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Grant awarded for new program

Through a grant from the USA Group, an insurance company, the Community Outreach and Partnerships in Service-Learning have made four Chancellor's Faculty Fellows service-learning teaching classes available for the first time this semester.

Speakers offer personal insight in an attempt to educate, heighten awareness

Every 24 hours, 15,000 people are infected with HIV. In three days, the equivalent of the entire student body at IU would be infected with the virus. To lower that statistic, Bloomington will honor World AIDS Day today, which marks the eighth year the city has participated in the world-wide initiative to heighten awareness and teach prevention of HIV and AIDS.

Fighting the stereotype

I'm walking on uncertain ground here, so please bear with me.

Flu vaccines still on hold

The IU Health Center has still not received its full influenza shot vaccinations shipment after two and a half months of delay, forcing it to cancel all flu clinics scheduled to take place this past week and next. The Health Center hopes its larger supply will arrive next week.

Women's coach saddened by father's retirement

When IU women's coach Kathi Bennett wakes up Friday morning in a Houston hotel room, her father Dick will no longer be a basketball coach.

Hoosiers face Southern Illinois

Nobody on the men's basketball team has gone through a three-game losing streak during their time at IU.

Nelms gives 'advice for life'

As part of Union Board's "Project Respect Diversity," Charlie Nelms, vice president for student development and diversity, addressed a group of students and faculty on the subject of multiculturalism Thursday night.

Spartans face uphill climb this season

Joanne McCallie rode the University of Maine about as far as it can go. Six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

Hockey prepares for home series against Dayton

The IU hockey team faces the University of Dayton in a two-game home series tonight and Saturday.

Hoosiers in familiar situation

For some reason, the familiar strains of that Barenaked Ladies song "It's All Been Done" have been racing through my head all week long.

Junior steps into role for soccer team

Colin Rogers is used to stumbling into opportunity. Four years ago, the junior goalkeeper on the IU men's soccer team doubted he'd play soccer after high school.

Campus honors World AIDS Day with programs, education

Gestating in individuals for five to 10 years before killing them, AIDS is crippling much of Africa. In Zimbabwe, more than a quarter of adults carry the virus. Currently, 2.8 to 3 million people in South Africa are living with HIV or AIDS, as estimated by the 8th National HIV Survey of Women Attending Antenatal Clinics of the Public Health Service in South Africa (1997).

Aiming for an upset

Jerry Yeagley uses a unique description when explaining the matchup between his defense and North Carolina's attack.

Study reveals need for increased AIDS education

Today is World AIDS Day, dedicated to increasing AIDS awareness. A study recently published by IU's Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention reflects the need for increased education on sexually transmitted diseases.

Union Board to hold directorship elections

Building on a 91-year history of campus-wide programming services, Union Board will wrapup its week of directorship campaigning in an open forum today in the Indiana Memorial Union Gallery at 7 p.m.

Four years of Union Board memories

This is my last IDS column. I have written on a bi-weekly basis in my position as Union Board president, but with Union Board's campus wide elections Tuesday, my days are numbered.

The war goes quietly on in Iraq

Tom Jackson spoke of genocide. Quietly, yet directly, he told the crowd of approximately 35 gathered in Woodburn Hall Thursday night of the rampant sickness he had witnessed, of the headless children and the severely dehydrated, withered bodies piled on twin beds.

'IDS' increases family's grief

It is my wish that you publish this letter in response to the article ("On-campus suicide surprises family, friends") you published Monday about the death of my son, Jason Schwab.

Trustee should think of students

The current student trustee's two-year term on the IU board of trustees is coming to an end this semester, and applications for the position will be available next week.

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