J. Robert Newcomb announced Thursday that he is resigning from his post as president and CEO of IU Credit Union to pursue other career opportunities, according to a news release from the credit union.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said 400 fighters from a key backer of the Shiite-led government have been arrested, and a government spokesman said Thursday the U.S. is not giving Iraqi security forces enough money for training and equipment. Al-Maliki's claim sought to address doubts about his willingness to take on the Shiite militiamen, especially the Mahdi Army loyal to his key supporter, the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Al-Sadr's militiamen are believed responsible for much of the sectarian violence in Baghdad in the past year.
"(Saddam Hussein) was given justice. The thousands of people he killed were not."
Students might save on textbooks in a new way, if House Bill 16 passes through the Indiana General Assembly. The IU Student Association is part of a campaign to eliminate taxation on textbooks. According to an online version of the bill, textbooks required for an undergraduate course at an accredited college or university will be exempt from state sales taxes. The books would need to be purchased by a student or guardian of a student enrolled in an accredited college or university in Indiana.
An IU student reported being fondled at a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house Jan. 11, according to IUPD police reports. The 23-year-old female, whose name was not released, told police Monday she had been at a party at 1400 N. Jordan Ave. on the evening of Jan. 10.
If everyone rode on Bloomington Transit's two new hybrid buses, then it would be "awesome," said IU graduate student Sarah Combellick-Bidney, who is happy with Bloomington Transit's move for a safer environment. This week, Bloomington Transit unveiled two hybrid buses.
Fergie wants you to come around. This makes her "London, London Bridge wanna go down like London London London." Last time I checked, London Bridge is indeed one of those architectural marvels that falls under the category of "bridge."
This year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration theme was "The Power of One," a slogan which reminds us that the capacity for change, for improving our world, rests within each of us. Working for equity, justice, peace and understanding in our communities, our country or simply at our University is not the responsibility of a great leader -- we've all got a hand in the action.
I remember simpler times, before the car phone was passe, and before 'The Fresh Prince' qualified for Nick at Nite. Back then, school was conveniently arranged in alphabetical order, and flickering lights triggered an unshakable Pavlovian response. In the afternoon MTV would advertise Crossfire (the Milton Bradley game, not the CNN show), and remind me never to trust anyone over age 30. At the time the slogan meant nothing to any of us, but we were ready to believe.
Forget the Old Oaken Bucket. There's a new trophy in the IU-Purdue rivalry, and Isaac Stone Simonelli made it his mission to bring the prize to Bloomington. The IU pool team will travel to West Lafayette on Saturday to try to bring the "Old Oaken Cue" to Bloomington. In a competition that started last year, the winning team of the Hoosier-Boilermaker pool tournament claims the stick for one year and gets the privilege of painting their team's colors and the victory date on the cue, forever marking their victory. Purdue leads the rivalry 1-0. IU will bring eight players to challenge Purdue in a round-robin style tournament. The IU team hopes to paint its cream and crimson stripes and this year's date above Purdue's gold and black stripes to avenge last year's loss.
A cigarette butt caused a small fire outside of Collins Edmonson Thursday.
MIAMI -- The Miami Dolphins hope to complete their two-week search for a coach by Saturday, and the front-runner appears to be San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator and former IU football coach Cam Cameron.
Rifts between students and alumni have the campus talking about "old people" and whether they are seated or standing. Tensions have run high at Assembly Hall. The house that fiery former men's basketball coach Bob Knight built features scattered student seating, maybe the only of its kind at major programs without large dedicated student cheering blocs.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Rex Grossman's team cap was pulled over his forehead and he was in the mood for only one thing: The Chicago Bears' quarterback just wanted to focus on football. There was no time for jokes or lighthearted banter with the Super Bowl just one win away.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The city that crowns champions yearns for one to call its own. Indianapolis hands out trophies at the Indy 500 and the Brickyard 500, at an NCAA Final Four every few years and at scads of world championships and Olympic trials it hosts. It's a big-time sports town in almost every sense of the word -- except, maybe, in the way that counts most.
The IU men's basketball team found some different ways to win in the Big Ten during the past couple of weeks. Following their loss at Ohio State on Jan. 2, the Hoosiers reeled off four straight conference wins against Michigan State, Purdue, Penn State and Iowa. The squad's strategies for squashing the competition, need to stay at the back of each player's mind, at least for a few days.
Ask IU senior guard Rod Wilmont if he has a reputation among his teammates for his willingness to shoot, and he'll say no. Ask him whether he deserves one, and you get a different answer, with percentages tacked on for good measure. "Yes," he said Thursday at Assembly Hall, laughing along with the 10 media members interviewing him. "Ninety-five percent of the time I think I'm open. The other five percent it's going in the post to (IU forward) D.J. (White) … I want to win bad, and I want to do what I have to do to help my team win." Wilmont may like the long bomb -- he launched 17 3-point attempts at Penn State on Saturday, Jan. 13, and another eight Tuesday vs. Iowa. At least in IU coach Kelvin Sampson's mind, though, what Wilmont lacks in shooting discretion he more than makes up for in the way the Hoosiers' identity starts and ends with the gritty forward's play.
Let's call this season a rebirth -- a renaissance, if you will. Gone are the days of IU not competing on the road, looking sluggish on defense and certain individuals playing awful, lazy and sloppy but staying in the game regardless. (See: Robert Vaden, Marco Killingsworth.) It's been nice for Hoosier Nation.
IU women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack is ready to play again. Coming off an embarrassing 73-51 loss at No.12 Purdue (16-3, 5-0) last weekend, the Hoosiers (13-6, 2-4) will play the Boilermakers for the second time in as many games Sunday afternoon. With former IU coach Sharon Versyp's first trip back to Bloomington -- highlighting the final regular season match up between the two in-state rivals -- Legette-Jack has stuck to the same comments throughout the season: Versyp's return means absolutely nothing.
Frequent interaction between law students and their professors results in a better education, according to the 2006 Law School Survey of Student Engagement released this month.
