When asked to blog a little about my experience with the Little 500 and what it means to me to be a "Cutters rider," I realized it's hard to really pinpoint a specific example.
Every year when the track opens to the veterans, we all flood out onto the cinders to pound out sets, practice exchanges and be with the only other people on the planet that understand how much it means to be there.
The Indiana University campus has four seasons; summer, fall, winter and the Little 500. I think that everyone can agree that the weather last week kicked off the greatest of those seasons as hundreds of rookies joined Riders Council out on the cinders at Bill Armstrong Stadium… and that is why I am here.
Loves for German, theater, thunderstorms and singing often exist separately. Together, they contribute to the memory of Kira Riley.
Above the murmur of voices, the sounds from a string quartet filled the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. The music was the beginning of the first student remembrance event, which honored the 10 IU students who died during the current academic year.
Before school Friday morning in Martinsville, 15-year-old Chance Jackson was shot in the stomach at Martinsville West Middle School.
If Saturday’s qualifications were any indication of things to come, the house pairing of Delta Gamma and Sigma Nu will be filled with success and celebration this Little 500 season, as each qualified in first place for this year’s race.Delta Gamma members, who finished with a time of 2:44.76, will have Teter, the defending champions, trailing, as Teter finished in second with a time of 2:47.52. Kent said the rest of the field will be looking at both Teter and Delta Gamma come race day.
En route to helping the Hoosiers finish 18th at the NCAA Championship meet in Minneapolis on Saturday, sophomore Eric Ress made All-America finishes look easy — even with a broken hand.
The win moved the No. 32 Hoosiers to 16-4 on the season and 3-0 in the Big Ten.
With a time of 2:25.91, SNU members topped the Cutters’ 2:26.46 to chants from their brothers.
Amid frigid temperatures and sunny skies at Sembower Field, the IU (14-8) baseball team split two games Sunday with the Evansville Purple Aces (11-8).
After the IU women’s golf team left the course Friday in 15th place in the MountainView Invitational after two rounds at the MountainView Golf Course in Tucson, Ariz., the squad finished in the same spot Friday.
A group of IU Jacobs School of Music students will perform a benefit concert for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A bottle of alcohol laid on the ground a few feet from where a group of drunken teenagers danced provocatively to the harsh sounds of dubstep. There was a sudden flash of light, and in slow motion, the exaggerated characters moved so that every detail of their emotion was conveyed to the audience. It was the opening scene of “Language of Angels” opening night and it set the ambience for realistic suspense of an unrealistic story.
Paul Schrader "Taxi Driver" writer and director, answered audience questions after Thursday’s screening and gave a public lecture Friday.
Stay Up, an event-host organization founded partly by magician Evan Voss, features three DJs: Jobie Wan, Snack Pack and Dioxin One. Debuting Saturday was DJ Dzierba.
Full houses were entertained and inspired at the John Waldron Arts Center for the “This is Tango Now” dance concerts this past weekend.
In honor of former brother Taylor Trudeau, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity raised money for blood cancer research during a stationary cycling marathon Saturday.
In a game in which the No. 12 Hoosiers controlled the action for most of the time and neither team held a lead of more than three points, four defensive lapses cost IU an opportunity to defeat rival Michigan for the first time in the seniors’ career.
Attracted to the bright paint colors, ethnic foods and music, students gathered in Dunn Meadow on Friday afternoon to celebrate the Indian festival Holi and get a taste of Indian culture.
