Community Arts

Giving film a new home

The University Theater will get a new look next March when renovations start to transform the decades-old stage into a cinema.

Bloomington named 1st ‘Playful City’ in Indiana

Bloomington has been named the first “Playful City” in Indiana by KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit entity that encourages the formation of strong and healthy communities nationwide.

Recreational Vehicle industry in a bind

Gov. Mitch Daniels’ request for a $10.4 million national emergency grant to support displaced RV workers was approved two weeks ago after an economic downturn and rising gas prices have left many RV employees in Indiana jobless.

Man robbed at gunpoint

A Bloomington resident was held at gunpoint at about 9 p.m. Sunday while walking to his car.

Community foundation commits $150K to after-school programs

The Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County has committed more than $150,000 to jump start after-school programming for middle school students. “Students in middle school are at a difficult age because they want independence but aren’t necessarily prepared for that independence yet,” said Ken Miller, a Community Foundation board member.

‘Invincible,’ uninsured

Despite what the Census Bureau reported last month – that the numbers of uninsured Americans fell slightly between 2006 and 2007 to about 46 million – the health care access picture, to say nothing of its quality and cost, is bleak. The report, for one, did not take into account the economic downturn. That aside, one of the fastest growing and largest groups of uninsured is the “young invincibles,” individuals between the ages of 19 to 29. This is a group that numbers 13.4 million.

Pre-gaming minus the game

When it comes to IU football, some fans want to go big or go home. Others just want to go big and then go home. I’m referring of course to IU’s largest and most esteemed athletic tradition: the football tailgate. Ah, the smell of hamburgers on the wind as corn-hole bags fly by. To anyone who has stopped to bask in the glory of these festivities, it might come as a surprise that this year’s football attendance has hardly budged from last years’ numbers.

How to spread democracy

I think we are probably all in agreement that democracy is a really good thing. Of course there are the obvious freedoms and pleasantries affixed to this governing style, such as greater individual liberty, political stability, freedom from governmental violence and enhanced quality of life relative to non-democracies. Amartya Sen, the winner of the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, has pointed out that “no famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.”

Genopolitics: Useless Junk Science

The journal Science recently published a report on research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s political physiology laboratory – seemingly the only one in the world – suggesting there might be physiological differences between liberals and conservatives. However nice it might feel to think our ideological opposites have less and less in common with us, this report seems completely bogus and should not be taken too seriously.

I’ve seen this before

It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This seems to be no truer than right now in the film and television industries. We as viewers are being swarmed by remakes or reinterpretations of properties thought long dead.

Birch Bayh to speak Thursday at IU School of Law

Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh will present a lecture on the importance of the separation of church and state at 3 p.m. Thursday at the IU School of Law.

Reality sets in

Shocked? I’m not. Concerned? I am. What you saw against Western Kentucky and Murray State compared to Saturday’s game with Ball State was not a different IU team.

Hoosiers lose 42-20 against Ball State

IU might have landed the first punch, but the Hoosiers were the ones trying to pick themselves up off the canvas Saturday night after a 42-20 beating at the hands of visiting Ball State. For the first time ever, the Cardinals beat the Hoosiers, and they did so in astounding fashion. IU, a team that has aspirations of a second straight bowl game, was throttled by a hungry Ball State team.

Lewis struggles against Ball State

Kellen Lewis misses James Hardy, and on Saturday night, it showed.The world Lewis lives in – one where Hardy is no longer available as his favorite target – came crashing down as Ball State’s 86th-ranked defense easily held the Hoosiers to one offensive touchdown.Losing 42-20 in a dramatic setback for the Hoosiers, it was Lewis who looked lost on a continuous defense. The defense had its fair share of gaffes, but Lewis, who is ranked as one of the best quarterbacks in the Big Ten, erred all night.“I was rushing myself a little too much,” Lewis said. “This was the first game that we’ve been down and obviously, we never really had the lead. It’s something we have to learn from.”Lewis overthrew errant passes, as other throws were rocketed into his receivers’ hands, only to bounce out.

Nochta impressive in New Mexico; IU 9th

Junior Laura Nochta had a summer of firsts. In the Women’s Ohio State 85th Amateur Championship, Nochta carded her first round under 70, with a course-record 67. A few days later she recorded her first hole-in-one.

No. 14 IU men's soccer team defeats Wisconsin 3-2

Funk keys road win for Hoosiers; No. 6 Iowa comes next

Junior forward Haley Funk is not used to playing on a fast, dry pitch. But when the IU field hockey team was desperate for a score, Funk used the dry turf and bouncy ball to her advantage. She scored a goal early in the second half to help lead IU (5-3) to a 2-0 victory over Ball State (1-7) Saturday in Muncie.

RPS to offer 100-percent meal points rollover in ’09

From this point forward, students with meal plans will not have to worry about wasting their remaining money at the end of the year.

Indianapolis, we have a problem ... Well, a few problems

It’s fourth-and-one for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and quarterback David Garrard drops back to pass. Peyton Manning and the Colts just marched down the field and scored to put Indy up by one point, and as Garrard sits in the pocket, hae has just 29 seconds to put the Jags in field-goal range to try and eek out a win. He looks to his right and throws a pass that falls 10 yards away from the closest Jacksonville receiver.

IU takes 2 of 3 matches but loses TIS Invitational

Starting strong is only good if you finish the job thoroughly. Such a lesson was learned by the IU volleyball team at this weekend’s TIS Bookstore IU Invitational. After opening the tournament with convincing victories against George Mason and Ball State on Friday, IU ran into a wall Saturday against Cincinnati.