Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Sunday, Dec. 21
The Indiana Daily Student

Community Arts



The Indiana Daily Student

2008 alumna recognized as world-traveler intern

·

From documenting her adventures through video blogs and photography, IU alumna Lindsay Clark will be recognized with the opportunity of a lifetime with the world’s largest youth travel agency, Student Travel Agency. The agency chose Clark out of 780 applicants for a job as its world-traveler intern this summer.


The Indiana Daily Student

Tate to perform at Funny Bone for 2nd time this year

·

He performed on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham” and currently tours throughout the country, but this weekend, comedian Geoff Tate will be making his way back to Bloomington to perform some good old stand-up comedy at the Funny Bone.


The Indiana Daily Student

Be the best-dressed intern

·

So you’ve landed that big summer internship you’ve been killing yourself for the past semester. Now, what to wear?

South Jordan

Bloomington band to compete for $100,000 prize at festival

·

Bloomington-based band South Jordan is set to play Saturday for the final day of the Florida Music Festival, which began Wednesday. The festival takes place in downtown Orlando, Fla., and boasts more than 250 performers ranging in all types of music from heavy rock to hip-hop.


Closing the Cayman Islands

WE SAY There will be negative side effects with Obama’s strategy.Obama's strategy of attacking overseas tax havens might not be the best way to curb tax evasion.


The Indiana Daily Student

Refocus on NASA

·

The lack of interest in space exploration from younger folks is not surprising, but that needs to change.


The Indiana Daily Student

Health care costs difficult to reduce

·

Government intervention might be necessary to “ensure all Americans have quality, affordable health care,” but we are all going to have to help pay for it.





The Indiana Daily Student

Man arrested after car break-ins

·

A Bloomington man faces preliminary charges of theft and resisting law enforcement after being arrested Wednesday morning near the Fountain Park apartment complex.




illo

Atheists sue BT over ad rejection

WE SAY Atheists’ lawsuit is superfluous and unwarranted.We respect Bloomington Transit’s decision not to become some sort of weapon in a culture war between religious factions.


The Indiana Daily Student

Freedom vs. Eqaulity

·

The short story "Harrison Bergeron," by Hoosier Kurt Vonnegut brings up an interesting question, and one which Americans have been thinking about since Alexis de Tocqueville’s book “Democracy in America”. Are absolute equality and absolute freedom mutually exclusive?


A disappointed Danica Patrick walks away from her car after being denied one last qualifying attempt before the 6 p.m. deadline Saturday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Patrick earned a 10th place qualifying position marking the fifth consecutive season she will start in the top 10. Patrick's best qualifying result came as rookie in 2005 when she qualified fourth.

Indianapolis 500 Lineup

The Indianapolis 500 is gearing up for its 93rd annual race May 24. On Saturday, 11 drivers qualified for the race with Helio Castroneves taking the pole. This is Castroneves’ third pole position since 2003. Positions 12 through 22 were placed Sunday and the last 11 drivers will race for their positions Saturday.



Seniors react to commencement address

·

Former Justice of the High Court of Australia Michael Kirby’s commencement speech fell on deaf ears Saturday, some members of the graduating class said, while others lauded his efforts and bravery to discuss his homosexuality on stage.


The Indiana Daily Student

A sign of the times

·

The sorry state of print journalism takes root in several causes, and the current recession certainly hasn’t helped as ad revenue is expected to fall 15 percent in May. More significantly than the recession though, competition from Internet sources – particularly news aggregators such as Google News , Drudge Report and The Huffington Post – threatens the industry’s long-term viability by offering access to free online content.