High schools and universities closed by the swine flu epidemic reopened across Mexico on Thursday as teachers and parents carefully checked returning students for flu symptoms.
The White House has ordered a complete outside review of NASA’s manned space program, including plans to visit the moon.
Brazilians huddled with livestock in shelters, paddled swollen rivers in search of food and complained that government aid was slow to arrive in a vast region stricken by some of the worst rainfall and flooding in two decades.
Some call it a victory lap, but Kyle Taber’s fifth year was anything but.
The IU volleyball team has improved leaps and bounds during coach Sherry Dunbar’s two-year tenure.
When IU senior outfielder and New York native Chris Hervey stepped foot on the Bloomington campus for the first time, he described it as a “culture shock.” Four years later, there is no place he would rather be.
The 22-24 Hoosiers are placed fourth in conference and looking for a sweep to push them closer toward the top of the Big Ten pack.
IU columnist Frank Therber comments on the new importance of linemen, specifically offensive tackles, in the NFL.
Little 500 rider and IDS columnist Zach Osterman takes a look back at his years as a rider and how he has grown from it.
At the foot of the famous white grandstands of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., classy celebrities, compulsive gamblers and college kids from across the country took in the 135th annual running of the Derby last Saturday.
This new alumnus is Justice Michael Kirby, recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as well as the speaker who will address the Class of 2009 during the graduation ceremony Saturday.
President Michael McRobbie announced a plan Tuesday to create two new schools of public health – one at IU-Bloomington and another at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis – to help battle Indiana’s struggling public health field and address long-standing health needs.
Some IU students will graduate Saturday with majors not available in any other IU department, including game design, costume design and social science of sexuality. Individualized Majors Program students said their time with IMP has been both challenging and worthwhile.
Congratulations to all students completing their degree this weekend. You and I are closing this chapter of our experiences at IU at the same time, but it took me a lot more years than you to get to this date.
WE SAY The bad economy is an excuse to explore the real worldYour 20s are yours after all. You’ll never be as free or without responsibilities as you are today. Mortgages don’t have nine-month grace periods; children can’t just be slung over your shoulder and taken with you like a backpack
For some reason the school-related knowledge never seems to be the salient memories of college.
Four years ago, if someone had told me that upon my graduating the world would be mired in a global financial crisis and a black man would be our president, I would have laughed. But such is the world we seem to have inherited. And what an incredible ride it has been.
This is my 59th and final column.I’m obviously incredibly remorseful about this, because 60 would have been a much less awkward number to end on. But so it goes.
A calendar of selected arts events happening in Bloomington from Friday, May 8 to Sunday, May 10.
Since my freshman year of college, one critical aspect of my daily life has shaped each semester: lunch time.
