A 14-year-old Phoenix girl was fed once every day or two, maybe some crackers or a can of food, police said.
The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe.
The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall echoed with slaps, thuds and chants Wednesday when four dancers in rubber rain boots fixed with loose bottle caps led a crowd in a traditional African Gumboot Dance. The dance was just one part of the eighth-annual Black History Month Art Fair sponsored by the FASE Mentoring Program, the African American Arts Institute and the Office of Multicultural Initiatives.
On Wednesday, the IU Auditorium hosted an audience ready to see Jesus rock. “Jesus Christ Superstar” opened Wednesday to an appreciative crowd eager to escape the frigid weather outside. The show, one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous productions, is a retelling of the final days of Jesus’ life – beginning with the preparation for his arrival in Jerusalem and ending with his Crucifixion.
In his speech dedicated to motivating social movement, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill encouraged attendees to become more aware of their individual responsibility towards ending social misery.
Basketball isn’t known as a contact sport, and the more passive team lost in IU’s 69-52 faltering against Ohio State on Wednesday. Similar to the first contest on Jan. 6 in Columbus, Ohio, IU struggled against the larger, more physical Buckeyes.
Four undergraduate students were announced as winners of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs’ Academic Admission Award.
With more than 40 participants, IU made its way onto a new list of schools with large contributions to the competitive international program. IU ranked No. 25 on the Peace Corps Top Colleges 2010 list when compared to other schools with more than 15,000 undergraduate students. The University of Washington ranked No. 1 with 101 students involved in the Peace Corps, while IU had 42 students involved.
Students watched the documentary “Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth” along with 20 other students Wednesday at the IU Maurer School of Law. The documentary, written and directed by Anne Galisky, told the stories of four students facing high school graduation without legal citizenship status.
Five faculty members received the IU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for their dedication to teaching, research and service. Winners were Brian D’Onofrio, Christiane Gruber, Ho-fung Hung, Daniel Kearns and Marissa Moorman.
Meno, who is a counselor at Counseling and Psychological Services at the IU Health Center, said there are many misconceptions about counselors.
The Hoosiers (13-10, 6-6) will try to do something only three other Big Ten teams have managed to do against the Hawkeyes (12-11, 5-7) today: stay undefeated in February.
The NBA All-Star Game 2010 Weekend won’t begin until Friday, but Wednesday’s IU and Ohio State game at Assembly Hall had the looks of it. There was plenty of dunking – alley-oops, two-handed flushes and a near-perfect windmill attempt by Ohio State’s William Buford. There were a fair amount of 3-pointers shot.
The Bloomington Area Arts Council Board voted unanimously Tuesday to expand the governing board by recruiting locally.
Rather than play battle of the bands, the Bloomington Area Music organization, or BAM!, strives to connect Bloomington’s thriving musical scene.
Amy C. Wolff, a graduate student in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, is working with a non-profit organization, the ZyOzy Foundation, to raise $30,000 to benefit the CARE Earthquake Relief Fund. How is she doing it? Through song.
Lately, love has had a rough time.
Ellen DeGeneres’ debut on “American Idol” drove up ratings for the singing contest and drew praise from fellow judge Kara DioGuardi.
During undercover operations, Bloomington Police Department Detective William Jeffers was able to make drug contacts. These same contacts were able to assist him in charging four men in the murder of Mario Wright, which occurred July 19, 2009.For this reason, Jeffers was named BPD’s Officer of the Year.
As the popular saying goes, men are from Mars and women are from Venus; however, they both live on Earth. So why would one sex care more about this planet than the other?
