WE SAY New measures to decrease discrimination against gay Americans serving their country are a first step toward an overdue congressional repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”
As part of the goal to get 15.4 percent of Britain’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015, the government has approved construction of the London Array, a wind farm to be positioned 20 kilometers off the coast of southeast England in the Thames Estuary. The region (Kent and Essex counties) has the highest demand for electricity in the U.K., with an estimated 750,000 homes consuming power every year. If successful, the wind farm will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, with about 300 turbines generating enough energy to power the entire area.
Police thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple’s home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes. San Francisco police thought the same with a father-and-son team they suspected of abusing the state’s medical marijuana law by allegedly operating an illegal trafficking operation.
On my way to class, though I’m only above ground for about 10 minutes, I pass at least five newsstands.These sprawling kiosks stock and advertise every type of publication imaginable, from a standard daily paper to magazines about African politics to uncensored porn.Each newsstand always seems to have several people waiting in line to buy their daily print fix. Even as the economy continues to steady itself, they’re still regularly buying their papers and magazines.
The Cleveland Orchestra will honor a promise to reschedule their performance when they take the stage 8 p.m. Jan. 25, 2011.
FORT HANCOCK, Texas — When black SUVs trail school buses around here, no one dismisses it as routine traffic. And when three tough-looking Mexican men pace around the high school gym during a basketball game, no one assumes they’re just fans.Fear has settled over this border town of 1,700, about 50 miles southeast of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, epicenter of that country’s bloody drug war. Mexican families fleeing the violence have moved here or just sent their children, and authorities and residents say gangsters have followed them across the Rio Grande to apply terrifying, though so far subtle, intimidation.The message: We know where you are.
MOSCOW — Female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 38 people and wounding more than 60, officials said. The carnage blamed on rebels from the Caucasus region follows the killings of several high-profile Islamic militant leaders there.
Jorge José was named the University’s Vice President for Research by IU President Michael McRobbie. The selection will go to the IU board of trustees for approval.
Schedule of 2010 Little 500 events
Freshman Miles Edwards scored in the top 20 of more than 4,000 students for the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical competition.
The Cutters had a far-from-perfect qualifying day Saturday. But far from perfect was more than enough for the team that has won the last three Little 500s.
Former Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad gave insights on campus Friday to students about negotiations that lead to a peace agreement that ended Peru and Ecuador’s border dispute.
Students and community members in the Indiana Memorial Union Sunday cheered as Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon took the stage. Some brought jerseys and T-shirts for him to sign. Garcon was there to speak about his work to support Haiti relief efforts. He is of Haitian descent and was invited to the White House earlier this month to discuss continuing efforts in Haiti with President Barack Obama and Haitian President Rene Preval.
Alumna Betsy Moore hasn’t sung with the Singing Hoosiers, IU’s show choir, for 47 years. But Saturday, she found herself back on stage for the group’s 60th Anniversary Concert.
As Miss Gay Bloomington Sugar Blackmon strutted in her elaborate fake eyelashes, silky black hair, knee-high black leather boots and diamond “bling” to the front of the stage at the Willkie Auditorium on Sunday, the audience erupted into cheers. She touched her body seductively, gyrated her hips, slithering down to the floor as audience members placed bills upon bills in her hands.
It all started with a harmless question asked at a board of trustees meeting. What is the relationship between different communications departments at IU? Specifically, are journalism, telecommunications and communication and culture best serving students in the way they are currently organized?
It all started with a harmless question asked at a board of trustees meeting. What is the relationship between different communications departments at IU? Specifically, are journalism, telecommunications and communication and culture best serving students in the way they are currently organized?
La Casa Latino Culture Center will present a live telecast of the annual Latino Education and Advocacy Day Summit from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today.
Women's golf finishes 5th, women's tennis grabs a Big Ten win, water polo rolls through the weekend, track and field begins the outdoor season and men's tennis wins 1 out of 2 on the road.
Rain poured onto Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium as Todd Yeagley made his debut as IU men’s soccer coach Sunday.
