A Josh Fisher triple gave Bluffton a 62-59 lead with 7:58 remaining before Transylvania University used a 17-6 jag to secure a 76-68 victory over the Beavers on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Bluffton fell to 5-4 overall and 1-3 in the Heartland Conference with its fourth consecutive setback. Transy stayed perfect at 7-0 and 4-0 in the HCAC with the win.
Rose-Hulman used an 11-2 run over the final four minutes of the game to knock off Bluffton University 66-55 on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Bluffton's third straight loss dropped the Beavers to 5-3 overall and 1-2 in the Heartland Conference, while Rose improved to 7-1 on the season with a spotless 3-0 mark in the HCAC.
The Bluffton University women's basketball team rallied to take a 45-42 lead with 8:21 to play before Rose-Hulman went on a 19-4 run for a 61-49 victory over the Beavers on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Bluffton slipped to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in the Heartland Conference, while Rose (1-5, 1-2 HCAC) picked up its first win of the season.
In June 1958, 18-year-old Pat Carr had just finished her freshman year at Hiram (Ohio) College and set off on a summer road trip foreign to most college students.
That's because the road was a river, the Ohio, where Carr spent nearly four months as a trumpet player aboard one of the river's last moving showboats, the Majestic.
