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Hoosiers finish 15th on the road

The final district tournament for the men's golf team was similar to the team's other performances this spring. IU finished 15th in the Fossum Invitational in East Lansing, Mich., this weekend with a three-round score of 917. Northwestern won the tournament with a record score of one-under-par 851. Once again, the Hoosiers started a tournament slowly as the team recorded a 312 in Saturday's opening round. IU improved by shooting a 300 in its second round, but faltered in the final found with a 305.

Team comes back to finish 2nd

After two rounds of the women's Big Ten golf tournament, IU sat second. After three rounds, the Hoosiers tumbled to fifth. But the shaky third round might have been the calm before the storm. It just set up a fantastic finish for the Hoosiers, as they fired a final-round 308 to streak to a second-place tie with Northwestern. Michigan State matched IU stroke for stroke in the fourth round to win the tournament with a four-round total of 1219. IU finished 11 shots back.

Michigan repeats championship, IU finishes 7th

While Michigan spent this weekend dominating the Big Ten crew championship to win its second consecutive title, IU staggered to a seventh-place finish. Injuries held down the Hoosiers. IU raced only four boats and scored with three to finish two points behind sixth-place finisher, Minnesota in the seven-team event. The team scored 16 points. Michigan finished with 56, and Ohio State tallied 43 to finish second.

Hoosiers make mark at Penn Relays

The No. 9 women's track team made its mark at the Penn Relays, the world's top track and field meet, this weekend in Philadelphia. On the first day of the three-day event, senior Jennifer Brown took third in the college championships round of the shot put. Brown was one of three athletes to throw above 50-feet. Her best throw of 51 feet, 1.75 inches is her fourth NCAA provisional qualifying mark this season. Brown downed her nearest competitor, Jill Camarena of Stanford, by over one foot and beat Ohio State's Alexis McCall by four feet.

Team breaks records at Drake Relays

The men's track team said it knew the Drake Relays were going to present great competition. But rather than let the competition get them down, the Hoosiers excelled. Senior decathlete Brian Bowman began the Hoosier dominance with a fourth-place finish in the decathlon. Bowman was the top collegiate finisher in the event with a new career high and all-time school record of 7,123 points, eclipsing his 7,091-point performance April 15 at the Sea Ray Relays.

Penn State upends Hoosiers

When Penn State and IU met April 15, the Nittany Lions edged the Hoosiers 4-3. Friday in the Big Ten women's tennis tournament, it was more of the same. Only this time, Penn State advanced with a 4-2 triumph. The Lions ended IU's tournament run after one match with Friday's quarterfinal round victory in Columbus, Ohio.

Bid to upset Illini busted

Illinois hadn't lost a Big Ten Conference game in more than 50 contests. The last time the Fighting Illini dropped a league game, IU dumped them. IU's attempt to put bookends on Illinois' winning streak fell short Friday at the Big Ten tournament, as Illinois (20-5, 11-0 Big Ten) bumped IU (14-8, 6-6) from the field with a 4-2 victory in Madison, Wisc. "The team definitely wanted the win, and they fought hard," head coach Ken Hydinger said. "But they just couldn't get it done."

Around The Campus

The first annual "Click-to-donate" scholarship program has been launched by the Kelley School of Business. Two students, sophomore William Harcourt Haughey and masters student Wei-Li Shao, are the inaugural recipients of the award.

COAS dean sponsors late-night study break

Hungry students studying at the Main Library Monday night can snack for free from 10-12 p.m. The College of Arts and Sciences in sponsoring a late night study break, and snacks, served by deans and faculty members from the college, will be provided for free. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble Subbaswamy said the College wants to show its appreciation for the hard work of students.

Screenwriter to speak at baccalaureate

Alumnus John Rappaport, a award-winning screenwriter, will speak at this year's baccalaureate ceremony. Baccalaureate, a non-denominational ceremony, will be held 5 p.m. Friday in the IU Auditorium. An organ prelude to the ceremony will begin at 4:45 p.m. The ceremony will last about one hour.

Marsalis, Orchestra give excellent performance

Spending more than three and a half hours playing music and meeting and greeting audience members, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, featuring Musical Director Wynton Marsalis, performed a long, thoughtful and dazzling show Thursday night at the IU Auditorium. The group took the stage just after 7:30 and spent about two hours onstage playing as a group. After a standing ovation from the audience, Marsalis and three others came back for an encore, which earned them yet another standing ovation.

Ad furthers the discussion about race

Any institution of learning should be a free marketplace of ideas. Unless students are exposed to different points of view, they cannot make independent decisions about which ideas are valuable and which have little merit. No doubt, the editors of the Indiana Daily Student believed they were furthering such a discussion when they decided to run the advertisement by David Horowitz entitled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea -- and Racist Too." The ad's publication certainly has touched off a debate -- both about the content of the advertisement itself and about the decision to run it.

Is Bush the true American President?

Did you think I had forgotten about you, George? It's our hundred-day anniversary. After spending your first few weeks in office mining the newspapers for a definitive answer to the question, "What exactly is compassionate conservatism?" I decided to let you have your first hundred days to yourself. What the heck -- how much damage can the Return of Bush do? Was I naive, or what?

Make something of your four years

I started crying in the grocery store Saturday. While sorting out hot dogs and buns for a camp-out I was about to embark on, I was chatting with my best gal pal on my cell phone. I had been trying to convince her to come camping with me, and thought I had succeeded. But while I was picking out ketchup and mustard, she told me she had too much studying, housework and sleeping to do and wouldn't be able to come. And there in the condiment aisle, I realized that this terrific four-year rollercoaster ride is coming to an end, and I have less than a week to cram in as much quality time with my friends as possible. Sure, I'll keep in touch with them after graduation, maybe even come back to visit for a reunion next year. But life will never be like this again.

A semester to remember

Every semester, the editorial staff of the Indiana Daily Student changes. Today's paper is the last publication by the spring semester staff -- the summer staff steps up to bat next, and their first paper will hit the stands Friday. In the meantime, the IDS will take a break for some much-needed time to rest and gear up for finals, just like the rest of the campus.

Softball squad returns to Big Ten action

The IU softball squad returns to Big Ten action this weekend as the University of Illinois make its way into Bloomington. This series comes after the Hoosiers played three non-conference games this week, including a doubleheader sweep of Miami of Ohio Wednesday.

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Team prepares for Big Tens

The season's injuries haven't kept the morale of the women's crew team down. Team members say their spirits are high as ever as they prepare for the Big Ten Championship Saturday. "There were a lot of injuries this year that made the season difficult at times, but as a team we have grown a lot and really progressed," sophomore Danielle Bird said.

No. 1 men's golfer leaves IU with professional goals

Five years ago, a golfer from Washington, Pa., came to IU as an unheralded high school player and walked on the men's golf team. Now, that same golfer is leaving IU with aspirations of playing professionally.

Hoosiers 'looking forward' to championship battle

Today, the women's golf team will be competing in the annual Big Ten Championship, which will take place in Minneapolis, Minn. The tournament will be at Les Boldtad Golf Course, which is close to 6,000 yards with a par of 72. Competition tees off 8 a.m. Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. The champion is an automatic qualifier to NCAA Regional.