Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello to rock IU on Friday
American folk-rock legend and icon Bob Dylan will play Friday at Assembly Hall in a homecoming concert that will also feature 70s singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and Amos Lee.
American folk-rock legend and icon Bob Dylan will play Friday at Assembly Hall in a homecoming concert that will also feature 70s singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and Amos Lee.
Last week was a lesson. A hard lesson. If this were a Hoosier team of past years, losing 52-27 could very well spell the end of the season. Heads would be hanging low, and team spirit would be lost on and off the field.
An IU School of Law student being held on a weapons charge after allegedly shooting an assault rifle from his balcony pleaded not guilty in court Thursday.
Newly inaugurated IU President Michael McRobbie unveiled his master plan for the University on Thursday.
Serving as a climax to what has been a four-month-long welcoming party, IU President Michael McRobbie’s inauguration Thursday might well have also signaled the end of a transition period that University officials described as essential for the leader’s future success.
The IU football team won’t be the only athletes competing this weekend. The women’s tennis team will head to Nashville, Tenn., to compete in the Vanderbilt Invitational. After competing in the Hoosier Classic two weeks ago, the team has been hard at work perfecting both its singles and doubles play.
More than 60 IU students will gear up for the IU Dance Marathon’s second annual torch ride today. The 60-mile bicycle ride, which starts at the Riley Outpatient Center in Indianapolis and ends in Bloomington, was created to honor Riley Hospital patients and Ashley Crouse, a former IU student and IUDM organizer who was killed in a car accident in 2005.
What do a magic show, a Harry Potter-themed room and a haunted laboratory have in common? They will all be events at the Chemistry Open house 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chemistry Building.
After defeating Notre Dame and last year’s Hermann trophy winner, midfielder Joseph Lapira, No.16 IU (9-4-1) will face Ohio State and Hermann hopeful Eric Brunner in Big Ten competition.
The cheers for Hip Hop ConnXion: the Sequel began before they even took the stage last night as part of the Student Alumni Association’s annual “Yell Like Hell” student performance contest.
The IU volleyball team will travel to face No. 15 Michigan on Friday (16-4, 4-4) for a 7 p.m. date with the Wolverines. Michigan has lost only four games this season and was a perfect 13-0 before losing its first match, equaling the best start in the program’s history. The Wolverines sit in a three-way tie for fourth in the Big Ten, directly below IU, who is tied with Purdue for fourth. The Wolverines have won 10 of the last 15 outings against the Hoosiers, but IU leads the all-time series 32-24-1.
Last season, IU was 5-4 after a win against Michigan State with three games remaining on the schedule. The Hoosiers would have been bowl eligible if they had emerged victorious the following week at Minnesota. Sadly for IU, it was thumped 63-26, and then dropped its remaining two games of the year to finish 5-7 – prolonging the bowl drought.
A Purdue University research organization has received $8.9 million to reach out to struggling military families in Indiana.
When the IU field hockey team takes on No. 7 Michigan State on Saturday at the IU Field Hockey Field, the Hoosiers will be looking for their first Big Ten win of the season and a measure of revenge for last season. Last year, Michigan State handed IU two of its five losses, including a 3-1 victory in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, ending IU’s season.
Collaborating with the School of Journalism and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the India Studies Department will host a conference next week titled “Reporting India” in the Indiana Memorial Union’s State Room East.
When IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson addressed the media Thursday, he wanted to shift the focus from the pending NCAA investigation to this year’s squad.
The IU women’s soccer team finally broke into the national top 25 this week, coming in at No. 24. The Hoosiers will seek to demonstrate that they deserve that recognition as they begin the most trying part of the season.
I hate the phrase “biggest game of the year.” It’s the most overused phrase in sports aside from “alleged steroid-user” and “Grossman interception.” It’s the sportswriter’s version of “taking it one game at a time.”
President Bush is sending his national security adviser to the Middle East next week and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will make a return visit soon afterward to keep up pressure on Israeli and the Palestinians to start peace negotiations.
There seems to be more tractors tearing up the citrus groves in Florida’s St. Lucie County than tending them these days.