Community Arts

Concert to ring through IU Auditorium

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:42 p.m.

The holiday concert stars the Singing Hoosiers, IU’s vocal ensemble and other local musical groups.

Police: No bomb involved in November robbery

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:34 p.m.

John R. Anderson, 31, of the 5000 block of South Cardwell Road, was arrested in connection with the robbery after police located him at a local Wal-Mart, Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. John Kovach said.

Victory Celebration at KRC Banquets & Catering

Young accepts appointment to Congress committee

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:33 p.m.

Rep. Todd Young, R-9th District, is one of four new appointees to the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 113th Congress. Young will be the only Indiana representative on the committee.

Stuff-A-Bus collects holiday gifts

By Jessica Contrera · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:32 p.m.

The bus was unveiled in November at the Bloomington Canopy of Lights Celebration. It spends December traveling to different shopping centers to collect donations.

River otter population increases in Ind. counties

By Jessica Campbell · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:30 p.m.

Expanding to about 80 percent of Indiana’s counties, river otters are flourishing in the wetlands, rivers and other water-based areas.

IU student arrested for theft, animal cruelty

By Michael Majchrowicz · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 4:38 p.m.

Christopher C. Gugliuzza, 19, bolted from the animal shelter with a feline and made a getaway in his car to his residence.

After tornado, rebuilding a home

By Mark Keierleber · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12:10 a.m.

On May 25, 2011, Don Holmes, now divorced, lost the house where he raised his family. But he did not leave.

Collins to offer gender inclusive floor

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

WE SAY: This living arrangement will be a beacon of tolerance and acceptance

Scrooges, take note

By Christina Shelley · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

Maybe for some, Christmas holds a bad memory, or, for others, their mother never decorated with as much fervor as mine.

Porch couches: toxic or just hideous?

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

WE SAY: Just hideous. Let those who like them keep them.

Holiday spirit, inclusivity not mutually exclusive

By Katie Beasley · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

The protesters Chafee was referring to were Christians who, in 2011, disruptively barged in to the lighting ceremony and turned the event into, as Chafee put it, a “disrespectful gathering.”

Indiana youth experiencing HIV crisis but need help

By Drake Reed · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

According to the CDC, 21 percent of HIV diagnoses in Indiana and linked to male-to-male sexual contact in 2007 were individuals younger than 24.

Pence appoints cabinet members

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:52 p.m.

Gov.-elect Mike Pence began filling out cabinet positions soon after the Nov. 6 election. Pence will take the reigns from two-term Gov. Mitch Daniels following a Jan. 14 inauguration ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

Assembly Hall gets new speakers

By Mina Asayesh-Brown · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:49 p.m.

The IU men’s basketball team is currently ranked No. 1 in the country and off to a promising start. It’s only fitting that Assembly Hall would make improvements to match.

Provost Robel honors 6 staff members with awards

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:13 p.m.

University Executive Vice President and Provost Lauren Robel presented six IU staff members with 2012 Staff Merit Awards on Monday for their “exemplary job performance and special efforts to improve Indiana University,” according to a press release.

Offices moving to Union Street

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:13 p.m.

Front-facing service employees at the Office of the Registrar and the Office of Student Financial Assistance will merge early next semester, creating the new organization Student Central.

On the blotter

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:12 p.m.

Crimes performed around campus.

Professor studies youth and their grades

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:11 p.m.

Jane McLeod, professor in the Department of Sociology, has shown that behavior problems, not depression, can cause lower grades.

$1.5 million grant to fund Korean Studies

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:09 p.m.

Three Korean alumni provided the University a $1.5 million grant with which it will establish its first endowed chair in Korean studies, according to a press release issued Monday.

MaryFrances McCourt to replace CFO Neil Theobald