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WEST LAFAYETTE – Authorities believe that the man found dead behind a Purdue University residence hall was a student who apparently jumped from one of the building’s upper floors.
The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a man found behind a Purdue University residence hall early Tuesday morning.
The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a male found behind a University residence hall early Tuesday morning.
The faces have come, and mostly gone, for Kyle Taber.
Anybody who has gone on a guided tour of IU has probably heard the Crest story. Yes, IU invented Crest toothpaste. But there’s more. The thing you bite on for a dental X-ray? Invented at IU. Ever complain about Oncourse? IU invented that, too.
It was a shot of cultural adrenaline. A taste of international identity. A sampling of more countries than you can shake a maraca at.It was the 2008 IU World’s Fare, and it attracted students of all nationalities and backgrounds. Within minutes, the place was packed.
The race for the governor’s mansion has been, perhaps, the most difficult to decide. Unlike so many races in Indiana, voters have been presented with two competent candidates, both capable of executing the executive’s tasks. Moreover, it’s not clear either candidate would do much more than that. Mitch Daniels has not done a despicable job as governor. Most impressively, he has abolished the good-ol’ boy style of management that marked eight years of the Frank O’Bannon and Joseph Kernan administrations. In office, Daniels has professionally transformed more than $600 million of deficit into a substantial surplus. But neither Jill Long Thompson nor Daniels is running on a platform of serious change or upheaval. Rather, each takes a relatively moderate approach likely to appeal to traditional voters. In this hard time and in stagnant Indiana, we would like to hear braver, more ambitious rhetoric from both. While the candidates themselves stand out for their scholastic excellence and professional preparedness – Daniels graduated from Princeton and Georgetown and was an Eli Lilly executive while Long Thompson holds a Ph.D. from IU and served as undersecretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration – their lieutenant governor choices leave much to be desired.
I was thrilled to see two articles dealing with the growing attraction of sustainable food in Thursday’s paper. It is good to know that options other than processed, faceless, chain-store chow are available to eaters in Bloomington.
The Beading Bee is a series of workshops designed to teach students about Native American culture through bead work. Becca Riall, chair of the Native American Graduate Student Association, teamed up with Deeksha Nagar, curator of education for the Mathers Museum, to make these events available throughout the semester.
Campus Bus announced in July that all core routes, including A, B, D, E and X, would reduce services by 19 percent this fall, mostly at night and on the weekends. Some students are still learning about the changes.
The IU School of Informatics says students have nothing to worry about after a recent study done by New York University Stern School of Business and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania found that 8 percent of information technology workers surveyed have experienced offshore-related displacement.
The intersection of 17th Street and Fee Lane is just one area in Bloomington that has been a headache for drivers during the summer months. The city of Bloomington and IU have worked together to fix the area in time for the fall semester. These major upgrades were seen by the state of Indiana as necessary to the improvement of the busy road.
As students are welcomed back to IU, ready to settle into their usual Bloomington routine, I find myself having a harder time readjusting than in years past. It’s not because I’m having some sort of existential crises or anything, but because I haven’t been back to Bloomington in more than nine months. In December, I left IU to go home to Chicago, and I boarded a plane to Cairo, Egypt, a month later.
Until recently, things were looking bad for students trying to find money for college. These days, credit is notoriously hard to come by, and the market for student loans is no exception. Many companies were thinking of getting out of the market. \nLast week, however, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings outlined an industry-rescue plan to encourage lenders to stay in the program. The bill, recently approved in the Senate, allows the Secretary of Education to purchase student loans issued by companies. This guarantees loans in order to provide more capital for people to go to college. Since this announcement was made, many lenders have decided to return to the program. For many creditors, this agreement was what convinced them to stay in the market. \nThis proposal seems to be well-intentioned, and has the potential to greatly benefit individuals by allowing them to fund a college diploma that they could obtain no other way. In general, it is inarguable that society benefits from a greater number of educated citizens. Having lenders who had previously dropped out return to the program is also a relief to students in the middle of their college careers who will not be left scrambling to find new lenders.\nThere’s also another bonus: Graduates who are less burdened by debt are more likely to pursue what they excel at and enjoy, rather than what’s simply profitable. Society benefits from a myriad of careers that, although not financially lucrative, nevertheless require extensive training and education. The more expensive society makes it for people to graduate college, the less residual benefit it sees. Someone with $80,000 worth of debt to pay down would have a hard time looking into a career as a teacher or social worker, even if that’s what they would otherwise want to do. \nOn the other hand, there are potential problems with these loan guarantees that may be overlooked. The education secretary will be required to purchase any loans presented to the department by private lenders. Lenders will therefore be likely to hand over to the government the borrowers it believes least likely to be able to pay back. The potential for lenders to engage in what is called “moral hazard” seems too familiar to the sort of risky lending that got our entire economy into trouble in the first place. \nClearly, there has to be balance. The government’s interest is in an educated population, not a profitable climate for loans. To that effect, there are other measures to be taken. Perhaps money allocated toward buying and securing loans could instead be better distributed as grants or scholarships specifically geared to those interested in pursuing service-minded careers. Students who plan to graduate into lucrative professions should be less worried by the high prices of loans, as borrowing money for college will simply allow them to make a great deal more after they graduate. Government bailouts are never popular, and while legislators argue that their hand was forced before, here there seems to have been considerably more options – ones that were overlooked.
Until recently, things were looking bad for students trying to find money for college. These days, credit is notoriously hard to come by, and the market for student loans is no exception. Many companies were thinking of getting out of the market. \nLast week, however, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings outlined an industry-rescue plan to encourage lenders to stay in the program. The bill, recently approved in the Senate, allows the Secretary of Education to purchase student loans issued by companies. This guarantees loans in order to provide more capital for people to go to college. Since this announcement was made, many lenders have decided to return to the program. For many creditors, this agreement was what convinced them to stay in the market. \nThis proposal seems to be well-intentioned, and has the potential to greatly benefit individuals by allowing them to fund a college diploma that they could obtain no other way. In general, it is inarguable that society benefits from a greater number of educated citizens. Having lenders who had previously dropped out return to the program is also a relief to students in the middle of their college careers who will not be left scrambling to find new lenders.\nThere’s also another bonus: Graduates who are less burdened by debt are more likely to pursue what they excel at and enjoy, rather than what’s simply profitable. Society benefits from a myriad of careers that, although not financially lucrative, nevertheless require extensive training and education. The more expensive society makes it for people to graduate college, the less residual benefit it sees. Someone with $80,000 worth of debt to pay down would have a hard time looking into a career as a teacher or social worker, even if that’s what they would otherwise want to do. \nOn the other hand, there are potential problems with these loan guarantees that may be overlooked. The education secretary will be required to purchase any loans presented to the department by private lenders. Lenders will therefore be likely to hand over to the government the borrowers it believes least likely to be able to pay back. The potential for lenders to engage in what is called “moral hazard” seems too familiar to the sort of risky lending that got our entire economy into trouble in the first place. \nClearly, there has to be balance. The government’s interest is in an educated population, not a profitable climate for loans. To that effect, there are other measures to be taken. Perhaps money allocated toward buying and securing loans could instead be better distributed as grants or scholarships specifically geared to those interested in pursuing service-minded careers. Students who plan to graduate into lucrative professions should be less worried by the high prices of loans, as borrowing money for college will simply allow them to make a great deal more after they graduate. Government bailouts are never popular, and while legislators argue that their hand was forced before, here there seems to have been considerably more options – ones that were overlooked.
Until recently, things were looking bad for students trying to find money for college. These days, credit is notoriously hard to come by, and the market for student loans is no exception. Many companies were thinking of getting out of the market. \nLast week, however, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings outlined an industry-rescue plan to encourage lenders to stay in the program. The bill, recently approved in the Senate, allows the Secretary of Education to purchase student loans issued by companies. This guarantees loans in order to provide more capital for people to go to college. Since this announcement was made, many lenders have decided to return to the program. For many creditors, this agreement was what convinced them to stay in the market. \nThis proposal seems to be well-intentioned, and has the potential to greatly benefit individuals by allowing them to fund a college diploma that they could obtain no other way. In general, it is inarguable that society benefits from a greater number of educated citizens. Having lenders who had previously dropped out return to the program is also a relief to students in the middle of their college careers who will not be left scrambling to find new lenders.\nThere’s also another bonus: Graduates who are less burdened by debt are more likely to pursue what they excel at and enjoy, rather than what’s simply profitable. Society benefits from a myriad of careers that, although not financially lucrative, nevertheless require extensive training and education. The more expensive society makes it for people to graduate college, the less residual benefit it sees. Someone with $80,000 worth of debt to pay down would have a hard time looking into a career as a teacher or social worker, even if that’s what they would otherwise want to do. \nOn the other hand, there are potential problems with these loan guarantees that may be overlooked. The education secretary will be required to purchase any loans presented to the department by private lenders. Lenders will therefore be likely to hand over to the government the borrowers it believes least likely to be able to pay back. The potential for lenders to engage in what is called “moral hazard” seems too familiar to the sort of risky lending that got our entire economy into trouble in the first place. \nClearly, there has to be balance. The government’s interest is in an educated population, not a profitable climate for loans. To that effect, there are other measures to be taken. Perhaps money allocated toward buying and securing loans could instead be better distributed as grants or scholarships specifically geared to those interested in pursuing service-minded careers. Students who plan to graduate into lucrative professions should be less worried by the high prices of loans, as borrowing money for college will simply allow them to make a great deal more after they graduate. Government bailouts are never popular, and while legislators argue that their hand was forced before, here there seems to have been considerably more options – ones that were overlooked.
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Wednesday, the prevailing mood in Bloomington was one of sour defeat. While the rest of the state congratulates itself on the renewed relevance of its votes, Monroe County wanted vastly different for itself. Obama won handily around the Bloomington area, no doubt thanks to the youth movement at the core of his support, but in the end it wasn’t enough. \nThe Editorial Board endorsed Obama as the Democratic nominee weeks ago, and may still get its wish when all is said and done. But Clinton’s win speaks volumes about Indiana’s condition, and what it feels it needs for the future. \nWith one big exception, the differences between Clinton and Obama don’t focus on issues that Hoosiers seem to care about more than other states. College students have even less criteria with which to make meaningful distinctions, since issues purportedly important to our demographic (education, the environment, the war) are where Obama and Clinton seem to converge the most. Their education policy differs by what amounts to $500 and some community service; the environment, a requirement for cars with a 40 m.p.g rating; and the war, a 60-day difference on the beginning date of a massive troop withdrawl. Pundits will magnify these discrepancies, but for all the mud slung between camps, few Democrats will feel marginalized (at least due to policy) when either candidate secures the nomination. \nSo what was the difference? In Hillary’s case, it was job security. College graduates may look out on futures full of possibility, but for blue-collar workers on the verge of retirement, China and India are very real threats. And while protectionism is unequivocably harmful to society as a whole, the few who clamor for it are far louder than the multitudes who warn against it. It is unions and those in America’s increasingly uncompetitive industries that form Hillary’s base. She is willing to tell them what they want to hear, having carved a niche as the friend of the working classes. Obama is more hesitant to reject trade deals, and McCain has been famously blunt about the future of many of our industries. And while Obama may have won in our county, it was closer than one would think. What students value is markedly different from the rest of Indiana. \nEven in our back yard, a GE plant will close in 2009 and some 900 jobs will disappear. This story isn’t specific to our neck of the woods; it’s the cautionary tale of the heartland, and even if it isn’t economically optimal, protectionism is a comforting refuge. But Hoosiers will eventually have to face the facts. No matter what Clinton promises, she can’t make our failing industries more competitive. When she takes office, she will have to make the consolation that there is no such thing as a free lunch and that inefficient jobs can’t be protected forever. Bad news sounds sweeter, though, when delivered from the Oval Office. For now, Hillary rides an upswing, and the real show is about to begin.
In the corner of a small lounge of the intensive care unit in an Indianapolis hospital, a group of people, many unknown to each other just days before, gathered to wait and hope. \nAll are friends of IU alumna Ada Silapiruti. The journey to visit Silapiruti was the same every day: walk down a long hall with fluorescent lights, through a pair of double doors and past nurses who knew them all well by now. Then they got to Silapiruti, hooked up to a feeding tube, swollen and scratched, part of her hair shaved off so the doctors could perform brain surgery. Her best friend, IU alumna Tina Barniak, would sit by her bedside and read to her. \n“Then you’d walk back and go to that calm corner of Silapiruti’s memories,” Barniak said. “Her mom brought books of childhood pictures on the walls. Things from high school and middle school. So many little things. We’d sit in circles of strangers and become friends.” \nAfter Silapiruti’s car was struck by a drunk driver on March 2, Barniak has spent as many days as financially possible with Silapiruti and her family. After about a month in intensive care, 23-year-old Silapiruti was transferred to a nursing home but is now back in the hospital in a “persistent, vegetative state,” Barniak said. \nSilapiruti was just a week back from studying abroad in Paris for a semester when her car was hit head-on at 56th Street and Kessler Boulevard in her hometown of Indianapolis. Severe brain injuries keep Silapiruti from communicating with anyone, but her eyes remain open. \nWhile her family and friends set up court dates and battle legal issues with organizing a fund in her name, Silapiruti rests in the hospital in Indianapolis. Her mother is constantly nearby while her father works to try to support the family. \nAnother of Silapiruti’s friends, Macey Thompson, is part of the constant support provided by Silapiruti’s mother Ponsawan. Thompson compared Silapiruti’s condition to Terri Schiavo, a woman whose condition was subject to much debate after she lived dependent on a feeding tube for seven years before she died. Silapiruti is also on a feeding tube and suffers from a lot of brain damage, she said. \n“We don’t know how it will progress, if it will progress,” Thompson said. “We don’t know if she can hear, we don’t know if she can see. One of her eyes is halfway shut most of the time ... Her brain injuries are very complicated. ... She’s made some progress. It really is a day to day. No one can say.” \nBarniak, who says she can’t afford to be with Silapiruti everyday, has made the trip from Bloomington a couple times to be with Silapiruti, one which was paid for through her co-workers’ support at the Scholars Inn Bakehouse. \n“This is me working a day just to pay for a day,” Barniak said. “If I could go and spend my time just to lay next to her, I would.” \nBarniak remembers the last time she saw her best friend before the accident. It was last November, when they were both living in Indianapolis, just before they knew they’d spend a semester apart.\n“We stayed up all night sitting on the porch and talking,” Barniak said. “She never knew what to do for her family to help enough. She wanted her brothers to go to school and have it easier for them. She knew how hard it was for her to go to school.” \nFinances are another roadblock to Silapiruti’s recovery, Barniak said. Though the family wants to set up a fund in her name to get help, legal issues make that difficult and time-consuming, she said. While at IU, Silapiruti was a resident assistant in Eigenmann, in addition to working other jobs to pay her way through school. Silapiruti was planning on attending graduate school to study psychology next year. Since Silapiruti and her mother are both not working, only her father’s income is sustaining them and it’s simply not enough, Barniak said. \nSilapiruti was also involved with Y’ALL, Youth Advocating Leadership & Learning, and helped to organize one of the two trips the group took to Biloxi, Miss., for Hurricane Katrina relief, Barniak said. She quickly emphasized that Silapiruti never helped because she had to, nor for a resume-builder. \n“It was like just because they knew she needed help and she could do it,” she said. “And then she went again.” \nWith a lot of her family in Thailand and her boyfriend still living in Paris, Silapiruti rests in the hospital as a rotating group of friends wait in that small corner of the hospital lounge for her improvement.\n“If anybody could ever bring people together and have a scene like that, it was Ada,” Barniak said. “The nurses have never seen anything like it.” \nTo help donate money to support Silapiruti and her family, contact Tina Barniak at cbarniak@indiana.edu or through the Facebook group “Ada for President.”
