Griffiths overcomes adversity to lead Hoosiers
In August 2002, junior softball player Ashley Griffiths was driving with her family from California to IU, ready to start her sophomore year. In a split second, that all changed.
In August 2002, junior softball player Ashley Griffiths was driving with her family from California to IU, ready to start her sophomore year. In a split second, that all changed.
During the course of the 2004 indoor track season, IU junior sprinter Ara Towns' frequent flyer miles increased. Earlier in the season, she traveled to New York City, and now, for the second time this season, she'll be headed to Fayetteville, Ark. This trip will be the biggest yet, as she competes in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Wiley in with Cowboys, Lynch out with Bucs Defensive end Marcellus Wiley is now a Cowboy. John Lynch is soon to be an ex-Buccaneer. A week after being released by San Diego, Wiley signed with Dallas Thursday in hopes of living up to his reputation as one of the league's more feared pass rushers. He got $16 million over four years, including a $4.5 million signing bonus.
Wow. After a yearlong wait, pure, unadulterated Indiana basketball showed itself at Conseco Fieldhouse Thursday. Along with the IU season, my column-writing career has survived to last another day.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Despite a losing record for the first time in years, the IU men's basketball team hasn't given up. The Hoosiers (14-14) beat the Ohio State Buckeyes (14-16) at Conseco Fieldhouse in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, 83-69.
Indiana does not have a state insect, and frankly, we at the Indiana Daily Student are not happy about it. Fortunately, there is a bill being proposed in the Senate to make the state insect the Karner blue butterfly.
They fly through the air with the greatest of ease. See the amazing performers on the flying trapeze. Circuses have always held a certain air of mystery that captivates audiences of all ages. While most would have to travel great distances to see acrobats perform miraculous stunts, residents of Bloomington will be given the chance to experience the magic of trampolines, acrobatics and tumbling first hand.
The snow has melted away and the exposed gray asphalt of Bloomington's roads resembles a field after land mines have been detonated. Spring cleaning has officially begun for the Street Department of Bloomington.
Changing your clock -- or not doing so -- in the spring and the fall has become a heated issue lately in the Hoosier state. Recent Indiana time zone change proposals have met with both applause and criticism throughout the state.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Gov. Robert D. Orr was remembered Thursday as a gentleman governor who led Indiana to education reform and economic revival after the 1980s recession and never lost his passion for public service or politics.
The Student Body Supreme Court ruled against IUSA party Big Red's appeal Thursday, upholding the findings of the IUSA Elections Commission.
NEW YORK - Investigators found more than $700,000 in the storage locker of a former police detective at the heart of a widening corruption scandal, according to court papers made public Wednesday.
The Student Body Supreme Court ruled against IUSA party Big Red's appeal Thursday, upholding the findings of the IUSA Elections Commission.
A new season will begin today. All of those two-point home losses are gone. The Hoosiers (13-14, 7-9 Big Ten) have a chance to forget all of that and make a run to a postseason berth. Eighth seed IU starts the Big Ten Tournament at noon Thursday against ninth seed Ohio State (14-15, 6-10) at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers need to win the Big Ten Tournament if they hope to reach the NCAA Tournament. They need at least two wins to guarantee a National Invitational Tournament bid. "We believe we can win," sophomore guard Marshall Strickland said. "We just need to go out there and play as hard as we can and play like it could be our last game, every game."
INDIANAPOLIS -- Nearly 700,000 people in the Indianapolis metro region commute to work each day, and the cars and trucks they drive help make the area's air among the nation's most-polluted from vehicle emissions, a new report said.
Books flood the shelves at the Lilly Library -- skinny ones, fat ones, old ones, new ones, red ones, green ones. Some tattered with worn pages, others protected from time, confined within book boxes. With 400,000 books and seven million manuscripts, Lilly Library Director Breon Mitchell expects to run into a surprise every so often.
IU Parking Operations is looking to construct a new parking garage, possibly to be located between Atwater Avenue and Third Street near the Acacia fraternity house, said Doug Porter, parking operations director. Also under consideration is a $3 increase in parking permit costs. Freshman Jake Wirth said he is excited that the campus is tackling one of its thorniest issues.
A violin was stolen from a secured locker in the Music Practice Building some time between 6 p.m. March 7 and 6:30 p.m. March 9. The theft, the second this week in the music school, left no signs of forced entry or keyed lock, according to an IU Police Department report. IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said the police are still looking into the possibility of this theft being linked to the previous music school thefts. The value is still unknown.
Two Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced a bill that would increase the amount of federal Pell Grants for low-income students who take challenging classes in high school. The bill would provide $1,000 more in Pell Grants in the first and second years of college to 36,000 students who meet the requirements. Students would have to maintain a 3.0 GPA while in college to continue receiving the funding.
Almost every Hoosier student owns something bearing the IU logo, but few probably give any consideration to how these items are made. It's doubtful many are familiar with IU's licensing policies or know how much the worker who made their T-shirt was paid. IU's No Sweat! student activist group hopes to bring these issues to the forefront today with a campus march and protest to launch its "Open the Books!" campaign.