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Australian Justice Michael Kirby, a longtime human rights advocate and former law school professor, will present this year’s commencement address for the 180th IU graduation ceremony, University officials announced Tuesday.
Sophomore Alex Baluna uses social networking Web sites such as Cramster and Course Hero for help with her physics homework. She said they are good Web sites to find solutions to problems and are sometimes better than what she learns in the classroom.
Backhaul Direct in Indianapolis made a proposal on Oct. 24 to IMU Executive Director Bruce Jacobs and IMU Assistant Director Rob Meyer to give the IMU between $250,000 and $300,000 to renovate and keep open the bowling alley.
Concerned with global warming, peak oil and a carbon footprint on the earth, one local group said it hopes to change Bloomington into a more self-reliant, sustainable community.
As students’ bank accounts slowly dwindle after they receive their financial aid, many would like to shop cheaply.
Residents who cannot afford their rent or utilities payments can turn to local trustee offices for monetary assistance. This season, the offices are seeing an increased number of applications because of the recession, job layoffs and increasing costs of utilities.
The Office of Overseas Study is doing its best to make sure students are not in direct harm while studying abroad. Despite the warnings and inherent dangers of living in Israel, eight IU students are studying throughout the country this semester.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
Local protests came this weekend as both sides claimed moral highground in the ongoing conflict. Meanwhile, global criticism of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza against Hamas continued to grow.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
For an IU student studying abroad in Israel and many others with ties to the region, the ongoing violence is a reminder of the country's instability. Some blame Hamas for the recent violence, while others say Israel shares the blame for its ongoing occupation of Gaza.
Women braved the snowy 20-degree weather to visit the sororities of their choice during the first invite starting 8 a.m. Thursday, where the houses greet potential members and invite them for a house tour.
Freshmen Yadira Aguilar and Penny Howard rely on the IU campus buses to travel to their classes and to their dorms. Although they both appreciate having transportation on campus, they said they often lose their patience waiting for their bus to arrive.
It doesn’t matter who is running for president, as long as they fit party ideas, said Gary Jacobson, University of California political science professor during a speech Wednesday evening.
After studying to become a physician, David Fletcher decided to devote his life to chocolate. He opened BLU Boy Chocolate Café and Cakery, 112 E. Kirkwood Ave. In mid-August, BLU Boy celebrated its one-year anniversary. Fletcher and his partner, Scott Jackman, said they’ve learned plenty in the past year about what it takes to run a business.
Sophomore Kym Pagel is on a back-to-school budget.She’s not buying notebooks this year, because she still has paper in the ones she used last semester. She’s shopping for her textbooks online, hoping to find cheaper prices than at local bookstores. And she’s scouring shelves at discount retailers Target and Wal-Mart, looking for deals.
The Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center recently earned three out of five “diamonds” from the AAA Motor Club.
Josh Olsson, a housekeeper for the Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center, took a cigarette break with fellow employees Tuesday on Seventh Street. He remembers when there was a specific smoking area near his work place, but because of the campus-wide smoking ban, employees are only allowed one smoking area – in front of the IMU on the circle drive.
After five years, the Bloomington and Monroe County Smoking Ordinance has received few complaints and many praises, according to city officials and business owners.
Students might be worried that a job won’t be waiting for them after they graduate, but IU officials say with proper career planning during college, they have little cause for concern.
With help from IU’s Department of Theatre and Drama, theater projects composed by black playwrights are getting a chance to become living works of art.
Matthew Weinheimer found a way to combine his work with his passion by offering his optometry skills to those in need.
