Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Indiana Daily Student
Tuesday, July 28
Subscribe Donate
E-paper
The Indiana Daily Student

Region

Freshman Suengyeob Kim sits in his dorm room converted from a floor lounge in Read-Curry Wednesday. In order to accomodate an increasing freshman population, RPS had to place several new students in converted dorm rooms.

Students still living in lounges

By Sean Morrison · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 11:51 p.m.

When it came time to find out who his roommates were, Seungyeob Kim learned that he was going to be living with three other students from South Korea, which he said bothered him.

IU head basketball coach Tom Crean speaks on the tradition and future of the IU basketball program Monday night in the IU Auditorium. His speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

Crean: Be Patient

By Matt Dollinger · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 11:49 p.m.

He didn’t need to call himself “Joe Six-Pack” or make any references to hockey moms. But by the end of the night, everyone in attendance knew Tom Crean was a regular guy. Bringing back a school tradition untouched since the days of Bob Knight, Crean delivered an enthusiastic lecture to the IU student body Monday night inside the IU Auditorium.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Illustration by Larry Buchanan

CREDIT CRUNCH

By Nick Cusack · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 11:14 p.m.

The recent economic upheaval has left banks and lenders short of money. Experts say this could affect your ability to get a credit card, buy a house, purchase a car or even go to college. A look at the current credit crunch and you.

Sophomore Mariela Colindres speaks to Craig Jorgensen of Ave Maria School of Law Class of 2008 Monday afternoon in Alumni Hall. Jorgensen was here as part of the law fair, featuring law school representatives from across the country.

Law fair draws possible students

By Sean Morrison · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:26 p.m.

With a turnout of more than 600 students last year, this year’s Law Day event boasted similar numbers as students took time to learn about opportunities offered by 108 law schools across the nation.

The Indiana Daily Student

Students want more local food on campus

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:20 p.m.

I was thrilled to see two articles dealing with the growing attraction of sustainable food in Thursday’s paper.  It is good to know that options other than processed, faceless, chain-store chow are available to eaters in Bloomington. 

The Indiana Daily Student

Karma Comes Back to Simpson

By Chad Quandt · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:19 p.m.

There was a reason why in the late ’90s, every time I had a glass of juice, “murder” was the first phrase in my mind. Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson was the focus of one of the biggest trials in history. We all know the back-story, and the ridiculousness of the proceedings were lampooned on everything from Seinfeld to Saturday Night Live. As much comedy as Simpson gave us, the trial was a serious social issue that brought race relations and the judicial process into question.

The Indiana Daily Student

Pointless back and forth

By Danielle Fleischman · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:17 p.m.

Now that the first presidential debate and the only vice-presidential debate are over, it seems the undecided have their minds no more made up than before. While none of the candidates fumbled or made any major mistakes to hurt their campaigns, I’ve come away from both debates feeling as though I’ve learned nothing new about their respective policies or characters. In fact, both debates have seemed a tad disappointing when compared to the amount of hype the media has shoveled onto them.

The Indiana Daily Student

How much for that burger?

By Sanjay Mohanty · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:16 p.m.

In California on Tuesday last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill requiring restaurants with more than 20 locations to post nutrition information – calorie counts, to be exact – on menus by 2011. The issue here, of course, is access. This law targets national fast-food and fast-casual chains, most of which already provide nutritional information. However, such information is usually in brochures tucked discreetly in plastic holders behind the cash registers or on the Internet.

The Indiana Daily Student

Popular rule

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:14 p.m.

Andrew Jackson once said, “The people are sovereign; their will is absolute.”    Jackson, the original maverick, was born on the South Carolina frontier and once killed a man who insulted his wife. As president, he took on the National Bank and even attempted to abolish the Electoral College. He was just the sort of renegade who Washington outsider Sarah Palin claims to be. The only problem is that Palin is no Andrew Jackson.

The Indiana Daily Student

Lawmakers have been out-of-touch

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:12 p.m.

In an effort to win back control of the Indiana House of Representatives, Republicans promised they would seek caps on state spending, an increase in drilling in off-shore areas and in Alaska, as well as offering two years of free community college tuition. This agenda for the 2009 legislative section is, according to House Minority Leader Brian Bosma, focused more on issues most important to voters – taxes, jobs and education. Notably absent from the to-do list were constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage and initiatives to crack down on illegal immigrants. It’s about time. The Indiana General Assembly has a history of being fantastically out-of-touch with the needs of the people it represents. Just in the past year, this translated into mediocre legislative sessions marked by occasionally ridiculous and unconstitutional bills designed to pull in quick votes without  delivering any service to constituents.

The Indiana Daily Student

Rising gas prices to increase heating bills

By Emily Gibbons · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:30 p.m.

Bloomington residents might have to turn down the heat this winter. Gas and electric companies project that the price for natural gas heating will rise as much as 15 to 25 percent from last year, due to an increase in all fuel prices.

The Indiana Daily Student

Eli Lilly to buy ImClone for more than $6 billion

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:20 p.m.

The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand its pipeline of cancer treatments.

The Indiana Daily Student

Lawmaker’s home bombed in Pakistan; 15 dead

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:19 p.m.

A suicide bomber attacked a lawmaker’s house in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 50, officials and a witness said.

Trending