Bloomington, Ind. -- Women's swim team captain Susan Woessner will return to Bloomington this week with at least two medals.
With satellite dishes snipped from tin cans, Afghans can sit back in the Middle Ages and keep tabs on the 21st century. Their bad luck is that this optical miracle only works one way. "I'm afraid the world just doesn't understand us," Shahla Paryan lamented, pouring the inevitable tea for a visitor sitting on a rich red carpet inside old mud walls.
SACRAMENTO - Sophomore Jared Jeffries joked with freshman Donald Perry, telling him to dive into press row for a loose ball. Senior Dane Fife wildly applauded every made free throw. IU coach Mike Davis' youngest son, Antoine, entertained girls sitting near the court. And Jeffries capped off the 50-minute workout Wednesday night with an alley-oop off the backboard to Jeff Newton for a reverse dunk. Their recent struggles in the post season still fresh in their minds, the fifth-seeded Hoosiers are not about to be intimidated at the thought of another early exit from the NCAA Tournament. Tonight, at a little after 10 p.m. Bloomington time, IU takes on 12th-seeded Utah in an opening round game in the South bracket at Arco Arena in Sacramento.
Prominent Democrats in Congress called today for removing Saddam Hussein from power, endorsing a classified Bush administration plan that gives the CIA broader power to take action against the Iraqi leader.
French anti-terrorist police rounded up five people on Wednesday who are suspected of providing assistance to alleged shoe bomber Richard C. Reid in Paris, the second such sweep in two months.
The ranks of IU's highest-paid employees have grown by several more vice presidents -- and dollars -- in the past seven years.
Students and teachers using 10th Street in their daily commute through campus need to find another route. Bloomington officials said 10th Street is closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic from Woodlawn Avenue to Fee Lane until July 13.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. strikes set Red Cross warehouses afire near Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, sending workers scrambling to salvage desperately needed relief goods during a bombardment that could be heard 30 miles away. To the south, two U.S. special forces gunships entered the air war for the first time, raking the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar with cannon and heavy machine gun fire in a pre-dawn raid.
For junior Marshawn Wolley, it expanded his "perception of reality". For junior Tobias Puehse, it challenged him to better understand issues of diversity, stirring his emotions and provoking introspection. For its facilitators, Conversations on Race has proven a program of explosive possibilities, challenging students to interact with peers representing a myriad of cultural backgrounds in an informal discussion format.
There are humble athletes, and then there's Kim Grodek. Tuesday, the freshman midfielder was blushing after a mock-autograph request from assistant coach Wendy Dillinger after a brief photo shoot. Dillinger might have been joking, but if Grodek continues her current level of play, the next autograph request she gets might be sincere.
A Tuesday morning fire kept firefighters busy into the afternoon putting out remaining hot spots. Fire spread through a warehouse at 316 S. Washington St. around 2:30 a.m. Bloomington Police Officer Tiffany Willingham was on duty when she noticed the fire. Fire crews were dispatched at 2:56 a.m.
Robert Altman has been a filmmaker for 50-some years now, and a potent force in American cinema for at least 30. The latest from this 76-year-old plays to his strengths while simultaneously expanding his horizons -- one of the few giants from '70s cinema still striving for new ideas.
LOS ANGELES - University of California took the helm of solving a national business debacle Friday when it was named lead plaintiff of the class-action lawsuit against senior executives of Enron Corp. and its auditor, accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP. "We look forward to working closely with all of the plaintiffs to vigorously pursue this litigation with the shared goal of securing substantial recovery for all shareholders," UC General Counsel James Holst said in a statement.
Education school releases test scores Ninety-three percent of School of Education students passed their state-required proficiency tests, the School of Education announced Monday. Across the state, 92 percent of teacher education students received passing scores. The tests measure basic skills and content in a teacher's area of specialization.
IU beat the Kent State Golden Flashes 81-69 Saturday to advance to the Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hoosiers hit their first 8 three pointers and finished with 15. Senior Dane Fife led the team, scoring a team-high 17 points, shooting 5 of 6 from beyond the arc. The Hoosiers will face the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday. Game time will be announced on Monday.
As the title indicates, this film was definitely baffling. The story was interesting, but pushed too far for a movie based on reality. The acting was superb, but the inaccuracies were abundant. Even a few days after seeing "Enigma," I'm not quite sure how much I'm willing to forgive.
Imagine a place where people meet a pregnant woman on the street and greet not her, but her uterus. They ask it how it's doing, discuss the weather with it, smile and wave goodbye. Don't scoff. This is where we could be heading and where it seems some members of the House of Representatives, including Indiana's own Dan Burton, R-6th, already live.
Russell Skiba, IU associate professor in educational psychology, testified before the U.S. Congress recently to discuss his efforts to help improve discipline and safety in area schools. Skiba, director of the federally funded Safe and Responsive Schools Project, worked with five schools in the Richland-Bean Blossom (RBB) and Spencer-Owen School Corporations. They have just completed a three-year project that, according to the figures reported in the testimony, has dramatically reduced suspensions and expulsions in the schools.
Eleven years after losing power in an election, former Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega has a strong chance to regain the presidency in voting Sunday despite U.S. efforts to dent his campaign.
