Opinion

How to build a safer campus

By Jordan Riley · Sunday, Nov. 16,2014 1:08 p.m.

As an IU student, you probably received an email this week regarding a sexual assault awareness survey from the provosts office.

Big talk, no action

By Sarah Kissel · Sunday, Nov. 16,2014 11:24 a.m.

President Obama announced Saturday that the United States will contribute $3 billion to an international fund intended to help the world's poorest countries address the effects of climate change.

Made by me makes good

By Lucas Burch · Sunday, Nov. 16,2014 11:02 a.m.

Mike Pence is a lot of things and right is not often one of them.

Sometimes, satire comes with a price

By Michael Homan · Sunday, Nov. 16,2014 10:49 a.m.

Recently, Daily Show how Jon Stewart made his directorial debut with the film Rosewater. Stewart took time away from his regular comedy writing to film a drama inspired by his comedy writing, but not in the way you might think.

A fly on the wall, the bus, on the street, on Twitter

By Jessica Karl · Thursday, Nov. 13,2014 10:36 a.m.

It’s funny how people talk about world events that they don’t understand. Conversations range from forgetting your exes name to the most recent developments in ISIS.

Exploring the final frontier

By Stephen Kroll · Thursday, Nov. 13,2014 10:34 a.m.

For the first time, makind has landed on a comet.

'Duck Dynasty' goes to Broadway

By Joshua Allen · Thursday, Nov. 13,2014 10:33 a.m.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/theater/duck-dynasty-musical-las-vegas.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0Let’s try to think of the dumbest idea for a musical.

Not a cure-all

By Nancy Wu · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2014 11:53 a.m.

I’ve always been a skeptic about how technology has the potential to solve all basic human problems.

Playing the hero

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2014 11:06 a.m.

The United States is sending thousands of troops overseas under the pretext of collaborating with Iraqi forces to stop the threat of the terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL.

Hollywood should stop typecasting actors

By Riley Zipper · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2014 1:08 a.m.

Robin Williams did it in “One Hour Photo.” Bill Murray did it in “Lost in Translation.” Now Steve Carell does it in “Foxcatcher.”

Save entrepreneurship for after college

By Elisa Shrack · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2014 1:19 p.m.

Just when you think that college students can not fit anymore responsibilities on their plates, some of them have decided to become business managers.

Why did no one participate?

By Sarah Kissel · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2014 10:44 a.m.

Tuesday’s election was a gigantic disappointment.

A new art

By Lexia Banks · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2014 2:25 a.m.

I’m sure a lot of things come to mind when think about fan fiction.

Caring for a fetus more than a mother

By Casey Farrington · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2014 2:01 a.m.

As a fertile human woman (not to brag, but an OB/GYN once told me my cervix is “perfect”), I sometimes worry about pregnancy.Usually my worries are irrational.

Filling up Kendrick's cup is cheap journalism

By Tracy Johnson · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2014 1:58 a.m.

We all know actor Anna Kendrick.

Why don't people vote anymore

By Cameron Gerst · Monday, Nov. 10,2014 11:23 a.m.

We are now a week from the midterm election. Not only did I find the results immensely interesting but also the turnout.

Leno's roast wasn't funny, just uncomfortable

By Claire McElwain · Monday, Nov. 10,2014 11:22 a.m.

It’s not a secret amongst my friends, family, and really even people who don’t know me all that well that I’m a big Jimmy Fallon fan.Big.In fact I’ve been waiting all year for an opportunity to devote a column to what I think is the world’s most adorable human being, never finding a good enough reason other than, well, that.All mild obsessions aside, I think most late night viewers and comedy fans would agree that there isn’t anyone as kind-hearted and genuine as Fallon.

Unspoken inequalities

By Edgar Haro · Monday, Nov. 10,2014 11:06 a.m.

While Americans diligently scorn one another for even the smallest instances of racial and sexual prejudice, we are turning a blind eye to discrimination aimed towards all of us.

Floating out to sea

By Natalie Rowthorn · Monday, Nov. 10,2014 10:58 a.m.

According to a recent United Nations report on climate change, our planet is literally in deeper water than we thought.

If it's illegal to carry on campus, don't

By Michael Homan · Sunday, Nov. 9,2014 1:29 p.m.

Last week, an advocate for Student Concealed Carry was out in front of Ballantine. There was a small crowd, so I decide to stop and listen.I was paying closer attention to the responses of the concealed carry advocate, until a fellow student, upon seeing the topic for discussion, said, “oh hell yeah.