WE SAY Brad Ellsworth’s vote for health care reform was the right move.
WASHINGTON — Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
IU sophomore Hai “Howie” Yu, 19, faces two counts of rape, class B felonies, and one of criminal confinement, a class D felony, for a sexual assault at Foster Magee residence hall March 11.
Although radio singles might perk a few ears, they don’t necessarily make a performer’s pocket any heavier.
Rapper Snoop Dogg has been added to the list of concerts for the Little 500 week. The Grammy-nominated artist will perform at the Zeta Beta Tau and Sigma Alpha Mu parking lot on Friday, April 23. The venue will open at 6 p.m.
The men's tennis team breaks its road misery and the water polo team takes down a top-ranked foe.
Israeli innovation has produced technology students use every day — flash drives and instant messaging are Israeli advances, and Motorola’s research and development center in Israel created the world’s first cell phone. Sharing facts such as these with the IU community is one of the reasons student group Hoosiers for Israel is sponsoring IU’s first Israel Awareness Week. The week, which includes activities such as a film screening and peace rally, begins today.
Coming into the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, the Hoosiers boasted a 4-8 record. The team was fresh off two games against both Vanderbilt and Louisville, two of the better teams in the nation, and played them very well despite the final result ending in a loss. A breakout was right around the corner.
Junior Alex Ruff pledged Pi Kappa Alpha spring semester of his freshman year. He took his turn as a pledge by cleaning up, sober driving, attending events and learning all the fraternity’s rituals and traditions. But he never moved into the house — because they don’t have one.
For Hoosier fans, March Madness has taken on a different meaning.
Contrary to popular belief, portable on-site breathalyzer tests are not admissible in a court of law. For this reason, IU Police Department officers rely on three field sobriety tests to initiate probable cause to make an arrest and secure a conviction for Operating While Intoxicated.
Last season at the NCAA Championships, sophomore Derek Drouin jumped 7 feet and .25 inches to place second in the indoor high jump. This year, Drouin asserted himself as the best collegiate high jumper in the country after clearing 7 feet 5.75 inches.
Angel Escobedo will go down as one of the greatest wrestlers in IU history. The senior wanted nothing more than to establish that with a second national title to cap off his IU career. Unfortunately for Escobedo, that was not in the cards at the NCAA Championships in Omaha, Neb., last weekend.
With 10 swimmers and two divers, the Hoosiers ended up with 133 points and finished as the top Big Ten team. Many swimmers contributed to that point total, but senior Kate Fesenko was the star for IU.
C. Everett Koop, M.D., has received the 2010 Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award by the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Koop was the chief spokesman for AIDS while serving as U.S. Surgeon General in the 1980s.
Indiana teachers are moonlighting as tennis coaches, tutors and camp counselors at an increasing rate as districts freeze salaries and take other steps to cut costs.
The goals are simple — expose people to other cultures and lifestyles to tear down walls and boundaries and combat stereotypes and cultural misconceptions, said Frances Reimers, communications and programs manager for Sister Cities, Inc.
After stopping at the inaugural Pit Stop Music Marathon in Bloomington, some 31 bands, as well as hundreds of musicians from across the country aspent over a week in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest Conference and Music Festival.
Oprah Winfrey and several girls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify in a trial over a defamation lawsuit brought by the school’s former headmistress, whose performance Winfrey criticized.
David Bordwell will be this year’s lecture of the Provost Professors’ Distinguished Masters Invited Lecture Series. Speaking on “How Motion Pictures Became the Movies,” the lecture is now 4 p.m. April 13 in the Moot Court Room at the Maurer School of Law.
