Looking back and looking forward: the post-9/11 era
Exactly ten years ago on this date, our world entered a new era.
Exactly ten years ago on this date, our world entered a new era.
They’ve recently shown up in the hair of 99 percent of the women I see on campus. This is a grossly exaggerated approximation borne of personal bias.
It was 8:45 a.m. on a Tuesday in September. Rachel Jacobson, a freshman at IU, was still asleep. A native of the Lower East Side of New York City, Rachel had been in Indiana for only two weeks.
On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four passenger airplanes. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. These attacks on American soil left a profound mark in the memories of those who were young adults at the time.
When President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, he made sure to tell the American people that the War on Terror was not yet finished.
At his trial for crimes against humanity in 2006, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein took to the stand as an elderly tyrant. He ranted about his supremacy and shouted at the judge , denying his position as an ousted leader.
Soon after 9/11, the son of a wealthy Saudi businessman sat against a rock wall with a microphone in hand and an AK-47 by his side. On his head, a white turban. On his wrist, a digital timepiece.
When then-Major General David Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul, Iraq, the goal wasn’t simply to win classic battlefield victories but to win the “hearts and minds” of the Iraqi people.
Three days after his country was struck by religious extremism, the president of the United States clambered on top of a buried fire truck and put his arm around a volunteer who had come to Manhattan to search for survivors.
On a chilly November night in 2008, a young politician took a flag-flanked podium in Chicago.
The Hoosiers will kick off the season when they play Stony Brook at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Assembly Hall. IU will also get the chance to square off against other in-state foes in non-conference play.
In Bloomington, the demand for locally grown food has increased. And it’s benefitting both consumers and producers.
This year’s fair, organized by IU Student Life and Learning, attempted to go green while encouraging students to get involved on and off campus.
The Society for Creative Anachronism, an international organization, participates in practicing the arts and skills of the Renaissance.
GLOWfest traveling music festival announced Deadmau5 as its fall show headliner.
The powder-blue Big Ten T-shirts of then-junior Justin Kingsolver’s ticket are a part of campaign history. So is the name.
Any attack that singles out a group in Bloomington is an attack on all.That was the message stressed at town hall meeting Wednesday at La Casa Latino Culture Center. The meeting was a response to recent racially motivated harassment at the center.
Almost two years ago, a thought occurred to senior Joshua Thomas that seemed unheard of to him at the time. He decided a gay-friendly fraternity should be brought to IU.
The Remembering 9/11 panel discussion Wednesday was sponsored by the IU Asian Culture Center, First Nations Educational and Cultural Center and La Casa Latino Culture Center.
Months and months of the offseason had millions of people hoping for a good outcome for a variety of reasons. Some may have been financially motivated, and some may have been socially motivated, but nevertheless it would have been difficult to fill the void NFL teams would have left.