Berlusconi promises stocked homes to disaster victims
MILAN - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent his 73rd birthday, Sept. 29, giving gifts to the people of Abruzzo, where thousands were affected by April’s earthquake in the region.
MILAN - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent his 73rd birthday, Sept. 29, giving gifts to the people of Abruzzo, where thousands were affected by April’s earthquake in the region.
SEOUL, South Korea - Sergi kicks the ball in my direction. I trap it and make a quick pass to Ho-jun, who passes it to Lukas, who then kicks it to Giacomo, who dribbles it down the field and promptly passes it to Mathieu, who, with some fancy footwork, dances around the defenders and shoots.
Classic musical numbers, Chicago blues and rural folk music filled the auditorium at the Monroe County Public Library Monday night during the panel discussion titled “Dealing with Hard Times: Popular Music During the Depression.” Jacobs faculty members Constance Cook Glen, Andrew Hollinden and Glenn Gass lectured as part of the IU Library series “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”, which continues through the end of October. All three included music from the Depression era, as well as music that was influenced and had influence during the time period.
A long-forgotten Bloomington tradition was rekindled Friday evening with the year’s third “Dancing in the Streets” public concert event. Despite the ominous gray clouds that loomed overhead, Bloomington residents danced and listened as local bands took their talents to the streets.
Following a career-best effort in IU’s 3-0 shelling of No. 13 Kentucky on Sept. 29, junior forward Andy Adlard collected his first weekly conference honor when he was named this week’s co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.
The IU men’s golf team wrapped up play at the Windon Memorial Classic in Glencoe, Ill., on Tuesday with a final round of 295 and a 10th-place finish.
Freshman Tommy Aliber might not currently be the best player on the IU men’s tennis team, but his hard work and dedication have turned him into a two-time state champion and the No. 1 singles player in the Missouri Valley and give him the ability to possibly reach that point at IU.
The leaves are changing, and so is the temperature. In other words, we are starting to find out who is for real and who is not in the college football world, and who could or will not contend for the National Championship.
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation is trying to get a better handle how many billboards sit along the state’s highways after a federal agency found problems in Indiana and threatened to withhold $90 million.
Two men were pulled off of Bloomington Police Department officer George Connolly at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at Nick’s English Hut while the officer tried to arrest one of their family members, BPD Lt. David Drake said.
More than 16,000 people “opt-in” for online directories and mobile applications as an alternative to printed phone books, WhitePages Inc. announced on its Web site this month.
As the nation recovers from the recession, IU Libraries is remembering a far worse economic time.
If you spend any time on campus, you will likely see flyers tacked advertising lessons and tutoring of all kinds. For some IU students, especially music school students, teaching others can be a great way to earn extra cash or just a way to share something they are passionate about.
Henry Remak, 92, may have died eight months ago, but it was hard to tell from looking at all the misty eyes of those who filled the Whittenberger Auditorium for his memorial service Saturday.
WE SAY Allowing students to use their meal points at the Indiana Memorial Union should be an obvious choice.
In language that is only comical because it is hyperbolic, protestors during the 9-12 Tea Party March on Washington attempted to link President Barack Obama to ideologies as diverse as fascism, communism and socialism claiming, “they’re all intertwined.” What the marchers were presumably trying to articulate when they alleged that fascism, communism and socialism are indistinguishable (which, at least from a policy perspective, is quite untrue) was their fear of an authoritarian government.
It’s Machiavelli in a string bikini: Do the ends justify the scantily clad means? Even though it is hard to argue with promoting awareness about cancer, these ads hurt more than they help.
According to the American conception of socialism, Sweden should be a desolate wasteland filled with mindless communist zombies, right? After all, they give poor people things after transferring money from people who can afford it (gasp!).
The IU men's basketball team will debut their new look Oct. 16 at Hoosier Hysteria, the official start of the basketball season.
The IU men’s tennis team was eliminated from singles play after a less-than-satisfying performance at the All American Qualifier on Monday.