While most of us have no problem seeing our families during the holidays, the story has been quite different for Cuban-Americans.
DETROIT – About 1,600 white-collar workers at General Motors Corp. will lose their jobs in the next few days as the troubled automaker accelerates cost cuts in order to qualify for more government aid. GM North America President Troy Clarke said Monday in an e-mail to employees that the layoffs are needed to ensure the company’s long-term viability. “In these unprecedented times, GM is reinventing every aspect of our business, including our organizational size and structure, to create a lean and agile company,” Clarke wrote in the e-mail obtained by The Associated Press.
For the second year in a row, Bloomington was ranked in Forbes’ Best Small Places for Business and Careers.
Students who are used to begging their families, bribing their friends or just sticking their thumbs out in traffic to find a ride home might find a new student-run carpooling Web site worth their while. Sophomores Jordan Crehan, Michael Brown and Anton Grazin recently co-founded an online carpooling business for the purpose of “connecting students with cars with students who need rides home,” according to their Web site, btownrides.com. In the future, the group hopes to expand the Web site to other universities and has already begun doing so at Purdue.
Sophomore Melanie May is one of the resident assistants around campus preparing her residents for Little 500 week.
As the men’s and women’s Little 500 races approach, the Indiana Daily Student asked the presidents of a few greek houses across campus to share their chapters’ pre-race superstitions and traditions.
It wasn’t until a former student treasurer, whom Dean of Students Dick McKaig met during his first job as a campus administrator, visited him in Bloomington that McKaig realized the student was gay.
Students throughout campus gathered with members of the community to take part in the 25th annual Hunger Cleanup on Saturday.
The sounds of Bollywood music, traditional Japanese fish chants and Indonesian pop songs filled the Indiana Memorial Union’s Alumni Hall on Friday night at the ninth-annual Mr. and Miss Asia competition.
Two-time Grammy award-winning artist Fatman Scoop will perform at Jake’s Nightclub’s White Party on Saturday.
If Team Pursuit foreshadows the upcoming Little 500, then event winners Black Key Bulls and Kappa Delta might feel good about their chances.
Chanel Cartier was crowned Miss Gay IU 2009 at the 19th annual pageant organized by OUT GLBT Student Union on Friday at the IU Auditorium.
LITTLETON, Colo. – The “boy in the window” – who fell bloodied and paralyzed into the arms of rescuers during the horrifying Columbine High shooting rampage – is doing just fine.
The red and white balloons adorned the steps leading to Teter Quad’s south courtyard Sunday and formed the shape of a ribbon, commemorating the fifth year of the Student Global AIDS Campaign’s AIDS Walk.
IU couldn’t defeat Tulsa (28-14, 10-4) on Saturday, dropping both games of a doubleheader.
Despite a furious fourth-quarter rally, the IU water polo team came up short against Michigan, who finished the season perfect against the CWPA west.
After a slow start to day one, the No. 6 IU men’s golf team responded with a resilient effort.
In the final tournament of the regular season, the IU women’s golf team showed it can compete in the postseason with a fifth-place finish in the Lady Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.
In the last two Big Ten match of the season, sophomore Lachlan Ferguson picked up his third and fourth straight win. Yet, the Hoosiers won only one match.
After a solid four match Big Ten win streak, IU (14-9, 6-4) dropped two consecutively before beating Michigan State to end the regular season with a win.
