Monroe County’s poverty rate, at 20.7 percent, is 7.8 percent higher than the state average of 12.9 percent, according to the 2010 census.
IU faces Purdue at noon Saturday for the Old Oaken Bucket.
The No. 17 overall recruit and the No. 2-rated point guard in the 2012 class according to Rivals.com chose the Hoosiers over Butler, Florida, Virginia and Wake Forest.
In some sense, five November wins for this IU basketball team shouldn't be much of a surprise. Anything less would be, well, a disappointment. But in the perspective of where this program came from - and where it's headed - a 5-0 record shows progress.
Sophomore guard Jordan Hulls gave life to an otherwise dormant IU offense with 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting in a 72-56 victory against North Carolina Central. The Hoosiers are now 5-0 for the first time since the 2002-03 season.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden toured and spoke at the Kokomo Chrysler manufacturing plant Tuesday as part of their White House to Main Street Tour.
Led by sophomore guard Jordan Hulls' 15 points, the Hoosiers pushed through a rough shooting night to take down the Eagles at Assembly Hall.
More than 2,300 runners came out for the mile, the biggest crowd in its three-year Homecoming Week history.
Students, faculty and Bloomington residents held the candles in memory of those who had been pushed to suicide due to harassment during the vigil put on by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equality.
Campus speakers and national speakers spoke in support of the legislation that will repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell during a 26-stop national tour called “Voices of Honor: A Generation Under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
For two days tombstones stood in Dunn Meadow remembering people who had been killed for their gender expression over the past year.
Protesters commemorated the National Day of Silence to bring awareness to those groups who are often silenced for being different, including the GLBT community.
The 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that gave women the right to have an abortion, brought nearly 35 students and members of the Bloomington community to Dunn Meadow.
A group of students protesting against affirmative action set up shop in Dunn Meadow.
Dunn Meadow was once again turned into a peace camp, this time in protest of the bombing of Afghanistan and rising concern over the treatment of Muslims.
The first take Back the Night event at IU began in Dunn Meadow and ended in a march to the courthouse — a tradition that continued in following years.
An estimated 6,000 people crowded into Dunn Meadow, its surrounding sidewalks and roofs of nearby buildings to hear former IU basketball coach Bob Knight's farewell speech.
IU Students for Life protested abortion polices by erecting some 300 small crosses to create a "Cemetery for Innocents." The display was up for four hours while members of the student group passed out pamphlets containing abortion facts.
Nearly 200 students and supporters gathered in Dunn Meadow to mourn the death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, who died after being pistol-whipped, burned and tied to a fence post in Wyoming.
"As sections of Los Angeles burned half a continent away, more than 1,000 people attended a Dunn Meadow rally to express their outrage with the racial situation in the United States," according to an IDS article.
