Follow reporters Matt Dollinger and Tom Kirby and columnist Zachary Osterman as they blog during the men’s basketball game against Wake Forest. Follow the action on the Basketblog.
The IU volleyball team made a 179-degree turn in two years under Coach Sherry Dunbar.The only last degree left to 180 is to make postseason play.
IU senior midfielder John Mellencamp has waited his entire life for a chance to play in the College Cup. That chance might almost be here. “I think about it every night,” he said jokingly. “I have had a couple of dreams about it already. I want to end on that high note with a championship. With the characters of the guys on this team, I wouldn’t want anything less for these guys other than to win that championship.” The No. 6-seeded Hoosiers (14-6-3) will face the No. 3-seeded St. John’s Red Storm (18-2-3) at 5 p.m. Saturday in Queens, N.Y., in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
Any woman in a sorority or interested in joining one has a busy weekend ahead of her.
During seven games, IU’s offense has gone through freshman forward Tom Pritchard. As a result, Pritchard is leading Big Ten freshmen in scoring and rebounding – averaging 14.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. His success has not gone unnoticed.
The IU law school will be renamed to the Michael Maurer School of Law after a man who is giving a $35 million dollar gift to go toward scholarships.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
Unity. Self-determination. Collective work and responsibility. Cooperative economics. Purpose. Creativity. Faith. Through music, food and art, organizers at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center taught the seven principles of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa to participants Thursday night at a pre-Kwanzaa celebration.
With the new year drawing closer, it’s time to start thinking about resolutions and new beginnings. If you went through 2008 in a fashionless fog, there’s hope for you in 2009. To help you, I’m spotting you five surefire ways to improve your style for the next 365 days.
It’s a wonder that all of Bloomington wasn’t deafened Wednesday night, considering the barrage of psychedelic music that was pouring out of the John Waldron Arts Center Rose Firebay at Fourth and Walnut streets.
Spin Magazine asked, “Aretha who?” after seeing Sharon Jones perform, and Jones boldly referred to Amy Winehouse as “whats-her-name” in a New York Times article.
Second-year IU law students Omar Badawi and Gillian Crowl have been named the recipients of the second annual $10,000 Baker & Daniels Diversity Scholarship, which recognizes law students of varied ethnic, cultural and racial backgrounds. Lifestyles and unique viewpoints are also considered in determining recipients.
ROTC students who want a challenge both mentally and physically are welcome to try the Ranger Challenge, which is often considered the varsity sport in the ROTC.
The old Wal-Mart building off State Road 45 has been sitting empty for two years, but last Sunday, a corner of its overgrown parking lot was filled with professional lighting equipment, suitcases and shivering Bachelor of Fine Arts photography students.
Bags from Nepal, soap from India, hats from Bolivia and jewelry from Kenya were displayed on tables filling the Georgian room in the Indiana Memorial Union. The products are supplied by Fair Trade and represent dozens of countries from around the world.
The Apocalypse is coming, and graduate student Dawn Thomas is right in the middle of it as the title character Marisol Perez in the IU Department of Theater and Drama’s final production of the semester.
The American Academy for Park and Recreation Association, a group of professionals devoted to promoting the park and recreation field, inducted Stephen A. Wolter, executive director of the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public, as a 2008 fellow.
Todd Diemer, an IU graduate, spent more than two years volunteering for the Peace Corps in The Gambia and replicating the local holidays, but now Diemer has returned to the States to celebrate in his own home.
