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A queer moment

By Andrew Guenther · Tuesday, Aug. 19,2014 8:04 a.m.

I will never forget the moment same-sex marriage was briefly legalized in Indiana. I was sitting at my desk at my internship in Washington, D.C., reading a bill about international trade, when my phone buzzed.It was a text from my partner, Daniel, telling me to check Twitter.

Mental healthcare in America

By Riley Zipper · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 11:05 p.m.

From David Foster Wallace to Robin Williams, we seem to be losing our artists at an alarming rate.But moreover, it's an indicator of the emphasis our country places on diagnosing and treating patients with mental health issues resulting from severe psychoses or chemical imbalances.

It's 1984 in Ferguson

By Jordan River Forum · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 10:48 p.m.

Over the past week, eyes around the world have been on Ferguson, Mo., and police action being taken in the town.

The backlash on Brown

By Michael Su · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 9:34 p.m.

Michael Su, Conservative in Residence on the IDS Editorial BoardThis issue hits home, quite literally for me, as the tragic incident of Michael Howard certainly does not speak well of my hometown.

IU sociologists present at national meeting

By IDS staff · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 8:47 p.m.

Love, gender, and America’s suburbia are just a few of the topics being discussed at

IU announces 25th Wells Scholars class

By IDS staff · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 7:37 p.m.

IU has announced the selection of 18 students as the 2014 class of Wells Scholars.

IU Biology Professor James Goodson dies

By IDS staff · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 7:07 p.m.

IU Biology professor James Lenard Goodson Jr., 48, died last Thursday after a battle with cancer.

Imaginary women

By Emma Wenninger · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 7:07 p.m.

Let’s get one thing very clear, Dove soap. Every woman is a real woman.As we move through our day, it seems that whatever add campaign currently shouting at us on television or from a billboard, that has anything to do with women, offers you one of two options.A glossy model or a “real” woman.To be perfectly frank, I’m sick of all of it.

?A Q&A With New Dean of Hutton Honors College

By Alexis Daily · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 4:41 p.m.

On April 24, Ciccarelli was named Dean of the Hutton Honors College.

IUSA unveils initiatives for new school year

By Ashleigh Sherman · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 4:15 p.m.

Andrew Braden, first-term IUSA president, said he is prepared to lead an administration.

IU biology professor dies of leukemia

By Kathrine Schulze · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 2:44 p.m.

IU professor emeritus of biology Albert Ruesink died Sunday of leukemia at 74.

Kevin Kline to receive honorary degree in September

By Alison Graham · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 2:27 p.m.

Academy-Award winning actor Kevin Kline will receive an honorary doctoral degree on Sept. 15 at the IU Auditorium at 2

App designer Chris Borland is creating a new app to drive consumer traffic to Bloomington's downtown area.

New app could drive consumers to downtown business

By Brian Seymour · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 2:19 p.m.

A new start-up technology that may be driving consumers to the downtown shops this semester will come from a familiar source: mobile phone applications.