Sinking overseas
IU is constantly striving toward increasing diversity on campus. But when its minority population is hit hard by the U.S. government, diverting its desires from making the trip here to Bloomington, will anything be done about it?
IU is constantly striving toward increasing diversity on campus. But when its minority population is hit hard by the U.S. government, diverting its desires from making the trip here to Bloomington, will anything be done about it?
WASHINGTON -- Just days before U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq, officials claiming to speak for a frantic Iraqi regime made a last-ditch effort to avert the war, but U.S. officials rebuffed the overture, the intermediary and U.S. officials said Thursday.
The lifestyle of American women, and women in general has continued to evolve. In the past, women's activities were very restricted. Laws denied women the right to vote, work, and receive an education.
The IU Archives of Traditional Music will present a demonstration of the earliest form of sound recording from noon to 1:30 p.m. today in the Hoagy Carmichael Room, Room 006, in Morrison Hall.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill to rename a Bloomington post office in honor of former U.S. Rep. Frank McCloskey.
For Catholic inspirational speaker Matthew Kelly, who visited St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Bloomington Thursday, emphasizing the way spirituality can touch everyday life is a matter of storytelling.
After starting the season with a 9-4 record and winning its first two Big Ten contests, including one against a ranked Minnesota team, the IU volleyball team looked and acted the part of a team with aspirations of a deep NCAA Tournament run.
The women's basketball team takes the floor for the first time this year in an exhibition match-up with the Athletes in Action, 2 p.m. Sunday at Assembly Hall.
The Hoosier women's soccer team ended their season with a close loss to Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament, 1-0 Thursday.
This weekend, the women's swimming and diving team will head to Wisconsin and Northwestern for a pair of Big Ten conference dual meets. These will be its first Big Ten dual meets of the season.
The men's swimming and diving team will try to avenge two straight road losses last weekend. The Hoosiers continue their season away from Bloomington, facing No. 10 Wisconsin today and No. 22 Northwestern Saturday.
Something has to give. Saturday, IU will play host to Illinois in a game between the Big Ten's two bottom dwellers, each in search of its first conference win. IU, loser of six straight, hasn't won a conference game since October of last year.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The season wears on, the turnovers mount and all his friends and coaches tell the rookie quarterback to hang in there. Peyton Manning lived through it five years ago. Byron Leftwich is going through it right now.
PHOENIX -- A man found driving a vehicle that belonged to slain Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dernell Stenson was booked on a charge of possession of stolen property, police said Thursday.
HOUSTON -- Tiger Woods let a good round get away from him Thursday in the Tour Championship. The goal for Charles Howell III is not to waste another good start.
The first two games of IU's basketball season likely won't be televised, as officials said an agreement could not be reached with its main broadcast station.
Seeking their ninth-straight victory, the second longest current win streak in the country, the Hoosiers will conclude the regular season Saturday night against Penn State for IU coach Jerry Yeagley's final regular season game. IU (10-3-4, 4-0-1 Big Ten) needs a victory Saturday to ensure the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, which begins Thursday in Bloomington. A loss would hand the top seed to Michigan, who currently is two points ahead of the Hoosiers but with one conference loss -- that coming to IU 2-1 on Oct. 5 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Maybe you didn't get the memo. But the College Gameday crew will be in town to cover this week's big game between the Hoosiers and the visiting Illinois "Fighting" Illini.
Rock the Vote, an MTV campaign to get young people involved in the political process, now has its own chapter at IU. The chapter, created by senior Shaunica Pridgen, held its first meeting Tuesday evening.
NEW YORK -- In a ruling that could have a coast-to-coast effect, a federal judge Thursday blocked the government's new ban on certain late-term abortions -- the second court victory for abortion-rights advocates since President Bush signed the law.