Community Arts
Chocolate becomes tasteful art
The sixth annual Art of Chocolate exhibit will feature live chocolate art from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the IU Art Museum. This year local Collaborative Artist Joe LaMantia will be creating a masterpiece by painting chocolate onto a canvas. Tickets are $45 and all proceeds benefit OPTIONS, a Bloomington non-profit that provides services to people with disabilities.
Pride festival kicks off with launch party
The PRIDE Film Festival, Bloomington’s premier Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer film festival, began its 2010 run yesterday with a meet-and-greet party at Farm.
Comedy Caravan celebrates 27th anniversary
In the back room of Bear’s Place, Comedy Caravan has made Bloomington residents and IU students laugh for 27 years.
IUPD maintains reactive stance on marijuana
IUPD officers respond to a variety of calls in the residence halls, including the smell of marijuana escaping through dorm room doors.
Nonprofit collects cell phones for disadvantaged African countries
Giving Back to Africa Student Association has partnered with the nonprofit group Cell Phones for Cancer in an effort to recycle cell phones to raise funding for both organizations.
Latin music contest Sunday in Auer Hall
The 13th Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America will take place 4 p.m. Sunday at Auer Hall and is free and open to the public.
IU high jumper learns to fly
The lane leading to the bar, roughly 15 yards away, is a runway. And Derek Drouin is ready to fly.
Imam charged for menacing woman over custom veil
Charges have been filed against an imam accusing him of threatening a woman who refused to wear an Islamic headscarf or abide by certain Islamic customs, prosecutors said Thursday.
Novice sailors unite on Vagabound site
There’s a new option for anyone who’s interested in sailing and seafaring adventures, but doesn’t possess maritime skills. Texas native Robert Patrick, along with co-founder Marco Grasso, a seasoned sailor from Italy, have created a Web site to help users create their dream trips.
Woman accused of having frequent sex with teenage son
A 41-year-old woman is accused of having regular sex with her teenage son when he was in seventh and eighth grades, officials said.Omaha Police said the now 15-year-old boy reported the alleged abuse last week to a counselor, who notified authorities. The boy told police his mother was addicted to prescription drugs when the alleged abuse took place in 2008 and 2009 while he lived with her.
Like the back of my hand
While climbing up the stairs of Ballantine Hall, I realized that I didn’t know any of the people passing me on their way down.
IU falls to Wisconsin, 55-47
The IU women's basketball team tries to rebound tonight against the Big Ten's best defensive team in the Badgers. Follow live by clicking here.
Freedom of Speech™
There just isn’t enough respect for our fat cat bankers and HMOs. Those poor, mega-rich people. Finally, they will have the chance, as Baran puts it, to make ads explicitly supporting a candidate because of a policy, instead of implicitly not supporting a policy.
Education is a virtue
There is no undertaking that is more important and farseeing than education. The troubled people of our world are not going to wake up one day and decide to stop hurting one another and help make the world a better place for all.
Refusal to hire smokers
WE SAY Refusing to hire smokers sends a good message but is the wrong approach.
Link Round-Up: 1/28
So much great news your head will explode.
PCB cleanup finished at former Bloomington factory
A federal agency says it has finished the cleanup of toxic PCBs at a former electrical components factory in Bloomington.
How to win the worst award
Germart is a band already noted for its awesome poor taste.
A quick look at Saturday's IU-Illinois game
The IU and Illinois men’s basketball teams will face off again Saturday at 2 p.m. in Champaign, Ill. The Fighting Illini won the first meeting this year, 66-60.







