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(10/25/20 10:38pm)
IU student Zhao Kaikai was arrested in July by the FBI under the charge of visa fraud. It has been three months, and we have yet to see IU take steps to protect its international students, especially those who are in dire need of institutional protection.
(10/25/20 10:26pm)
More than 45 people attended a virtual press conference at 3 p.m. Saturday organized by the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition, a multidisciplinary group of graduate workers fighting for better working conditions.
(10/25/20 7:05pm)
More than 45 people attended a virtual press conference held by the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition, a multidisciplinary group of graduate workers fighting for better working conditions.
(10/15/20 9:24pm)
Check your bursar bill — notice anything different? Perhaps you’ll discover the normal melody of mandatory fees has been combined into one lump sum. Or maybe you’ll see an unexpected charge you weren’t aware of. Sometimes you’ll find a fee with no other explanation than “supporting ongoing costs for students.”
(09/30/20 3:07pm)
The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden held Tuesday night was characterized by interruption and personal attacks on character, with Trump talking over Biden to ask him questions about his son’s relationship with Moscow and Biden calling Trump a “clown” and “Putin’s puppy” among other names.
(09/28/20 2:14am)
Graduate students are the critical components of a well-functioning university. Not only do they pursue challenging degrees, but they teach undergraduates, grade papers and conduct vital research. Despite this laboring work, graduate workers are paid abysmal wages. In our bicentennial year, we should honor IU’s dedication to academia by paying graduate workers a living wage.
(09/24/20 12:46am)
A recent whistleblower complaint alleged immigrant detainees underwent hysterectomies, a kind of sterilization where the uterus is removed, without consent while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at a private detention center in Georgia. Dawn Wooten, a nurse at the facility, filed the complaint which also addressed fabricated detainee medical records and deplorable COVID-19 procedures. ICE’s abhorrent misconduct is evidence the eugenics movement is still brewing in the United States.
(09/23/20 10:44pm)
IU Cinema has moved its operations online for the fall semester which will provide students with the opportunity to view feature films and intriguing documentaries from the safety of their computer screens.
(09/18/20 1:25am)
Three years ago Wednesday, a young LGBTQ+ person, anti-fascist and president of the Pride Alliance at the Georgia Institute of Technology was having a mental health crisis. We would not know this, and Scout Schultz might still be alive, had police officers not approached Schultz outside a dormitory. In a matter of minutes, Georgia Tech police officer Tyler Beck shot and killed Schultz from a distance. Beck claimed the closed multipurpose tool in Schultz’s possession was a threat to the officer’s safety.
(09/14/20 1:37pm)
Last month, President Michael McRobbie announced his retirement, concluding his decades-long service to IU. He held key administrative roles, working his way up from the vice president of information technology in 1997 to university president in 2006. While McRobbie is hailed as a harbinger of technological innovation and international recognition, his tenure represents a history of empty promises and priorities that ignored a decaying campus life.
(09/08/20 12:38am)
Downtown Bloomington has a new addition: Nat’s Bakery and Cafe, a calm oasis of sugar and coffee hiding in the basement of Fountain Square Mall, at 101 W. Kirkwood Ave. #21. Nat’s opened Aug. 6 by Ivy Tech Community College baking and pastry student Natalie “Nat” Strauser.
(08/25/20 3:48am)
A group of about 50 graduate students gathered Monday morning in Dunn Meadow to protest inadequate pay and the increased risks graduate workers face due to the coronavirus.
(08/24/20 7:42pm)
A protester holds a sign with the message “Pay raises 4 grad workers” Aug. 24 in Dunn Meadow. The coalition's vote of no confidence was prompted by Whitten's failure to address a demand from the IGWC, backed by 1,300 graduate employees.
(08/24/20 7:43pm)
A protester holds a sign with the message “Fees suck” during a protest Aug. 24 in Dunn Meadow. The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition is calling for graduate students to boycott IU's mandatory fees.
(08/24/20 7:41pm)
Speaker Nathan Schmidt, a graduate student in the English department, raises his fist as protesters chant Aug. 24 in Dunn Meadow. Speakers brought light to conditions grad workers are facing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
(08/16/20 3:58pm)
Plans for the construction of the 40,000-square-foot Stephen L. and Connie J. Ferguson International Center have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The completion date was set for June 2021, according to the IU Capital Projects website. No new date has been set for finishing the center.
(07/12/20 4:51pm)
“IU is fucking gutless,” said my friend Huixin, an international Ph.D. student at IU. Or, quoting another friend’s more gentle comment, “We are disappointed at IU’s lack of reaction towards the new ICE guidelines.” She is referring to statements from IU which did not include condemnations of the policy and is expressing that it expects international students to conform to it.
(07/08/20 5:18pm)
International students come from all over to attend America’s universities, and they give American students like myself direct access to the cultures and goings on of countries around the world.
(06/18/20 12:50am)
Through the steady rumble of traffic encircling Tarkington Park in Indianapolis, a mixture of shoes squeaking, rackets thwacking and energetic grunting rang out. Under tufts of clouds spreading across a light blue sky, spectators lounged in lawn chairs to catch a glimpse of the action.
(05/21/20 2:06am)
IU’s Kelley School of Business launched the Kelley Hoosiers Online Professional Engagement Digital Project last week to offer free help to small Indiana businesses with online operations during the pandemic.