Features & In-Depth

A new hope

By Jordan Guskey · Monday, Jan. 29,2018 1 a.m.

An 83-year-old coach and a high school freshman have resurrected a basketball team.

This deer visits the backyard of a resident in a Bloomington neighborhood. This year, there were 62 deer killed in the deer culling, defined as the reduction of a population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter, in Monroe County.

Cull of the wild

By Jordan Guskey · Monday, Jan. 8,2018 12:55 a.m.

The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department announced Thursday the deer cull has ended.

Nicole Allen recounts all the items she has packed away for her visit over Thanksgiving Break. She tried not to forget important things like books, movies and a homemade pumpkin pie that was given to her for her birthday.  These were all the items she needed to make herself feel at home in a house far away from home.

Unrecognized

By Zoe Spilker · Monday, Dec. 11,2017 10:57 a.m.

Thousands of college students struggle to maintain the delicate balance between affording housing and education. But few people know it.

After the loss of three professors in four months in 2016, IU’s ballet department was left with just one senior faculty member. Almost two years after the implosion, here's how the department is trying to rebuild.

Dreamers deferred

Monday, Dec. 4,2017 10:21 a.m.

Three months ago, President Trump repealed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States by their parents as children to go to college and find jobs. Without congressional action, these students will have to return to countries they no longer remember

IU Athletics Director Fred Glass wheels the oldest member of 50 Year Varsity Club Donors off the field after an on-field recognition ceremony at the game against Wisconsin on Nov. 4. Glass was appointed athletics director in 2009.

A college football Saturday through the eyes of Fred Glass

By Jordan Guskey · Thursday, Nov. 9,2017 12 a.m.

When IU football plays at home, its athletic director tries to be the ultimate host.

Senior guard Robert Johnson goes up for a layup during the Hoosier Hysteria scrimmage on Oct. 21. Johnson is one of several IU men's basketball seniors in their final year with the program.

Men's basketball season preview

Wednesday, Nov. 8,2017 7:11 p.m.

As the 2017-18 season gears up, Coach Archie Miller and the IU men's basketball team look to return to the NCAA tournament. Read on for previews, tours, insights, players to watch and more.

Something in the night

Saturday, Sept. 30,2017 11:30 p.m.

Scientists paid little attention to bats until a decade ago, when a disease called white nose syndrome started wiping out populations across the United States. Now, researchers race against time to find out what bats — and their disappearance — mean for the world at large.

The system

Monday, Sept. 18,2017 12:02 a.m.

This is a four-part series about IU's system of sexual assault investigations. In a heated national conversation, criticism of university sexual assault investigations is multiplying. IU is no different. Students on both sides — those who have reported and have been accused — say IU’s system can do better.

Blockbusters visualized

Thursday, June 29,2017 12:10 p.m.

Hollywood movies make a lot of money. But they don't make any sense.

"I just want it to end."

Monday, May 1,2017 10:05 a.m.

For years, Amanda Grant lived in fear of her father and his rage. Now, at 19, she’s suing him for the abuse she suffered.

Bob Knight's last fight

Saturday, April 1,2017 11:20 p.m.

Bob Knight couldn't control that he would grow old one day. He just didn't get to grow old how he planned.

Primary care

Thursday, March 9,2017 8:45 a.m.

This is the fourth installment in an IDS series covering the opioid epidemic across Indiana. Will Cooke is the only doctor in Austin, Indiana, a city that in 2015 experienced the worst HIV outbreak in US history. Two years later, his work is still not done.

The third life of Darryl Pinkins

Wednesday, March 8,2017 9:55 p.m.

After 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Darryl Pinkins is finally free. Now he's starting over in a world that did not wait for him.

Lady in the van

Saturday, March 4,2017 10:50 p.m.

This is the third installment in an IDS series covering the opioid epidemic across Indiana. Two years ago, Brittany Combs would have been scared to drive into neighborhoods populated by drug addicts. But now, she makes sure she's there every week, trying to save their lives.

The 2017 Oscars

Thursday, Feb. 23,2017 8:35 a.m.

Brush up on everything from red carpet predictions to the uncertain legacy of "La La Land."

Close to home

Wednesday, Feb. 8,2017 10:45 p.m.

This is the second installment in an IDS series covering the opioid epidemic across Indiana. Public health nurse Jackie Crane sees addiction and overdose at work every day. She never thought she'd see it happen to her own son.

End of the fall

Wednesday, Feb. 1,2017 10:45 p.m.

This is the first installment in an IDS series covering the opioid epidemic across Indiana. The opioid epidemic ravages southern Indiana. Debate remains among lawmakers and advocates as to how it should be handled. And in the middle of it all, people with addictions brace for impact.

Resistance

Tuesday, Jan. 31,2017 9:10 a.m.

President Trump signed an executive order January 27, 2017 prohibiting all citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the US for 90 days. Following the order, protests erupted across the nation. The IDS sent reporters to cover protests and monitored the reactions of policy-makers and educators on social media. This is what they saw.

The inauguration of Donald Trump

Saturday, Jan. 21,2017 10:09 p.m.

The IDS sent a team of journalists to cover the inauguration. Here is a compilation of their reporting from the weekend of Jan. 20, 2017.

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