Front Page News at Indiana University
February 18, 2008
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ESPN and ABC Sports analyst Steve Lavin to speak to IU students
American Shakespeare Center Comes to IUPUI and Indianapolis
IU School of Continuing Studies Statehouse visit planned for Feb. 26
TeraGrid Knowledge Base achieves milestones in content and use during 2007
IU Bloomington Scoreboard
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ESPN and ABC Sports analyst Steve Lavin to speak to IU students -- Steve Lavin, a broadcast analyst for ABC and ESPN Sports and former men's basketball coach at UCLA, will provide color commentary about what it's like to be in broadcasting in a speech at Indiana University on Feb. 25. Read the complete story.
American Shakespeare Center Comes to IUPUI and Indianapolis -- The IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will welcome the American Shakespeare Center's Piercing Eloquence Tour to Indianapolis February 25, 2008, through March 2, 2008. During a residency that includes performances for the general public and high school students as well as workshops for area students and actors, the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) will present three of William Shakespeare's most controversial plays: The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice and Henry V. Read the complete story.
IU School of Continuing Studies Statehouse visit planned for Feb. 26 -- Indiana University School of Continuing Studies representatives from each IU campus will be on hand to discuss with legislators their many relevant workforce development and continuing education programs that serve communities throughout the state and that contribute to the state's economic development. Read the complete story.
TeraGrid Knowledge Base achieves milestones in content and use during 2007 -- The University of Chicago and Indiana University announced today that use of the TeraGrid Knowledge Base, a 24/7 online user-driven support system for the TeraGrid, has passed two significant milestones. The TeraGrid Knowledge Base now includes more than 250 articles and during 2007 was accessed by U.S. researchers and information technologists more than 140,000 times. During December alone, the TeraGrid Knowledge Base was accessed nearly 20,000 times. Read the complete story.
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Indiana University Bloomington Scoreboard
Results from Friday, Feb. 15:
Softball: The Indiana softball team suffered two losses in San Diego, Calif., as part of the Campbell-Cartier Tournament. Read the Fresno State game notes. Read the San Diego game notes.
Men's Tennis: After a ten-day layoff from their last competition, the No. 58 Indiana University men's tennis team looked anything but rusty Friday afternoon inside the IU Tennis Complex, earning a 6-1 victory over No. 55 Middle Tennessee State. Read the match notes.
Wrestling: The Indiana University wrestling team traveled to Iowa City for a Friday night showdown with the nation's top-ranked Hawkeyes. Despite several heated battles, the Hoosiers fell short in a 28-7 final score. Read the match notes.
Women's Track: The Hoosiers competed in the Hoosier Hills Invitational in Bloomington and in the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. on Friday. In Bloomington, the Hoosiers found great success. The women's team recorded seven career bests, ten top-five finishes, seven top-three finishes, and three first place finishes. Read the meet results.
Men's Track: The Hoosiers competed in the Hoosier Hills Invitational in Bloomington and in the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. on Friday. In Bloomington, the Hoosiers found great success. The men's team recorded nine career bests, seven top-five finishes, six top-three finishes, and one first place finish. Read the meet results.
Results from Saturday, Feb. 16:
Softball: The softball Hoosiers suffered two additional losses in the Campbell-Cartier Tournament on Saturday. Read the UC-Santa Barbara game notes. Read the Utah State game notes.
Women's Water Polo: The women's water polo team took two wins in the first day of the Princeton Invitational in Princeton, NJ. Read the day's notes.
Men's Basketball: On a night when No. 12/13 Indiana played most of the game without senior captain D.J. White, the Hoosiers used a record-setting night from Eric Gordon and strong performances off the bench from DeAndre Thomas and Jordan Crawford for an 80-61 victory over No. 9/10 Michigan State Saturday night at Assembly Hall. Read the game notes.
Men's Track: The Hoosiers competed day two of competition in the Tyson Invitational on Saturday. The men were led by sophomore Jared Nuxoll, who finished third in the high jump. The team recorded one career best, two top-ten finishes and Nuxoll's top-three finish. On Friday, the Hoosiers also competed well, recording four career marks and one top-five finish. Read the meet notes.
Women's Track: The Hoosiers competed day two of competition in the Tyson Invitational on Saturday. The event took place at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the Arkansas campus. The women were led by juniors Molly Beckwith and Wendi Robinson, who both recorded third place finishes. On Friday, the Hoosiers also competed well, recording two provisional marks, a top-five finish and a season best. Read the meet notes.
Results from Sunday, Feb. 17:
Softball: The Hoosiers only led once against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Sunday, but it was at the most important time of the game, the end. Tulsa had taken a 6-5 lead in the top of the seventh before Kari Bettenbrock stepped in with two outs in the bottom of the inning and sent Indiana home with a 7-6 walk-off win with her third career home run. Read the game notes.
Women's Water Polo: On the second day of the Princeton Invitational, the women's water polo team suffered two losses. Read the San Diego State match notes. Read the Bucknell match notes.
Women's Tennis: The Indiana University women's tennis team split a pair of dual matches on Sunday. First was a 4-3 loss to No. 21 Tennessee, followed by a 7-0 sweep over Ball State. Read the match notes.
Men's Golf: After a four-month hiatus, the No. 19 Indiana men's golf team opened up its spring season on Sunday with a 302 in the opening round of the John Hayt Collegiate hosted by the University of North Florida. The Hoosiers sit in a tie for 11th place in the 15-team field at the Sawgrass Country Club (par 72; 6,925 yards). Read the tournament notes.
Schedule for Monday, Feb. 18:
Men's Golf: John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, Ponte Verde Beach, Fla.
Women's Golf: Central District Invitational, Parrish, Fla.
Schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 19:
Men's Golf: John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, Ponte Verde Beach, Fla.
Women's Golf: Central District Invitational, Parrish, Fla.
Men's Basketball: Purdue, 7 p.m., Bloomington, Ind.
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IU in the news
IU gets reason to cheer
Courier Press, Feb. 17 -- All the focus was back on basketball at Assembly Hall Saturday night. With Eric Gordon leading the way with 28 points, the Indiana University basketball team, not the NCAA Enforcement Committee, was the only ruling authority that mattered on this night to the 17,400 fans packed inside the arena. Read the full story.
IU Dean to Lead New Youth Commission
Inside Indiana Business, Jan. 25 -- Indiana University School of Social Work Dean Michael Patchner has been appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels to lead a year-long investigation into why there is a disproportionate number of minorities in the juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health and educational services. Read the full story.
McRobbie praises Greenspan for 'doing his job'
Indiana Daily Student, Feb. 15 -- IU President Michael McRobbie praised IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan at a Friday press conference for the athletic department's efforts in uncovering infractions committed by IU men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and members of his coaching staff. "I would like to note that we have arrived at this painful situation because the athletics director and his compliance staff did their job," McRobbie said. Read the full story.
Learning From a Native Speaker, Without Leaving Home
New York Times, Feb. 17 -- THE best way to learn a foreign language may be to surround yourself with native speakers. But if you can't manage a trip abroad the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too, bringing native speakers within electronic reach for hours of practice. Curtis J. Bonk, a professor of education at Indiana University in Bloomington, is specializing in ways to integrate online technologies into teaching. He says LiveMocha is part of an explosion of educational resources for language learning on the Web. "You no longer have to learn language as an individual in a silo somewhere, using a canned program on a CD-ROM," he said. "Instead, you have thousands of tutors to pick from -- if the first one doesn't work out, you can choose another." Read the full story.
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