Adjusting to Australian "Uni" life
At the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia, the looks, lingo and lives of the students appear as relaxed as the drug laws in Amsterdam.
At the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia, the looks, lingo and lives of the students appear as relaxed as the drug laws in Amsterdam.
Surpassing finals, moving-out, celebration and commencement, the job search is atop the list of priorities for graduates.
Graduation: A frantic but exciting time for seniors to reflect on the accomplishment of finally receiving a college degree.
With graduation upon us, college students who previously found themselves wondering "Chinese food or pizza?" or "Should I go out to the bars or stay in and study?" find themselves faced with a terrifying, new set of questions.
The transition from child to adult finally has forged its way to the forefront.
I talked with my paternal grandmother about my upcoming graduation and she told me an interesting fact -- as far as she knows, I am the first person in that family to graduate from college.
As many graduates have been busy bidding farewells to friends all week and packing the last of their belongings, the Indiana Daily Student would like to take this time to thank every single one of you for contributing to the IDS.
NEW YORK - To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor.
ROME, Ga. -- A small-town preacher was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison Thursday for stealing nearly $9 million from some 1,600 black churches by promising big returns on small investments.
VILNIUS, Lithuania - President Bush told Lithuanian TV that Belarus is the "last remaining dictatorship in Europe" and that the United States will work with countries in the region to ensure that the next elections there are free.
LOS ANGELES - Sheila Catoira wanted a fuel-efficient Toyota Prius hybrid so badly, she found a used model online and paid $1,000 more than the car would have cost new.
IU climbed out of the gloomy basement of the Big Ten and into gleeful sixth place with 46 points and its best-ever finish at the Big Ten Championship on Bloomington's Lake Lemon Saturday. No. 7 Michigan State, trailing by eight points and in third place overall heading into the final race, won the conference crown with a first-place total of 130. No. 4 Ohio State came in second with 129 points and No. 14 Wisconsin recorded 106 points for third. No. 3 Michigan, the defending Big Ten champion, placed fourth with 103 points, while No. 15 Minnesota took fifth and No. 20 Iowa ended up seventh with 22 points.
Sunday was the second time this season the No. 10 IU water polo team faced Michigan in a post-season tournament championship game. It was the second time IU lost. Last weekend the Hoosiers lost the Collegiate Water Polo Association Division Tournament champion game to the Wolverines, 11-10 in overtime. This weekend, they lost in the CWPA Eastern Conference championship game to Michigan, 8-7.
In their season opener against Ohio State, the 22-21 Hoosiers were impressive. Junior center fielder Reggie Watson had four hits, accumulating two runs, one double and one stolen base. Senior right fielder Joe Kemp tallied three RBIs and his eighth home run of the season on two hits.
An old adage goes, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Donald Carmony learned history and was determined to make sure his students, colleagues and friends never repeated it through his teaching and his own learning and research.
Red was the color of the day. Balloons, signs, T-shirts and banners all displayed the same simple design of a red ribbon Saturday with one thing in mind -- promoting AIDS awareness in Bloomington. With the help and support of the community, IU students and local sponsors, the day marked the first annual Bloomington AIDS Walk and raised more than $7,000 in the process.
While many students will spend this week studying for finals and packing their belongings in preparation for the summer, the Department of Student Rights and IU Student Association President Alex Shortle will be preparing to address the IU board of trustees to propose an amendment to the new Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The board will review the code for the first time May 6.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The daylight-saving bill, which dominated the legislative session, marks the end of Indiana's holdout on changing its clocks, and a freshman state representative who just a few weeks ago vowed to oppose the time switch is sure to get plenty of statewide fame -- and blame -- for making it so.
IU academic units will pay up to an estimated $750,000 a year for tutorial services exclusively for student athletes, making IU the only school in the Big Ten whose academic units -- and not athletics department -- are monetarily responsible for such services.