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Mentally drained Hoosier defense suffers

By Tom Kirby · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:37 a.m.

The shortest month of the year has seemed to last forever for the Hoosiers.

Senior forward Kyle Taber battles for a loose ball against two Northwestern players Wednesday evening at Assembly Hall. Despite taking an early lead, the Hoosiers lost to the Wildcats 75-53.

IU to face Penn State on Saturday

By Matt Dollinger · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:35 a.m.

IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean never set a timetable on how long it would take to rebuild the Hoosiers. The quest to return IU basketball to glory is proving to be a challenging one.

Kaleb Naegali and Robert Granger, Little 500 riders for CRU, practice Tuesday afternoon behind Assembly Hall.

CRU Cycling team seeks deeper meaning beyond Little 500

By Nathan Hart · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:32 a.m.

On a cold and snowy Saturday morning, the CRU Cycling team hunkered down inside the Bill Armstrong Stadium press box and training room as it prepared for the upcoming Little 500 race.

Freshman Andrew Johnson of Team Cinzano practices Thursday afternoon at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Johnson began riding due to the influence of his friend's father, who passed away unexpectedly in late October of last year.

A Ride to Remember

By Sean Morrison · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:30 a.m.

Andrew Johnson had ridden bikes recreationally before. During the summer months before college, he said he rode about an hour a day.

REAL ticket to compete in IUSA elections

By Alyssa Goldman · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:20 a.m.

The REAL ticket is joining the IU Student Association elections race and is promising to bring realistic and tangible goals to the administration.

Around Sports

By IDS staff · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:19 a.m.

Check out what's happening this weekend in IU athletics.

A waiter at the The Runicple Spoon serves customers from behind the counter. Located on 412 East 6th St., the restaurant has been a Bloomington staple since 1976.

Esquire calls Runcible Spoon one of best spots in country for breakfast

By Brett Eppley · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:19 a.m.

Esquire magazine recently listed Runcible Spoon as serving the best breakfast in Indiana, just adding to several other mentions from national publications.

Female jazz musicians to discuss gender, industry

By Maggie Conner · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:17 a.m.

Monica Herzig will team up with other female jazz artists for “Women in Jazz” at 3 p.m. Sunday at the John Waldron Arts Center.

Players deserve some respect

By Zachary Osterman · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:15 a.m.

One hundred and twenty more minutes, plus the trip up State Road 37 for the Big Ten Tournament next month, and then we can all safely assume this season will end.

Workshop to expose Bloomington to African Diaspora

By MaryJane Slaby · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:15 a.m.

Graduate student Deara Ball thought she would have to choose college over dance, but the African-American Dance Company gave her a way to do both.

IU moves to 11th in donations nationwide

By Bailey Loosemore · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:15 a.m.

IU ranked 11th in Total Voluntary Support among all U.S. colleges and universities for the 2008 fiscal year, according to an annual survey conducted by the Council for Aid to Education.

Seniors play final regular-season game at the Hall

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:14 a.m.

In her first two seasons with the Hoosiers, IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack has taken the team to the WNIT, but this year she hopes for a different scenario

Angelou performance postponed

Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:14 a.m.

Maya Angelou’s performance for Sunday has been postponed because of the author’s illness.

Hoosier Musicals group presents “The Fantasticks”

By Desiree Lestingi · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:13 a.m.

Hoosier Musicals, a troupe of non-theater, non-music majors, presented on Wednesday evening at The Cinemat, “The Fantasticks,” a show about forbidden love and questionable parenting.

IU Baroque Orchestra to perform 268-year-old opera

By Amy Burke · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:12 a.m.

The IU Baroque Orchestra, six music school vocalists and Wabash College musicology professor Larry Bennett ended that streak Feb. 22 when they performed the opera at Wabash College.

Dance fuses art and science

By Rachel Krasnow · Friday, Feb. 27,2009 12:11 a.m.

Audiences were awed at the IU Auditorium on Thursday night after The Liz Lerman Dance Exchanges’ multimedia performance. The performance, called “Ferocious Beauty: Genome,” featured various video and audio clips, as well as monologues from dancers.

IU’s Asian Alumni Association and Asian Student Union are having their 2nd annual scholarship volleyball tournament Saturday

Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 11:50 p.m.

IU’s Asian Alumni Association and Asian Student Union are having their second annual scholarship volleyball tournament from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Phi Beta Sigma steps into 25th annual show

By Carrie Schedler · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 11:49 p.m.

The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma will try to step their way to a third consecutive victory at this weekend’s 25th Annual Statewide Step Show. The Statewide Step Show features stepping and dancing acts from around the state. Teams from every Phi Beta Sigma chapter in the state of Indiana will compete for the honor of hosting next year’s competition.

Filmmaker screens, discusses film focusing on ethnic identity

By MaryJane Slaby · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 11:48 p.m.

Film director Alicia Woods saw a flier for the Native Voices program at the University of Washington-Seattle and was hooked. Woods said she liked the idea of a video as her thesis project because she could share her work with more than the academic world. Her project became the film “American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity” and was shown Thursday night at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.

Sophomore Michelle Bloomfield checks out DVDs to freshman Adam Zacher Tuesday evening in the Teter Library. Students can be fined for not returning materials rented through the free service on time, which can result in penalties that unwittingly build up.

Some students unaware of RPS Library fines

By Bailey Loosemore · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 11:46 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services Libraries: Music, Movies and More has implemented fines for late returns since its inception, but many students, including freshman Tilman Nadolski, thought otherwise.