Senior guard shines in home finale
After IU defeated Penn State 79-67 Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall, all eyes were on senior guard Nikki Smith.
After IU defeated Penn State 79-67 Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall, all eyes were on senior guard Nikki Smith.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – At the end of IU’s 103-74 loss to Michigan State, Spartan guard Drew Neitzel kissed the “S” in the middle of the court – a tradition for graduating seniors at the Breslin Center on Senior Day. Meanwhile, the Hoosiers likely kissed their Big Ten title hopes goodbye.
It’s much too early to gauge where the Hoosiers’ softball team is headed.
The No. 56 IU men’s tennis team had little trouble picking up a victory against Charlotte in its first match this weekend. The Hoosier sweep was the team’s fifth of the season as it blanked Charlotte 7-0.
The Hoosiers didn’t place as high as they hoped to but still pulled off an impressive showing, as a team and individually, finishing second at this weekend’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships in East Lansing, Mich.
IU coach Barry King and the water polo players were confident they were going to be an improved and more prepared team in the Elite Six Tournament this past weekend. In College Park, Md., the tournament featured the top two teams from each of the three divisions of the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
Behind an explosive offense, the Hoosier baseball team won two of its three games at the Austin Peay Invitational this weekend in Clarksville, Tenn.
A scoring error in the IU women’s basketball team’s win over then-No. 20 Ohio State might have had an effect on the Big Ten regular-season title.
Senior guard Nikki Smith gave the IU women’s basketball program all four years of her college career, which were full of coaching changes, roster turnover and adversity. Sunday against Penn State, her teammates and Hoosier fans gave her a winning send-off in her final game at Assembly Hall.
A fleecing. A trouncing. A complete Sparty whitewash.
In the decade since James Atlas revived the form with his “Penguin Lives” series, at least 10 publishers have started their own lines of short, nonfiction books, on subjects ranging from scientists to presidents to mythology.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, writer and performer Danielle McClelland explored the roles and issues around gender in the one-person performance called “The Girl Stories” at the John Waldron Arts Center.
Activist-actor Martin Sheen will be honored by the University of Notre Dame with its Laetare Medal for his humanitarian work, the school announced Sunday. Sheen, who starred as a U.S. president who was a Notre Dame graduate in NBC’s “The West Wing,” is to receive the medal at the school’s May 18 commencement.
The Oscars this year had plenty to offer when it came to fashion. As the stars paraded down the red carpet, there were definitely some fabulous dresses that really stood out in my mind.
A dangerous and ultimately tragic order may have led to the death of World War II reporter and IU alumnus Ernie Pyle, said one World War II veteran.
Students were exposed to 10 diverse organizations through performances and displays on campus Sunday as part of the multicultural fair in McNutt Residence Center’s Flame Room.
The Filipino Student Association livened up the Willkie Auditorium Friday night with traditional Filipino dances and martial-arts performances.
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton took a break from the campaign trail to thank “Saturday Night Live” for giving her candidacy a boost – although she failed to get an official endorsement from the show.
The IU Department of Theatre and Drama has announced next season’s selections, which promise to be some of its most “dangerous” choices yet.