Opinion Front: It’s a werewolf, stupid
President Barack Obama says there isn’t a magic bullet to fix the economy — meaning the economy isn’t just some supernatural beast.
President Barack Obama says there isn’t a magic bullet to fix the economy — meaning the economy isn’t just some supernatural beast.
Following President Barack Obama’s job speech, the stock market saw another tough day of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 303 points, or 2.69 percent, indicating that both regular Americans and Wall Street have little faith in the President’s ability to spur economic growth and create jobs.
The truth of the matter is it isn’t a question of degree. Tax cuts and austerity programs are both part of the same global economic policy recently savaged in a report by the United Nations.
Unfortunately, hyper-partisan environments do not lend themselves well to passing of great legislation. The Tea Party has been extremely successful in one facet of politics: moving the Overton Window of Political Possibilities farther right.
I grew up in a newspaper family — my father is a newspaper editor and my grandfather was a journalism professor, so maybe I’m just genetically hardwired to read newsprint.
The beautiful thing about the Internet is that it thrives on extremes — the loudest voices, most extreme arguments, craziest conspiracy theories. The web allows people to reveal themselves in ways they never would when dealing with people face-to-face.
Since the beginning of the current rift slicing the nation by party, many have looked for some hint of sensibility in the otherwise moronic actions of Washington’s elite.
We pay a lot of money every year for college, and the prices keep going up. But one necessity is actually costing less: textbooks.
Four IU students shared their 9/11 stories with photographer Chet Strange. See their portraits and text of their stories in their own words.
Rachel Jacobson’s father, Steven Jacobson, was one of nearly 3,000 civilians who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. This is the conclusion of the two-part series in which Rachel looks forward.
Months after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress passed the Patriot Act to improve the government’s counterterrorism efforts.
IDS reporter Kamilla Benko spent the morning in Boston Logan International Airport with her mother and two siblings. While they were there, airport staff honored the colleagues they lost 10 years ago.
2,977 of American flags were planted by the IU College Republicans, IU College Democrats, IU Student Association and Union Board as part of a nation-wide effort led by student group Young America’s Foundation.
The IU women’s golf team had a goal Sunday — make up the two strokes that kept them behind first-round leader IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The Hoosiers finished third in the Northern Intercollegiate, their first event of the season. They ended with a tournament total of 888, eight strokes short of second place Tulsa and 18 strokes behind first place Central Florida.
The IU field hockey team faltered for the first time this season, falling in back-to-back away games on a West Coast road trip. On Friday, they fell to No. 16 Stanford 3-2, then lost two days later to California 3-1.
The Hoosiers showed up at the Indiana Open ready to run, with a calm and controlled approach in preparation for bigger, more important races.

Front to Back is a news podcast from the Indiana Daily Student. This week we spoke with web editor Charles Scudder, who spearheaded our efforts to cover the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.
Members of the IU men’s and women’s golf teams were positioned at every par-three and par-five tee boxes to help the amateurs at the Spikes for Speakers Golf Classic, which benefitted the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics.
Located underneath the east side of Memorial Stadium, the academic center is a 25,800-square-foot complex that includes 16 classrooms, a computer lab and various studying areas.