Reading shines fresh light on Voltaire classic
BPP presents contemporary spin on original 1759 ‘Candide.’
BPP presents contemporary spin on original 1759 ‘Candide.’
A registered sex offender accused of killing 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges Thursday, a plea that will leave the legal system to decide whether a sane person can live for years with 10 bodies and a skull.
The African American Choral Ensemble, African American Dance Company and IU Soul Revue will take the stage for the African American Arts Institute’s 16th-annual “A Potpourri of the Arts in the African American Tradition” concert 8 p.m. Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The theme for this year is “Above and Beyond.”
A small, black sign propped amid second floor walking traffic turned heads and sparked interest at the Indiana Memorial Union on Thursday. “Live fair, make fair, trade fair, buy fair,” one student read to her friend. The two turned right into the Christmas light-illuminated Frangipani Room, where the fifth annual International Fair Trade Market was in full swing.
Holiday event to assist nonprofits, local groups.
In “Parentheses of Blood” by Sony Labou Tansi, directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe, the mockery of corruption is bound to stir shrieking humor. The production opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday with additional shows Saturday and the next week at the Wells-Metz Theatre to close the Theatre and Drama Department’s fall season.
In October, two Bloomington residents started an inclusive, professional lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization at IU that’s aimed at people interested in scientific and technical fields.
Saturday benefit to raise funds, support Third World education.
With the help of experts, the Indiana Memorial Union aims to become a more sustainable, green center.
Gender is not always as clear as male and female.
It’s always difficult to regain focus after Thanksgiving break and push on through the end of the semester. Fortunately, here in Chile, the semester is already complete.
The Hoosiers were able to go nearly shot-for-shot with No. 12 Florida State until the last few minutes of the second half of their 82-74 loss to the Seminoles.
The IU wrestling team will face its first national test Friday in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
IU’s No. 13 women’s swimming and diving team and No. 8 men’s swimming and diving team both have busy weekends ahead of them.
EVANSVILLE – Police said a man was shot once in the back during a fight outside Casino Aztar in Evansville.
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s State Board of Education is considering a proposal that could change the way the state ranks schools by giving them letter grades instead of putting them into categories.
INDIANAPOLIS – A follower of the Sikh faith claims in a lawsuit that a company at Indianapolis International Airport denied him a job as a shuttle bus driver because his faith dictates he wear a turban and a beard.
RISING SUN, Ind. – A prosecutor in the U.S. said a 17-year-old charged with murder in the strangulation death of his 10-year-old brother had fantasized about killing someone.
INDIANAPOLIS – Police said four children suffered non-life-threatening injuries when a sport utility vehicle fleeing from officers crashed into a day care center.
Girls Incorporated of Monroe County will be having its annual Holiday Hoopla event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday at the Fountain Square mall.