On the sidelines
Maui Invitational schedule set Rain plagues U.S. Open, sun shines on Agassi With a 'Spark' in their eye, LA defeats NY
Maui Invitational schedule set Rain plagues U.S. Open, sun shines on Agassi With a 'Spark' in their eye, LA defeats NY
The IU women's soccer team kicks off their 2002 campaign tonight in the Nike/Tiger Invitational, hosted by the Missouri Tigers. The two games are the first of the regular season, and begin the tenure of new coach Mick Lyon.
The IU soccer team begins the 2002 season as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation. They will be facing two fellow top ten teams this weekend, No. 9 Rutgers and No. 8 Clemson. Coach Jerry Yeagley will embark on his 30th season with Indiana this Friday. Yeagley, the winningest coach in college soccer history, has led IU to five straight Final Four appearances in the NCAA tournament including a trip to the championship game last season.
INDIANAPOLIS -- It didn't matter that at the end of the first period the U.S. team only scored 11 of its 20 field goal attempts. Or that U.S. team member Elton Brand scored all but 2 of the first 13 points for the team that has admitted an offensive weakness.
Welcome freshmen. The phrase has spread itself all over campus this week. And once again, the class of 2006 are the centerpiece at a proverbial table filled with welcoming dishes.
With move-in and Welcome Week comes many lessons in survival, how to navigate campus, how to buy books and how to remain safe at IU. Before the academics start, IU works to ensure the safety of its students.
Philosophy professor Karen Hanson has been named the new dean of the Honors College, and she began her position Aug. 1. Hanson has experience in administration. She became the chair of the philosophy department in 1997. She will teach classes in addition to her duties as dean, and she is also an adjunct professor of comparative literature, of American studies and of gender studies.
PARIS -- French President Jacques Chirac insisted Thursday that any military action against Iraq be decided by the U.N. Security Council, joining the chorus of leaders urging Washington to exercise restraint in its plans against Baghdad.
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration backed off a proposal Thursday to restrict foreign air carriers from flying over the three Sept. 11 crash sites during the anniversary of the attacks, a senior administration official said.
UNITED NATIONS -- The al Qaeda terror network has the money and recruits to strike again whenever and wherever it wants because a global campaign and U.N. sanctions have failed to stop the financing and support for Osama bin Laden's backers, a U.N. draft report said Thursday.
WASHINGTON -- The Postal Service is heading for Broadway to honor one of the nation's most prolific and beloved songwriters.
WASHINGTON -- The idea seemed simple enough. Scatter some whimsical donkey and elephant statues around the nation's capital to coax some smiles. So what do the locals do? Turn it into politics, as usual.
LONDON -- It may be the ultimate in public displays of affection. A London couple are spending a week in bed, on public view in the storefront window of a photography gallery, exposing themselves to curious gazes for the sake of art -- and safe sex.
Life after college graduation in three words: "On the Verge." As the title of Ariella Papa's debut novel, this phrase perfectly describes the future of most recent graduates -- waiting for something, about to get the big break, but not quite there.
VAIL, Colo. -- It has been a midsummer's nightmare for arts festivals across the country because of visa restrictions imposed to tighten security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Festival coordinators have had to find replacement performers at the last minute for top artists who have been denied entry, including performers at the recent Vail Valley International Dance Festival and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City.
Hitching a free ride around town will be pretty easy next week. Bloomington Transit, in conjunction with IU Bus Service will hold annual "Free Week" beginning this Monday, Sept. 2. During "Free Week" all Bloomington Transit, BT Access, Rural Transit and IU Campus Buses are completely free of charge to anyone in the community.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Anti-tobacco groups say they will take their pleas to ban smoking in public places directly to voters since the Ohio Supreme Court ruled local health boards cannot enact such bans.
GREEN HILL, Ind. -- Investigators have asked for the public's help finding the mother of an infant girl whose body was recovered in a rural western Indiana creek last weekend.
Indianapolis -- The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is asking the legislature to approve 37 fee hikes that would generate an additional $3 million to run the agency.
Last September, IU Bloomington was named by Time magazine as its College of the Year among research universities, based on the comprehensive programs we have developed to help students make the academic and social transition to college life. We were proud of the honor. The media, for the most part, yawned. Move forward a bit less than a year. Last Monday morning, the phones began to ring at our media relations offices, and kept ringing. IU has been "honored" again. The Princeton Review -- no, it is not affiliated with Princeton University -- had declared that IUB is the nation's No. 1 party school.