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(04/07/21 4:36pm)
Many Latinx student organizations at IU have canceled their annual events or moved them online since the COVID-19 pandemic began. For many students, this meant a loss of their support system and bonding with other Latinx IU students.
(04/01/21 4:07pm)
Bloomington’s Asian business owners have faced challenges growing their businesses and maintaining their sales levels as the COVID-19 pandemic has limited the number of visiting customers. However, they are optimistic about their businesses recovering as the pandemic subsides and international students return to Bloomington.
(03/24/21 11:14pm)
About 120 people closed their eyes and bowed their heads in silence Wednesday afternoon at the Sample Gates to mourn the eight victims who died in the Atlanta spa shootings March 16.
(03/23/21 8:15pm)
IU’s Helene G. Simon Hillel Center is offering two weeks of Passover programming. Events include cultural workshops and Seders, traditional ceremonial dinners.
(03/22/21 7:38pm)
When Debra Gerberding first walked into My Sister’s Closet in 2018, she said the well-lit thrift store crowded with donated clothes, garments, shoes and jewelry looked magical.
(03/02/21 11:07pm)
Cheese prices fluctuated dramatically last year because of unexpected changes in supply and demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes hiked food costs for Bloomington’s Pizza X and Azzip Pizza, causing financial headaches.
(02/22/21 8:11pm)
IU sophomores Max Himelstein and Misha Rekhter, co-founders of Bloomington’s new delivery-only restaurant Trap Mike’s Late Night Market, sacrifice their time outside of school to grow their business into part of IU’s campus culture.
(02/21/21 8:57pm)
Despite record sales numbers, Pizza X’s profits fell during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effects of the pandemic caused employees to experience loss of housing, worktime cuts and exposure to the coronavirus.
(02/15/21 8:33pm)
Newly-founded Campus Cursive at IU aims to connect students through handwritten letters and combat loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, club founder and sophomore Aryan Mishra said.
(02/14/21 8:23pm)
CDFI Friendly Bloomington has helped finance community development projects in Bloomington since its founding in 2018, providing an alternative to conventional bank loans. The nonprofit is financing several projects due to complete this year, according to its website.
(02/14/21 6:10pm)
Noodles & Company in Bloomington, located in the Von Lee building at 517 E. Kirkwood Ave., will reopen March 1. General Manager Alexander Moore said he is expecting IU students in Bloomington to boost sales in the spring.
(02/09/21 10:54pm)
Lennie’s and FARMbloomington, two restaurants on East Kirkwood Avenue, reopened last week after closing their doors last December. Both expect sales to rise in February and beyond as customers return.
(02/05/21 1:37am)
Asian Americans have faced xenophobia since the COVID-19 pandemic began last March as a result of the virus being first discovered in China, ranging from microaggressions to physical violence.
(01/31/21 10:40pm)
IUPUI sophomore Sam Chen said he couldn’t believe his eyes when he checked the stock market Thursday morning.
(01/27/21 8:09pm)
Nicole Watson is someone who would light up the room with her big smile.
(01/26/21 4:31pm)
Bloomington’s Grant Street Inn closed its doors Jan. 16 as the local hospitality industry struggles under the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an announcement on the inn’s Facebook page. This is the second time it has closed since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
(01/21/21 10:58pm)
IU’s international students planning to enter the U.S. after Tuesday need to show a negative COVID-19 test result or prove they have recently recovered from COVID-19.
(01/17/21 6:37pm)
The City of Bloomington and the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District have rolled out two initiatives to help Bloomington residents manage their household waste in an environmentally sustainable way. Bloomington residents can now access a website for sanitation information and buy rain barrels and compost bins at a discount.
(01/15/21 12:20am)
When Caveat Emptor Used Books owners Eric and Catherine Brown learned Dec. 29 someone they had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19, they made the cautious decision. The bookstore kept its doors shut after Christmas for the owners to be tested and notified its customers on the store’s Facebook page.
(12/10/20 10:36pm)
This Christmas holiday, many families have had to change their plans or even be separated as COVID-19 cases rise rapidly across the United States and many other countries around the world.