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EDITORIAL: Electric cars alone won't reduce a carbon footprint

By Editorial Board · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 3:41 p.m.

The Parisian goal to end the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles is good, but cannot be the only step toward sustainability.

COLUMN: Banning books harms students

By Maddy Klein · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 3:36 p.m.

Students benefit from exposure to difficult themes in literature.

Ray Boomhower's book "Dispatches from the Pacific" tells about the experiences of WWII reporter Robert L. Sherrod. Sherrod was a war correspondent for Time and Life magazines, during which time he covered WWII and the Vietnam War.

COLUMN: IU graduate releases book about journalism in WWII

By Audrey Lee · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 11:33 a.m.

Ray Boomhower talks about his new book "Dispatches from the Pacific."

Freshman outside hitter Kamryn Mallory earns a kill against the Iowa Hawkeyes last week at the University Gym in Bloomington. IU lost 3-0 to No. 11 Wisconsin on Friday, dropping IU to 0-8 in conference play this season.

Volleyball gets badgered on the road

By Dylan Wallace · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 9:39 a.m.

Volleyball drops eighth-straight match and fall to 11-9.

Darian Clonts, Anna Farley and Jeremy Weiss pose as Tiffany Choe stands on suitcases to sing in "L'étoile." The opera will play at the Musical Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, 14, 20 and 21.

Kaleidoscopic steampunk 'L’Etoile' presented at Musical Arts Center

By Clark Gudas · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 6 a.m.

“L’Etoile” features English dialogue in between musical numbers.

Freshman forward Griffin Dorsey celebrates with freshman forward Mason Toye after assisting on Toye's first half-goal against Ohio State on Oct. 15 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Per an IU athletics release Friday, Toye will forgo his final three seasons of eligibility with IU after signing a Generation adidas deal with Major League Soccer.

Men’s soccer cruises past Ohio State behind Toye’s brace

By Michael Ramirez · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 6 a.m.

Toye scored his seventh and his eighth goals of the season.

The Mersey Beatles play their set Friday night at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, which was packed for the tribute band's third performance in Bloomington. All of the Mersey Beatles are from from Liverpool, the hometown of the original Beatles quartet.

Mersey Beatles audience members share Beatles memories

By Emily Abshire · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 5:30 a.m.

Four lads from Liverpool visited Bloomington on Friday.

Sophomore forward Sydney Kilgore dribbles the ball against Nebraska Sunday afternoon at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Kilgore assisted on Mykayla Brown's second half goal in IU's 1-1 tie with Nebraska.

Women's soccer comes from behind to draw Nebraska on Senior Day

By Phillip Steinmetz · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 3 a.m.

After a poor first half, Hoosiers battle to draw against Cornhuskers.

IU employees Herb Jones and April Purlee roll on the ground as part of the Office of Insurance, Loss Control & Claims' organized attempt to break the current world record of 1,719 people simultaneously stop, drop and rolling. The Guinness World Records requires participants roll on the ground for 30 seconds in order for the attempt to count.

World record attempt draws 200 of 3000 people wanted

By Christine Stephenson · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 2 a.m.

IU fell short of its goal for promoting fire safety.

Monday rundown: IUWS senior day, finding a voice, 'L’Etoile', armed robbery

By IDS staff · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 1:30 a.m.

What you need to know for Monday, Oct. 16.

Two men arrested after allegedly demanding marijuana, threatening two people with guns

By IDS staff · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:41 a.m.

They allegedly tied two people up with Xbox cords.

Bloomington Blotter: laundry coins and filet knives

By IDS staff · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:41 a.m.

A man was found trying to break into a laundry machine with a crowbar.

Cross-Country teams struggle at prestigious meet

By Murphy Wheeler · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:40 a.m.

Women’s team finishes 17th and men’s team finishes 29th at Nuttycombe Invitational.

Elosia plays with her grandmother Rochelle Martin’s necklace during the Hispanic Heritage Day Celebration on Sunday afternoon in the Monroe County Public Library.

Bloomington celebrates the end of Hispanic Heritage Month

By Jaden Amos · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:40 a.m.

Monroe County Public Library organizes annual cultural celebration.

'Three Sisters' displays perseverance in times of difficulty

By Clark Gudas · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:27 a.m.

"Three Sisters" follows characters struggling with aspirations and failure.

Daniel Graber sells fruit at the Bloomington Farmers' Market in 2013 in front of a box of peaches, his main crop. The city's director of economic and sustainability development discussed the city's solar energy initiative at Saturday's market.

Bloomington government to adopt solar power

By Christine Fernando · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:27 a.m.

The city will work toward sustainable energy and encourage small business to do the same.

Tomas Gregg, a volunteer who has worked with the Bloomington Creative Glass Center for seven years, demonstrates how a crackle effect is achieved on some of the pumpkins at the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch on Saturday morning on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn. The crackle effect uses two layers of glass to create the two-tone effect.

Eighth Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch brings fall spirit to Kirkwood Avenue

By Peter Talbot · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:26 a.m.

The Bloomington Creative Glass Center drew hundreds to view and buy its pumpkins.

Freshman forward Mason Toye takes a shot against Ohio State on Sunday afternoon at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Toye scored both of IU's goals in its 2-0 win over Ohio State.

IU men's soccer rolls to another Big Ten win

By Josh Eastern · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:24 a.m.

IU posted its 12th win of the season Sunday with a 2-0 win over Ohio State.

Freshman Elizabeth Ketzner and her father, Brian Ketzner, laugh while listening to a recording of Elizabeth's grandfather in Wells Library on Oct. 3. Because her grandfather died when Elizabeth was a baby, she had no memory of what he sounded like.

Hearing home

By Lydia Gerike · Monday, Oct. 16,2017 12:24 a.m.

Freshman Elizabeth Ketzner waited 18 years to hear her grandfather's voice.

COLUMN: The genocide no one is acknowledging

By Neeta Patwari · Sunday, Oct. 15,2017 6:53 p.m.

Rohingya Muslims are being driven out of Myanmar, and the western world isn't doing enough to stop it.

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