invites all student DJs to compete in the IU Remix Competition for a chance to perform at Oct. 10th’s Tundra Music Festival, which will take place behind Foster Quad. The winner will receive an all-access pass to the event as well as 45 minutes of performance time in the festival’s DJ Dome, opening for acts such as Louisville natives OK Deejays, Indianapolis’ Trill Tight DJs, Action Jackson, and Sound Remedy and Chicago’s TRAV.

College Round-Up

Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:39 p.m.

Briefs from colleges around the nation.

‘Militia of God’ leader in psych hold after hitting cop

By Alex Benson · Thursday, Oct. 1,2009 11:36 p.m.

An IU student who has been posting fliers titled “The Militia of God” was incarcerated in 72-hour psychiatric hold after he assaulted an IU Police Department officer Wednesday.

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