Monroe County Council imposes hiring freeze to offset budget shortfall
The purpose of the hiring freeze is to help compensate for the $2 million shortfall for this year’s council budget.
The purpose of the hiring freeze is to help compensate for the $2 million shortfall for this year’s council budget.
Three straight Big Ten losses is a rut the Hoosiers are determined to get out of. The No. 53 Hoosiers look to clean their slate against No. 3 Ohio State and No. 61 Penn State this weekend at home.
After its worst finish this season, the IU men’s golf team hopes to prove this weekend it still belongs among the elite in the Adidas Hoosier Invitational on the IU Golf Course.
Senior defensive end Jammie Kirlew, last season’s team MVP, said he likes doing things people don’t expect him to do and setting an example for others.
After their farthest road trip of the year to Eugene, Ore., the Hoosiers hit the road a bit closer to home.
Eight away matches have led the Hoosiers to their final road trip this weekend against Penn State and No. 43 Ohio State.
The loss of No. 1 running back Marcus Thigpen, an unsettled quarterback situation and the movement of Ray Fisher, one of last year’s most productive wide receivers, to corner back all have the IU offense in flux.
Eleven local pizzerias participated in the event to benefit Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard. The restaurants competed in the categories of best cheese, specialty, pepperoni, breadsticks and best overall. Several times throughout the event, the restaurants ran out of slices.
IU (5-28, 1-7) will head to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend to face Michigan State (13-18, 0-5). But the stage for this game will be a little different from the usual.
Lin Loring is a ladies’ man. With 731 career victories, he is the NCAA’s winningest women’s tennis coach in Division I history. A 326-71 record also makes him the most successful coach in the Big Ten for women’s tennis.
The IU Essence hip hop dance team placed second at BET’s Spring Bling Revamped competition March 28 in Riviera Beach, Fla.
Residence halls and local nonprofits are teaming up this fall for students to get more involved in the Bloomington community.
Representatives from several organizations gathered Wednesday with students to discuss employment opportunities and diversity in the workplace at “Diversify Your Options,” an event put on by the IU Career Development Center.
The mood was light and the smiles were genuine as members of IU’s Virtu Project shook hands with associates of the Timmy Foundation on Thursday in the Maple Room of the Indiana Memorial Union.
When senior Zuhaili Izzuddin came to IU in fall 2007, the Malaysian Student Association had almost disappeared from campus. Now Izzuddin is treasurer of the group and said she is working to rebuild the Association and remind people the group still exists.
Students can take shots to raise money for charity Saturday – basketball shots, that is. The Business Careers in Entertainment Club is partnering with the IU Student Veterans Association to host the “King of the Court 3-on-3 Easter Classic” from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Ora L. Wildermuth Fieldhouse courts in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.
The Buskirk Chumley Theater erupted in laughter as an Obama impersonator sat onscreen questioning why the “cheap” audience was at the Campus MovieFest instead of at a real movie theater, stimulating the economy. The Campus MovieFest and IU Union Board premiered 16 student-made movies Thursday at the Buskirk. Although the festival premiered 16 movies, many more were entered into the competition.
U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky says he will not request any congressional budget earmarks for private, for-profit firms this year because of the ongoing federal investigation into a lobbying firm that had been his top campaign contributor.
Allen County Public Library officials say they have completed the cleanup of more than 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked into the ground beneath the building more than two years ago.
A woman whose husband died after he was found unconscious inside a sauna has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed against the Lafayette Family YMCA.