EVELETH, Minn. -- Sen. Paul Wellstone was killed Friday when his small chartered plane crashed near an airport runway, Democratic sources said.
Eugene O'Neill was the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize, and the last work written before his death "A Moon for the Misbegotten" will run for 10 performances beginning tonight (Friday) at the Wells-Metz Theatre.
Most know Sylvia Plath as the brilliant poet who committed suicide in her prime, at the age of 30. This Sunday, Plath scholars as well as simply curious minds will find out more about her during the Sylvia Plath 70th Year Commemoration concert at 2 p.m. in Auer Hall.
The field hockey team will grace the turf at John Mellencamp Pavilion for the final time this season as they conclude their four game home-stand with weekend match-ups against the Iowa Hawkeyes and the St. Louis Billikens. The Hoosiers are coming off a .500 weekend, in which they were shut-out by No. 2 Michigan 5-0. But they rallied back and showed signs of offensive life, out-shooting Div. III Lindenwood 32-2 and defeating them 3-0.
West Coast road trips have not been kind to the IU men's soccer team in recent years. The Hoosiers have taken five road trips west since 1994 and they have compiled just a 5-5 record while their overall record during that span was 153-28-6.
The Hoosiers have been busy this week preparing for their final regatta of the fall season, the Head of the Elk Regatta in Elkhart, Ind. They are coming off of an impressive showing at the Head of the Charles and four victories at the Head of the Eagle last weekend. The Hoosiers are looking to build off of those strong performances.
The Hoosiers take their 2-0 start to Champaign, Ill. this weekend to take on the University of Illinois. Coach Rich Holdeman said he thinks this will be one of the toughest series of the season.
There are only two freshman on the men's tennis team this year but both are expected to be key contributors to the success of the team. Neither John Stone nor Viktor Libal has had too much trouble with the transition from high school to college.
The last time the IU men's swimming and diving team met the Michigan State Spartans in regular dual meet season was Jan. 30, 2000 at Michigan State. The Hoosiers lost 148 to 95. At 5 p.m. today at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center, the Hoosiers will look to avenge that loss and win their conference opener.
All guts, no glory. That's the kind of play liberos and setters have to put together for every match. The proverbial point guard of volleyball, a setter simply puts the ball where the hitters want it, and watch them crush the balls down to the cheers of the crowd. Without the glory of scoring points, save the occasional trick play, a setter lives a relatively boring offensive life.
The Hoosier volleyball team is on a roll again. The squad has risen from a four game losing streak to begin anew with three straight wins. IU is now looking to extend this streak with two home matches this weekend against Iowa and Minnesota Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The Hoosiers confront their rival Friday afternoon when the women's soccer team travels to West Lafayette for its final game of the Big Ten season. IU's biggest rival, No. 13 Purdue, has had a successful season thus far and will provide stiff competition.
Last year, Illinois spoiled IU's Homecoming with a 35-14 win en route to the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the Sugar Bowl. This year, the Hoosiers are obliged to try and return the favor as Illinois takes them on for its Homecoming in Champaign, Ill.
FREDERICK, Md. -- Two men, one of them described as an Army veteran who recently converted to Islam, were arrested at a roadside rest stop Thursday for questioning in the three-week wave of deadly sniper attacks that have terrorized the Washington, D.C. area.
Once again IU and Purdue are face to face, battling to emerge as the better university. This challenge does not involve a basketball game at Alumni Hall or a soccer game at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Instead, the two schools face off in a competition to collect the most pints of blood for area hospitals.
This weekend, the Astronomy Department will bring out Bloomington's brightest stars. The first ever Astrofest is a combination of three events for the public, students and alumni, including a rededication of the Kirkwood Observatory, IU's second WIYNfest and also a celebration of astronomy professor Frank Edmondson's 90th birthday.
There will be an inorganic chemistry seminar entitled "What Silanes Can Do for You: Production, Chemistry and Application of Organofuctional Silanes," at 2 p.m. today, in the Chemistry building, Room 033.
The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a part of the Kelley School of Business, honored Indiana's leaders in Business at its Ninth Annual Growth 100 Awards Luncheon Thursday. The presentation, which was held at the Ritz Charles in Carmel, Ind., gave awards to 75 businesses which are Indiana's fastest growing entrepreneurial companies with annual sales of over $1,000,000. All the companies also have achieved over 15 percent sale increase over the last two years.
On Friday, October 25, the Indiana School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Library will host a benefit auction in hopes of improving its library facilities. There is no charge to attend and all students, faculty and staff of the IU campus are welcome to come. Those who attend will have a first glimpse at the items waiting to be auctioned at a preview on Friday between 11:30 a.m. to noon. The actual auction will then be held from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 125 of the HPER building. All proceeds from the benefit will benefit the HPER Library.
Optimistic, outgoing and dedicated. These are the words senior Erin McGonigal used to describe herself -- clearly the same qualities others noted when she was named the first-ever recipient of the Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis scholarship.
