Columns

OPINION: Braun is tough on degrees: a Catholic's perspective

Indiana’s governor pontificates about which degrees schools should offer, but it's not helping students.

COLUMN: Building community when you’re far from home

Getting involved in your new environment helps a strange place feel more like home.

COLUMN: Everyday epigenetics: Lamarck, famine, and why flamingoes are pink

Epigenetics explains variation in Nature’s colors, human health, and long-term effects of environment.

OPINION: How a running app and Instagram encouraged me to become a runner

For the past eight weeks I’ve explored running.

OPINION: Gender-affirming healthcare is good, actually.

The anti-trans moral panic is rife with misinformation, and it was never about protecting kids. 

OPINION: Home workouts can be better than the gym — here’s how I make them work

At home workouts are more efficient, comfortable and affordable.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Students voted to fund the IDS. IU still won’t.

GUEST COLUMN: IU leadership chooses convenience over community. It’s no surprise the expressive activity policy was deemed unconstitutional.

OPINION: Lyla Sage, author of “A Rebel Blue Ranch” series, shows us to embrace the calm in the storm

"Wild and Wrangled” was recently published on April 15.  

COLUMN: The joy of writing terrible poetry

If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly.

COLUMN: ‘Boutique’ has lost its charm

Commercial overuse has turned boutiques from fashionable to generic. 

OPINION: Thought AI Would Make My Life Easier, But It Left Me Empty

What does it mean to be human when AI redefines intelligence and value?

COLUMN: I’m very mediocre at pickleball — and that’s why I keep playing

OPINION: Ana Huang’s most recent book in her “King of Sin” series, “King of Envy,” tackles love, loyalty and identity

“King of Envy” is the most recent book in the series, published April 29.

COLUMN: 10 songs to add to your summer playlist

From Sublime to Mac Miller, these songs are essential to listen to during hot summer days.

COLUMN: ‘Thunderbolts*’ is solid, but it’s not the comeback Marvel desperately needs

While better than recent Marvel films, “Thunderbolts*” doesn’t hold up to original Marvel standards.

COLUMN: ‘Thunderbolts*’ is solid, but it’s not the comeback Marvel desperately needs

While better than recent Marvel films, “Thunderbolts*” doesn’t hold up to original Marvel standards.

GUEST COLUMN: Transfer before it’s too late

Leadership working so the value of your degree goes down, not up. 

COLUMN: A love letter to IU

Indiana is home in the truest sense.

OPINION: Grad season provides a moment of bittersweet reflections, gratitude and growth

Congratulations to the class of 2025 on four incredible years!