Is IU an oasis for mediocre, less than stellar students?
We say IU’s high acceptance rate is part of its public mission.
We say IU’s high acceptance rate is part of its public mission.
That popular colloquialism is more than just folk wisdom. It happens to be the 10th verse from the sixth chapter of the New Testament book of Timothy.
Investigators still do not know the exact cause of an apartment fire that killed IU freshman Renee Ohrn, but the apartment where her body was found had no operable smoke detectors.
2,841 students in the IU system studied abroad during the 2009-10 school year, an 11 percent increase from the year before. Of those students, 2,190 were IUB students
The GLOWfest Twitter page announced that the show headlining deadmau5 had been cancelled due to “inclement weather," but another show was in the works.
Eriq Zavaleta has earned two Big Ten Player of the Week awards and has scored eight goals, making him the first IU freshman to score eight or more goals since Matt Fundenberger scored 13 goals in 1997
After two goals, along with a shutout by junior goalkeeper Luis Soffner, Indiana scored a third-straight win, 2-0 against Kentucky on Wednesday.
In the battle for statewide glory, Indiana, riding a 10-game losing streak into West Lafayette, took No. 12 Purdue to five sets, falling in the fifth set 15-6.
The live crowd is hanging on the outcome. The lights are bright on the competitors as they duel for the win. The cameras are plentiful to guarantee a good shot from every angle.
IU women’s tennis players sophomore Kayla Fujimoto and senior Evgeniya Vertesheva captured the doubles back draw title Monday at the ITA Regional Championships in Memphis, Tenn., ending the weekend with a 4-1 record in doubles action.
For the first time in the last 30 games, since the opening of the 2009 season, Will Matte will not start Saturday against Iowa.
Football columnist Justin Albers offers some MVPs and sleepers through IU's football season thus far.
The IU Student Foundation will present the Fall Cycling Series today through Saturday to set the mood for April’s festivities.
Master of Fine Arts candidate Amanda Lee said she could care less about making perfect art. She cares much more about the dialogue her work creates. Lee has been selected to showcase her newest art in the Fuller Projects venue, and her exhibit will feature printmaking and photography known as “A Solution of Silver of White Light.”Lee’s exhibit will be from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Fuller Projects. The event, like all that are at the McCalla School, is free and open to the public.
This weekend, Anti-Swag will have a release party for its album “We’re Your Age.” The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Rhino’s All Ages Music Club. All proceeds from the entrance fee, which is $5, will go to the Humane Society, according to the event poster.
“In the Next Room, or the vibrator play,” is set in 1875 during the expansion of electricity to homes and residences, the play revolves around the use of a vibrator as treatment for “female hysteria.”
To discuss the impact charter schools legislation has had on education, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at IU will sponsor an upcoming policy discussion, “The Impact of Charter Schools in Indiana After a Decade.”
Thursday marks the opening of Lambda Chi Alpha’s Halloween philanthropy “Nightmare on Third Street.” The event begins at 8 p.m. and will run through Saturday night.
On Oct. 13, the eve of former United States Surgeon General C. Everett Koop’s 95th birthday, the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at IU announced plans to honor the doctor’s legacy with the creation of an endowed research grant.
Two crimes reported to the IU Police Department have been labeled hate crimes by campus support groups. Both involved dorm door white boards and targeted minority students: a Jewish student and a lesbian student.