Kernan backs full-day kindergarten
INDIANAPOLIS -- Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan announced a proposal Thursday that would extend full-day kindergarten across Indiana and make it available statewide by 2007.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan announced a proposal Thursday that would extend full-day kindergarten across Indiana and make it available statewide by 2007.
EVANSVILLE -- A man authorities suspect of holding up 43 grocery store bank branches in six states agreed during an initial court appearance Wednesday to be transferred to Cincinnati, where he has been charged in one of the robberies.
Physics discovery named a top story IU professor Edward Stephenson's discovery of a rare fusion process explaining symmetry violation was named the No. 49 top science story of 2003 by Discovery Magazine. The discovery, which has been investigated since the 1950s, will help define differences between neutrons and protons and offer scientists insight into the origin of the universe, according to a press release.
MUNCIE -- The father of a Ball State University student shot by a campus police officer said the family was considering legal action after a grand jury cleared the officer of any criminal wrongdoing.
As the four-year mark of the PeopleSoft software implementation draws near, some of the expected glitches in the system have surfaced.
One thing I wish I knew more about is car maintenance. Thanks to "Dateline NBC" and their tiny cameras, I don't feel like there's a mechanic in the world that I can trust. Anyone who disagrees with that statement has either never owned a car or is hopelessly deluded by the romance of the Lincoln Tech commercials that air between the Showcase Showdowns on "The Price is Right."
The State House in Indianapolis is a good building. It's not particularly spectacular in its architecture. In some ways it's just a larger and more elaborate typical Midwestern county courthouse, like Bloomington's or Fort Wayne's, only grander.
A week into 2004 and New Year's resolutions dissipate into fleeting memories. Within a month of resolving to start exercising every day, reality hits as we gorge on leftovers, watch basketball games and daydream about the gym we have yet to visit once.
I'm giving up ghetto in the New Year. It's possible that in my junior high days I might have used the term to describe the knock-off Coach purses and silver, Puffy-inspired coats I lusted after. But back then, ghetto was somehow "fabulous" -- ghetto fabulous, to be exact.
The Monroe County coroner has ruled the death of a 47-year-old Bedford man who died after being held in the Monroe County jail as accidental.
Junior guard Jenny DeMuth and sophomore guard Cyndi Valentin have been the keys to IU's success throughout the entire year, and Sunday's game against North Carolina State was no exception. DeMuth and Valentin finished the game with 45 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals.
There's only one player on the IU roster who has his own special chant from the IU crowd.
Every other year, thousands of football fans invade Bloomington from Columbus, Ohio, to watch their Ohio State Buckeyes battle IU on the football field. This weekend the cars were headed in the other direction as Hoosier fans journeyed to Columbus to watch IU compete in a different brand of football -- that of the international variety.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts were in playoff form Sunday.
Last weekend, IU lost a 14-point lead with seven minutes left, due in part to Missouri's tough defense down the stretch. Saturday it was IU's defense that helped the Hoosiers pull out a 62-50 win against Butler at Assembly Hall.
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow nor jet lag could stop the 2003 IU men's soccer team. No one could stop the players on the field either -- the Hoosiers are National Champions, finishing an improbable run with a 2-1 victory over the St. John's Red Storm.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Figuring he had played his last game of the season for IU in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Nov. 16, IU junior forward Ned Grabavoy broke down in tears.
Freshman Paige LaCour said cramming for finals is like playing Russian roulette -- sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.
Beginning Jan. 1, IU-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm will step down from her position to make way for former IUB Chancellor Ken Gros Louis to serve as her interim replacement.
With finals lurking just around the corner, students are looking to fend off breakdowns any way they can. Exercise and relaxation are common methods for releasing stress, but others employ less conventional means. Stress originates in the mind before affecting the body, so studying and test-taking affect people's stress levels differently, said Dian Krumlauf, a massage therapist at the IU Health and Wellness Education Center. As stress levels rise, the immune system suffers, she said. To stay healthy, Krumlauf said most students visit her in the last few weeks of the semester.