Editor's Note

Welcome back to campus, and thanks for picking us up.

The 40 student editors at the IDS strive daily to produce the most accurate, up-to-date and relevant stories for the IU and Bloomington communities.

But we can’t do it alone. We want to hear your ideas, news tips and opinions on the issues we cover – we want you to comment on idsnews.com, post on our Facebook wall, watch our YouTube channel and e-mail us your ideas or concerns. We want to inform, inspire and start the conversation.

Here are five IDS features to follow this semester:

Writers Abroad. We have a team of 20 IDS staff writers and IU students reporting while studying abroad, from Washington, D.C., to Ghana to Hong Kong.

IU Basketball Web site. Look for the site to launch this week, complete with reporting, commentary, video and posts from our Hoosier Hype sports blog.

Investigative Reporting. A small team of experienced IDS reporters will dig into campus issues like student safety, drug use, the Life Sciences Initiative and poverty in Monroe County.

IDS on Facebook. Become a fan of our page, where we will continue to post links for breaking news, multimedia and IDS blogs.

Special Publications. Look for our spring guides to housing and living, men and women, and of course, the Little 500.

Brad Zehr, Editor-in-chief
Larry Buchanan, Art director
Ben Phelps, Managing editor
Peter Stevenson, Managing editor