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Bloomington will offer free parking downtown all day every Saturday in December. The public garages include those on Morton, Fourth and Walnut street.

Bloomington to offer free holiday parking

By IDS staff · Friday, Dec. 1,2017 6:45 a.m.

Bloomington residents will enjoy free parking downtown for a portion of the holiday season.

IU researchers developed a beetle with a third eye. It will hopefully help them understand evolution better.

Scientists develop beetle with third functional eye

By Rebecca Ellis · Thursday, Nov. 30,2017 11 a.m.

The extra eye could lead to discoveries in medicine, development and evolution.

Fraternity members clash over views on suspension

By Jaden Amos · Thursday, Nov. 30,2017 7 a.m.

Fraternity members believe the temporary suspension was the wrong choice.

Bikes park outside of Franklin Hall on Wednesday afternoon. IU was recently designated as a silver level, bicycle-friendly university by the League of American Bicyclists.

IU awarded silver level, bicycle-friendly university

By Peter Talbot · Thursday, Nov. 30,2017 6:31 a.m.

The University achieved the designation by improving bike infrastructure on campus.

More than 100 grad students from all areas of study march from Woodburn Hall to Bryan Hall to deliver a petition to President Michael McRobbie to publicly oppose a House of Representatives bill taxing graduate students' tuition waivers. The GOP-backed bill would repeal tax exemptions for students receiving tuition waivers and would affect more than 2,100 IU students.

IU graduate students march to President McRobbie’s office in opposition of tax plan

By Christine Fernando · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2017 5:57 p.m.

They said the tax change would force many graduate students to drop out.

Delta  Chi's house is located on Third Street. The fraternity was suspended due to violations of the IU student code of conduct and the Greek Agreement regarding hazing, IU Spokesperson Chuck Carney said in an email.

Timeline: Schools that have suspended greek life

By Matt Rasnic · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2017 11:48 a.m.

Here are the major universities that have suspended greek life activities this year.

Acacia was one of the fraternities affected by the Interfraternity Council's decision on Monday to suspend all social activities with alcohol and unsupervised new member activities. The temporary suspension will last until Feb. 28, 2018.

IFC votes to temporarily suspend fraternity social activities

By Jaden Amos · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2017 9:33 a.m.

Social activities for all IFC chapters suspended until March after unanimous vote.

IU students Olivia Turi, Evan Weis and Max Gruenberg raise cups of grape juice during a pre-meal blessing in January 2017 at the Helene G. Simon Hillel Canter. Hillel is one of the many religious organizations on campus.

Cultural and religious organizations provide communities for IU students

By Maura Johnson · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2017 8:30 a.m.

Cultural and religious organizations provide a home away from home for students.

The IU Debate Team returned home from a tournament two weeks ago at Wake Forest University, where the varsity team finished 23rd out of 340 competitors. The team is on track to qualify for the National Debate Tournament again in 2018.

IU Debate Team proves itself a team to be reckoned with

By Peter Talbot · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2017 4 a.m.

The team is on track to qualify for the National Debate Tournament again in 2018.

IFC fraternities agree to suspension until spring

By Sarah Verschoor · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2017 12:34 a.m.

The Interfraternity Council voted unanimously to temporarily suspend social and new member activities.

New major bridges gap between liberal arts and business

By Rebecca Ellis · Monday, Nov. 27,2017 5 a.m.

IU’s new major gives more students access to a dual business and liberal arts education.

Graduate students ask why IU administration has remained silent on proposed "grad tax" cuts in new GOP tax proposal

By Katelyn Haas · Monday, Nov. 27,2017 3 a.m.

Some IU graduate students will make the march to President McRobbie's office Wednesday afternoon.

IU School of Medicine program director emeritus identified as victim in northwest Indianapolis homicide

By Katelyn Haas · Monday, Nov. 20,2017 6:49 p.m.

Kevin Rodgers worked as a program director for the emergency medicine residency at IU School of Medicine.

Students guessed about 30 percent of their classmates were taking drugs like Adderall and Ritalin for non-medical purposes at least once a year, according to a University of Washington study. The study found only 17 percent of students surveyed had done so.

College students far overestimate stimulant abuse, research finds

By Caroline Anders · Friday, Nov. 17,2017 12:30 p.m.

Though college students think nearly a third of their peers abuse ADHD medication, the number who do is actually far fewer.

Senior Gaby Anderson sits outside the Indiana Memorial Union. Anderson is of Kiowa decent.

Sharing Heritage

By Christine Stephenson · Friday, Nov. 17,2017 7 a.m.

Senior Gaby Anderson gained confidence in her native identity through the FNECC.

Students work in the education library Wednesday afternoon. The School of Education will be getting a new dean, replacing current dean Terry Mason.

Search committee begins process to find new School of Education dean

By Rebecca Ellis · Friday, Nov. 17,2017 4 a.m.

The committee had their first meeting on Nov 6 to discuss the plan.

The Leo R. Dowling International Center is home to the Office of Overseas Study. IU recently ranked seventh among United States universities sending students abroad.

IU earns 7th place in sending students abroad

By IDS staff · Friday, Nov. 17,2017 2 a.m.

Those who study abroad are likely to have higher GPAs and a higher paying starting salary.

Slips of papers marked with the words #renameJordan and #decolonizeIU were scattered in classrooms and doors in Jordan Hall on Monday night. The anonymous flyers represent a movement to remove the name of David Starr Jordan from Jordan Hall.

Anonymous flyers prompt discussion on changing name of Jordan Hall

By Christine Fernando · Friday, Nov. 17,2017 12 a.m.

The flyers showed David Starr Jordan’s connection to eugenics.

IU dietitian advises students to plan their meals

By Rebecca Ellis · Thursday, Nov. 16,2017 9:23 a.m.

IU’s dietitians provide a resource for finding healthy eating habits.

Officers stand left to right in 1956: Ralph Wible, Harold Leininger II, Jim Soukup and Neil Morehead. Leininger says he thinks the IU chapter of Sigma Nu no longer has the same mission and vision as when he was a member.

Sigma Nu alumnus said he is saddened by chapter suspension

By Jaden Amos · Wednesday, Nov. 15,2017 10 a.m.

Former members of Sigma Nu disagree on the justification of suspension.

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