Features & In-Depth

Tired of being afraid: How a Nick's bartender navigates the pandemic

By Matt Cohen · Sunday, March 7,2021 2:08 p.m.

Big Z has worked at Nick’s English Hut for over 10 years.

The Bluebird wasn’t operating safely. Then it shut down — for one day.

By Hannah Dailey and Sam Shi · Tuesday, March 2,2021 11:51 a.m.

The nightclub shut down three days after the IDS reached out to the health department for comment.

IDS Spring 2021 Housing & Living Guide

By IDS staff and Vivek Rao · Thursday, Feb. 25,2021 11:32 a.m.

Moving into your first apartment or house is hard. From tips for removing pesky stains, to the latest TikTok decorating trends, the Indiana Daily Student staff is here to help with our Housing and Living Guide.

‘Our best chance’: Meet one of the nurses racing to vaccinate Bloomington against COVID-19

By Matt Cohen · Tuesday, Feb. 16,2021 11:22 a.m.

Lexie Matthews is a retired nurse volunteering to administer COVID-19 vaccines in Bloomington.

Grad student workers disagree with IU on a big issue: How much is their work worth?

By Phyllis Cha · Thursday, Feb. 11,2021 5:41 p.m.

IU's graduate stipends are some of the lowest in the Big Ten.

Graduate student says he was forced to choose between IU advisory committee, workers coalition

By Phyllis Cha · Wednesday, Feb. 10,2021 10:58 a.m.

Abolfazl Alipour alleged he was removed from a committee that recommends how to allocate student fees.

Left in the cold: Members of Bloomington’s unhoused community describe hostility, danger

By Phyllis Cha · Tuesday, Feb. 2,2021 1:15 p.m.

Evictions and high rent prices have left the unhoused population in a dire situation.

‘It was worth the risks’: An inside look at IU football’s historic pandemic season

By Matt Cohen · Monday, Feb. 1,2021 4:04 p.m.

In 2020, IU had a historic winning season while trying to keep players safe.

BPD officer seen unmasked inside resident’s home, defying county mandate

By Mary Claire Molloy · Wednesday, Jan. 27,2021 4:48 p.m.

Police have previously said the mask mandate does not always apply to them.

Democrats lost control of southern Indiana. But some believe they can turn the tide.

By Griffin Epstein · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2021 10 p.m.

Republicans have controlled southern Indiana’s 9th Congressional District since 2011.

Which IU football players are leaving, and how will it affect the team?

By Evan Gerike · Thursday, Jan. 14,2021 6:38 p.m.

Six Hoosiers have declared for the NFL Draft, including receiver Whop Philyor.

IU’s presidential search committee is asked to prioritize diversity. But it isn’t diverse.

By Matt Cohen · Monday, Jan. 11,2021 6:25 p.m.

The committee is expected to name a handful of finalists early in 2021.

The home that holds him together

By Tyler Tachman · Thursday, Jan. 7,2021 8:40 a.m.

One thing keeps IU wrestling head coach Angel Escobedo grounded — his family.

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2020 was a year of protests. We broke down how it looked in Indiana.

By Kaitlyn Radde · Monday, Jan. 4,2021 6:45 p.m.

The majority of the 300 protests in Indiana in 2020 were Black Lives Matter protests.

The president’s speeches: Looking back on McRobbie’s tenure by analyzing his words

By Vivek Rao and Carson TerBush · Wednesday, Dec. 16,2020 4:25 a.m.

Our reporters analyzed 501 speeches delivered by president McRobbie since 2007.

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Test of survival: A young woman wrestles with drugs, life and a year on the edge

By Peter Talbot · Tuesday, Dec. 15,2020 8:04 p.m.

Jade Wessel came to Bloomington to leave her small town behind.

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By grace through example: Steve Moore almost died. Now he uses his experience to show COVID-19 is real and life-changing.

By Madison Smalstig , Izzy Myszak and Carson TerBush · Tuesday, Dec. 15,2020 12:51 p.m.

After 18 days on a ventilator, Steve had to relearn how to walk and relearn basic facts.

The Old Oaken Bucket and the stories it tells

By Tyler Tachman · Saturday, Dec. 12,2020 10:50 a.m.

Saturday would’ve been the 96th Old Oaken Bucket game.

Isolated on Thanksgiving: How some IU students spent the holiday without their families

By Matt Cohen · Monday, Dec. 7,2020 1:27 p.m.

Some IU students were infected with COVID-19 during Thanksgiving break.

What wasn’t said: How racism has shaped one IU student’s college experience

By Lilly St. Angelo · Thursday, Dec. 3,2020 9:41 p.m.

Alice Aluko knew there would be racism at IU, but the reality was worse than she expected.

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