IU alumnus and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Thomas French has accepted a teaching position at the School of Journalism effective fall 2009.
DENVER — Sen. Evan Bayh delivered a scathing attack on the Bush administration and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Wednesday, citing what he called “this administration’s disgraceful incompetence.” The Indiana senator and IU alumnus even linked their policies with problems in the Hoosier state. Bayh, who was on Sen. Barack Obama’s shortlist of candidates for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination and is thought to still have presidential ambitions, wasted little time in declaring McCain as just another Bush.
DENVER – Barack Obama was officially chosen as the Democratic nominee for president Wednesday, making the Illinois senator the first black nominee from either of the two major political parties. The vote also brings to a close a hard-fought battle for the nomination that saw the two front runners – Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., – contest states like Indiana that had been largely irrelevant in previous elections.
Boxes and tears filled the room in Teter Thompson on Wednesday. Friends and family laughed and talked while the girls steadily unpacked their belongings onto the dorm floor.VIDEO: Move-in Day & Freshmen Induction
In July, the office doors were locked. By August, the board resigned. Some wondered if the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, created in April of 2007 to serve the needs of IU’s Native communities, would survive.
IU’s School of Informatics was the first of its kind in 2000. In the eight years since its inception on campus, it is now being recognized as one of the finest the country has to offer.
Six mausoleums for the unclaimed dead of Hurricane Katrina stand on what was vacant land just five weeks ago, as New Orleans – in what could be a testament to its determination – scrambles to complete a memorial by Friday’s third anniversary of the storm.
The office of the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan spiritual leader is suffering from exhaustion and is canceling his international trips
It’s Friday afternoon, and the powerful music of the Marching Hundred echoes from inside Assembly Hall. The historic words of the fight song float down Fee Lane. Welcome Week is coming to an end, but Traditions and Spirit of IU has just begun.
IU President Michael McRobbie stood before the full-capacity crowd at the IU Auditorium on Wednesday and welcomed the incoming freshman to IU, but the family man could just as easily have been on the other side of the stage.
A university president and a top local official in a restive province north of Baghdad are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents, according to arrest reports obtained Wednesday.
IDS Columnist Ben Homrig provides analysis that will help you win your fantasy football league.
IU coach Tracy Smith is impressed with the depth of his team at several different positions.
Soccer players Ofori Sarkodie and Rich Balchan bring overseas experience back to IU team.
IDS columnist Mike Abrams mimics a sit-down interview with Bob Costas.
The 2009 recruiting class is ready to play for Coach Crean and the Hoosiers.
Safety Jerimy Finch is ready to play for IU this year after transferring from Florida.
The Bloomington Police Department is still investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Kmart Pharmacy, 3175 W. Third St.
OSCEOLA, Ind. – An autopsy found that a gunshot wound to the chest killed an Osceola man who authorities say died while trying to flee an off-duty police officer.
The intersection of 17th Street and Fee Lane is just one area in Bloomington that has been a headache for drivers during the summer months. The city of Bloomington and IU have worked together to fix the area in time for the fall semester. These major upgrades were seen by the state of Indiana as necessary to the improvement of the busy road.
