Women's Golf

Weekley’s weekend

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:06 a.m.

Tiger Woods might be the best golfer ever. He might be the most talented golfer ever. He might be the golfer who attracts the biggest crowds. He might be the only reason golf is prominent in the United States these days. He might be God. But last weekend, only one thing kept running through my mind: Tiger who?

Indiana governor Mitch Daniels speaks with the members of the Indiana Associated Press Wednesday afternoon at French Lick Casino and Resort. Democratic candidate Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian candidate Andy Horning also addressed the group.

Candidates for governor talk to reporters, editors

By Ben Phelps · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:05 a.m.

FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Less than a day after their second debate in Jasper, Ind., Indiana’s gubernatorial candidates met with reporters and editors from newspapers across the state.

Surging Biffle wins again, makes title case

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:05 a.m.

It simply doesn’t get any sweeter than this for Greg Biffle, unless of course he can hold on through the final eight races of the 2008 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup and score his first career title. In the meantime, Biffle has to be feeling pretty good after taking his second-straight win in the Sprint Cup Series last Sunday at Dover International Speedway – though it didn’t come easily.

Center Tijan Jobe answers questions from the media on Wednesday afternoon at Assembly Hall.

Jobe looking to open lanes for guards

By Tom Kirby · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:03 a.m.

When asked about his team earlier this month, IU coach Tom Crean’s first response was, “We’re going to be small.” While the Hoosiers might be undersized, one rather noticeable exception to that statement is Tijan Jobe. Jobe, a junior college transfer from The Gambia – a small country in Africa – is a 7-foot, 255-pound center, who is the only healthy player on the team, other than freshman Tom Pritchard, taller than 6-foot-6. Even after injured senior forward Kyle Taber returns to the lineup, Jobe is still expected to see considerable action this season, purely because he fills IU’s glaring need for a big man.

Iraqi parliament approves provincial elections law

Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:02 a.m.

Iraq’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a provincial elections law Wednesday, overcoming months of deadlock and giving a boost to U.S.-backed national reconciliation efforts.

Bloomington appeals to retirees, Wall Street Journal article says

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:01 a.m.

In a small city with 39,000 students, 78-year-old Pat Bayer doesn’t mind the young people “running around like crazy.”

IU, Purdue exceed expected number of incoming freshman in 2012 class

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:59 p.m.

To some, this University is known as Good Ole IU. To others it’s the former “No. 1 party school” in the nation, and for many it’s the home of the Hoosiers. But to 40,354 students, IU is currently known as home.

Facebook doesn’t threaten admission

By Maria Srour · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:57 p.m.

Some students graduating from high school this year might find their Facebook profiles under the scrutiny of college admissions offices, according to a news release from the education company Kaplan.

It's about time

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:56 p.m.

Earlier this week, Lindsay Lohan admitted she and DJ Samantha Ronson have been in a romantic relationship for awhile now.

IU sophomore Christina Byrne led a tour for prospective IU students on Sept. 18 through Wright Quad. Byrne is a tour guide for Residential Programs and Services and showed off Wright's food court, a dorm room, and other common areas.

Tour guides help future students

By Amanda Cochara · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:55 p.m.

They walk backwards more than forwards. They showed you how your first dorm room would look, and they were some of the first students you met before you came to IU. They are the Residential Programs and Services student tour guides, and they’re always at your service.

Junior studies music, opera in Korea, NY, IU

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:55 p.m.

Who is junior Jenny Kim? She’s a girl who loves scarves, who loves to laugh and who listens to every type of musical genre – pop is her guilty pleasure. But if she’s not wandering around with a scarf on in July or hanging out with her friends or singing along to the radio, she’s in the Jacobs School of Music, belting out her classical music tunes.

The Bluebird Nightclub, located at 216 N. Walnut, has been a Bloomington tradition for 35 years, as seen from a "bird's eye" view. The nightclub opened in 1973 and has featured musicians from a wide range of music genres.

Bluebird, a cultural Mecca for music junkies

By Rorye O'Connor · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:51 p.m.

One of Bloomington’s most diverse music venues, which in its history has seen everyone from John Lee Hooker to Del the Funky Homosapien, was named after an ice cream stand in Washington, Ind.

Student votes matter

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:46 p.m.

Our nation is currently engaged in two wars and facing a struggling economy at home. Students are paying more for our tuition and to fill up our cars. America’s reputation abroad has been severely damaged. As students, we believe that we have a responsibility to speak out on these issues and others by exercising our right to vote. But you cannot vote in Bloomington on Nov. 4 if you have not first registered to vote in Indiana by the deadline of Monday, Oct. 6. On Election Day all you will need is a state-issued ID, such as your Indiana driver’s license, your IU-Bloomington ID or a passport to bring to the polls.

Not my Messiah

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:45 p.m.

Outside of Alumni Hall in the Union, there are names of great individuals from throughout history: Lincoln, Shakespeare, Copernicus, etc. Also listed there is Jesus Christ. As a Jew, I have a problem not with the inclusion of Jesus on this list (although if I made my own list he wouldn’t be on it), but I do take issue with the inclusion of the word “christ.” Whether I believe in the notion of immaculate conception or not – and as a Jew, I don’t – is irrelevant to my dissatisfaction with the use of this word. I feel it is used unjustifiably because “christ” is not a last name as are Copernicus, Shakespeare, and Lincoln; instead it is a word meaning anointed or messiah. As someone who can handle his own spiritual convictions, I have no problem with saying he is not my messiah.

Award show awfulness

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:43 p.m.

It’s not too often that five minutes into an award show the audience can already tell how ridiculously awful the entire long, drawn-out process is going to be. But unfortunately, this year’s Primetime Emmys proved that there’s a first time for everything. Even for those people who enjoy television and all its award-show glory like myself, the 2008 Emmys were as disappointing as possible.

Oil-speculation bill offers false hope

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:40 p.m.

Lately, Baron Hill has been looking more like a populist than an economist. This was evident in his support of the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accounting Act, which recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is supposed to increase regulation on oil speculators and lower the price of gasoline. The problem is that speculators aren’t to blame for the dramatic rise in oil and gas prices. Hill would have us believe that this bill will significantly lower the price of oil, but almost any economist would disagree.

I kissed a girl once

By Rachel Goldberg · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:38 p.m.

For my first column of the semester, I am decidedly staying away from the presidential election. I’m not going to write about Sarah Palin or gender in the election, or why I think Tina Fey is more qualified than Palin after watching “Saturday Night Live” last week. And I’m not even going to talk about why I’m going to move out of the country if Barack Obama doesn’t win.

Rethinking China

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:37 p.m.

BEIJING – Most people I talk to in the states are curious to know what China’s like. How’s the food, have you seen the Great Wall and, oh yes, has the government abducted anyone you know recently? My answer never changes. China isn’t what you think it is – at least it isn’t what I thought it would be. Everyone has visions of roving vans distributing propaganda, military police goose-stepping down the sidewalk and a population afraid to stop smiling, lest they spend the next few years in a re-education camp. And if what I used to think now strikes me as ridiculous, it strikes most Chinese even more so. To them, it’s downright offensive.

A campaign slogan we can believe in?

By DJ Funkhouser · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:32 p.m.

Strolling around campus right now leads me to believe that most IU students are Obama supporters. I get it – it’s hot to support Obama. Don’t believe me? Just wander into Urban Outfitters – you’re not going to see any graffiti shirts with McCain on them. And by now, just that one word, “change,” is enough to give people an idea of who is being talked about.

Don’t forget Albright’s past failures

By Indira Dammu · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:27 p.m.

In one of my classes last semester, we watched “Hotel Rwanda,” a movie about Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed more than 1,000 refugees at the height of the Rwandan genocide. While few details remain etched in my mind, I recall the inability of the United Nations to intervene in the genocide. As someone who spent much of that class defending international organizations, this inaction was troubling.