The monthlong saga of Brett Favre's unretirement ended when he was traded by the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets.
The sky was blue Thursday, but the Indiana State Fair shined cream and crimson. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, hundreds of fair goers decked out in IU gear, walked up and down State Fair Boulevard to attend the fair’s annual IU Day. SLIDESHOW: IU Day
The Indiana Debate Commission announced Thursday that IU was selected as one of the three Indiana locations to the host a 2008 gubernatorial debate, according to an IU press release.
DCI - World Class SemifinalsFriday, August 8th, 2008Memorial Stadium - Bloomington, Ind.Boston Crusaders - 88.975Glassmen - 88.125Madison Scouts - 86.375Crossmen - 85.950Colts - 85.175Spirit - 83.175Troopers - 81.100Pacific Crest - 79.650
The body of William F. Kline, 51, of Bloomington was found behind Marsh Supermarket on Bloomington’s West side.
“Voldemort just doesn’t understand the power of friendship, the power of love and the power of rock ‘n’ roll,” Paul DeGeorge said Sunday night to the crowd of over 60 attendees during the Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo ’08 tour stop at Rhino’s. And that’s just what united us all there.
An estimated 100 students will live in residence hall lounges at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year.
A change in door locks has thrown the future of the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center up in the air. The center created for Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Alaskan natives has been in existence for more than a year, but members of its volunteer student board resigned Aug. 4 and the center might change locations before the fall.
Skyrocketing gas prices have forced IU to cut funding to the Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation, resulting in a series of service changes effective Sept. 1, 2008.
By announcing the addition of IU senior Drew Allenspach to the athletics director search committee on Tuesday, IU President Michael McRobbie drew praise from student leaders, who called the announcement a sign of the president’s commitment to student opinion.
When the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps emerged out of four charter buses at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, many didn’t know where they were or what day it was.
Freelance camera operator Chuck Goslin sets up his crane Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
The Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center recently earned three out of five “diamonds” from the AAA Motor Club.
As part of an initiative to reevaluate programs within the Office for Women’s Affairs, newly named Dean Yvette Alex-Assensoh has decided to broaden the focus of the sexual assault education program RAISE, prompting the resignation of the program’s coordinator.
Star defensive player Jerimy Finch was cleared to practice with the Hoosiers on Tuesday, according to an IU press release.
Thousands of spectators will have their eyes on the top drum and bugle corps for the kickoff of the Drum Corps International World Championships Thursday, but only 11 will determine the winners.
It’s Sunday night, and sleep is hard to come by. It’s not usually this way. No, work calls me in early on Sundays, so I’m usually rather tired when bedtime rolls around. But not tonight.
USA Today reported this week that the NFL has released its new “Fan Code of Conduct” whereby disruptive (and drunk) fans will have their season tickets revoked if they act in an unruly manner.
In case you haven’t heard, the Summer Olympics officially begin this Friday in Beijing. Chances are you have heard all about this year’s games, but you don’t really care. You might claim to care during group conversations or to hold on to some novel idea of patriotism, but you don’t really care because most of the sports bore you and in the month of August there are better things to do than watch air rifle competitions.
A couple of days ago I was walking along the street, minding my own business with a nonfat strawberry smoothie and a fresh manicure. I was stopped in my tracks, however, by a flyer advertising a manual labor job that was extremely upsetting to me. “Must be able to lift heavy equipment,” the flyer read. Well, I think that’s what it read. It is difficult to recall the exact language, because all I saw was a boy’s clubhouse with scrawled writing saying, “No girls allowed!”
