Gov. Mitch Daniels is urging Indiana’s colleges and universities to begin offering three-year bachelor’s degrees that he said would give students a way to “fast-forward” their college careers.
Although last year’s Little 500 race was perhaps one of the greatest sporting events I’ve ever witnessed, I can’t pinpoint when it was I realized that.
Three years ago, the NCAA adopted a rule that no team would be eligible for the Men’s Golf Championships if its record was not better than .500 for the season.
Zeta Tau Alpha’s Big Man on Campus won’t be until mid-October, but philanthropy chairwoman and sophomore Kalina Dalecki is already creating and staffing 16 different committees that will ultimately help sponsor the event. This is the life of a philanthropy chair.
The IU softball team has found its winning touch, but it’s getting a tough test today.
A group of retired military officers is giving school lunches a new label: national security threat. They say school lunches have helped make young people so fat that fewer of them can meet the military’s physical fitness standards, and recruitment is in jeopardy. A report released Tuesday said more than 9 million young adults, or 27 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24, are too overweight to join the military. Now, the officers are advocating for passage of a wide-ranging nutrition bill that aims to make the nation’s school lunches healthier.
A judge in Austin granted the divorce, but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealing the decision, as well as a divorce granted to a gay couple in Dallas, saying protecting the “traditional definition of marriage” means doing the same for divorce. A state appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the Dallas case Wednesday.
Every Saturday for one hour, tutors — usually IU students — and foreign students meet to learn English as a day-to-day language for the Practical English Tutorials program sponsored by the Leo R. Dowling International Center. Unlike the English language classes some international students take, the PET program is informal and friendly. The tutors are, for the most part, their peers. They can ask questions about vocabulary, culture and pronunciation.
For the spectator, there’s a lot going on at the track during the race — 33 teams operating on different race strategies with different goals in mind. Several veteran riders offered keys to doing well in the race for any team.
Sure, there’s a lot going on at the track come race day, but here are a few stories to watch out for from beyond the fence of Bill Armstrong Stadium
In a race that comes down to tenths of seconds and fractions of inches, riders often seek a competitive edge. But how much can science provide that edge?
A Little 500 cycling team’s budget only scratches the surface with the $100 registration fee. In fact, the elite teams often utilize — through sponsors, fundraising and out-of-pocket expenses — thousands of dollars of top-of-the-line equipment and apparel. Senior Gray Goat Cycling rider Matt Kiel discussed his team’s equipment and his own apparel for race day.
Since 2006, an assortment of Little 500 riders have worn stickers on their helmets to help senior informatics majors on a group project. This year’s group has made serious improvements, including recruiting more riders, and this year their data is hitting the Web.
With help from Black Key Bulls rider Jordan Bailey, the IDS defines some of the most important race day terms.
Bill Armstrong was a baseball-playing, fund-raising, FBI-investigated Kentuckian who loved IU, its athletes and the Little 500.
In 2008, 228 students participated in a 21-day, Internet-based daily diary study to assess drinking and sexual behaviors during Little 500, as well as during the weeks before and after.
By Savant Peer Educators of the Office for Women’s Affairs offer ten ways to stay safe this weekend.
Little 500 may be tagged as "The World's Greatest College Weekend," but that doesn't mean other schools don't have their own reasons to celebrate.
The Little 500 is more than a bike race — it’s a scholarship competition, one that has nothing to do with the results of the race.
Dr. John Greenman, a family practice physician in Bluffton, Ind., has meticulously tracked the Little 500 race data since he was an IU freshman in 1958.
