In this photo made available by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, meets with Jerusalem religious leaders Monday at the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem.
President Bush never picked a spending fight when his party ran Congress, but with Democrats now in charge of the budget, he’s dug in for a challenge.
MINNEAPOLIS – For parents concerned about their overweight teens, new research suggests the best tactic might be to just relax and cook a healthy Sunday dinner.
Do you know whether or not you’re actually eating a balanced diet everyday? If you need therapy? And most importantly, did you know that you could find these things out for free?
The Kinsey Institute will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a research panel discussion at the Monroe County Public Library. The event will start at 7 p.m. Thursday, when six panelists will present their current research.
The one thing that humans seem to have in common is the fear of rejection. Regardless of ethnicity and culture, most human beings cannot take it. Before learning the science of rejection, I had not considered why it is that rejection is feared. Modern science shows us that rejection sends the same exact pain signal to the brain that a physical blow does. That, my friend, is why it hurts.
LONDON – Led Zeppelin, one of the last major acts to resist digital distribution, is releasing its back catalog online.
Landlocked Music’s top-selling albums from last week
To celebrate IU’s annual homecoming weekend, the University has decided to do something different this year: Celebrate IU week. During Homecoming week, events, performances and lectures will be featured each night. From the Jacobs School of Music to the School of Fine Arts Gallery, there is no shortage of cultural happenings. Here’s a short list of free events.
Whether it’s a convertible, a balloon or a teddy bear, people see different objects when they gaze at the clouds. For MBA student Justin Chafe, the same can be said for the moon. When Chafe’s girlfriend said she saw an old man’s face on the celestial body, he could not see it; instead, he saw a bunny.
BOLOGNA, Italy – When I hear people railing against modern art and its lack of aesthetic value, I usually get upset.
The Bloomington Playwrights Project is looking for talented playwrights to be a part of its fifth production of the dark alley series, “Sex/Death.”
Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price – a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep tuition down.
Drinking alcohol may be more dangerous than you think, according to research released last month.
Harrah’s Entertainment pitched a proposed Rhode Island casino to college students as a place “to have fun when they’re taking a break from studying.” In Connecticut, home to two of the world’s largest resort casinos, a minimum age limit of 21 doesn’t deter young people. And colleges in Missouri changed their health center intake forms to include a space for gambling issues, after counselors found the problem was prevalent but not being addressed.
When George Washington University senior Tom Lotito came home for Christmas from a semester studying abroad in Japan, he found that his mom and sister were wishing for the same Christmas present that he wanted – the newly released Nintendo Wii. For Lotito, the president of the Nintendo Players Union on campus, getting a Wii was a no-brainer, but he was taken aback by the interest of his family members.
Tyler Zeller, arguably the state’s top high school basketball prospect, said IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson’s recently announced recruiting violations will not affect his decision on where to attend college.
Al Gore, the people’s president, has won a Nobel Peace Price in honor of his “efforts to spread awareness of a man-made climate change and laying the foundations for counteracting it.” Although I am very proud of Big Al and his spreading of awareness, every time I think about global warming and what Big Al tried to teach us, I think back to last winter when I played golf on Christmas Eve and can never really get that angry. And I really don’t want to write a whole column about how something so seemingly disastrous has brought me joy.
Dear Old Conservative Columnists of the New York Times (cc: David Brooks, Thomas Friedman), Please stop all attempts to characterize my generation. I know you New York Times columnists and other influential people love to make grandiose summaries about our “era,” can’t resist coining various “–isms,” and generally devote much energy to defining the times – all while enjoying the fact that everyone will believe you, just because you’re you.
My friends are some of the best people in the world. They’re a group of individuals I take great pride in, and I am constantly humbled by their respective talents, open-mindedness and passion. From Bloomington to San Francisco, lovely individuals host events such as Eroticon, part fetish-ball, part education. All in all, I’m lucky. So lucky, in fact, that if I wanted to, I could retreat into the safety of these utopian situations and deny that a world exists that is not so enlightened and accepting.
