Longform
Despite small staff, MAC still creates quality productions
Jim Lile, production manager for the Jacobs School of Music, has organized and supervised four years worth of sets in his career at IU, but his job is far from ho-hum.
Driver dies while fleeing off-duty officer
Osceola, Ind. – An autopsy was planned to determine whether a man attempting to flee from an off-duty police officer died from injuries suffered when his pickup truck crashed into a tree or whether he was hit by a shot fired by the officer.
New prosecutor takes theft case against former police officer
A special prosecutor will oversee the theft case of a former police officer accused of pocketing money from a scam artist who sold fake autographs of an action film star.
Volunteer groups pull together for green effort
The Caldwell Eco-Center, which is named after Lynton K. Caldwell, a former IU professor and co-author of the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act, relies on volunteers to solve environmental issues at the grassroots level.
Theater and drama department presents 3rd production in series
Recent movies such as “Enchanted” and the Shrek trilogy have proven that fairy tales aren’t just for kids anymore. Now, the IU Department of Theatre and Drama presents its own original musical adult fairy tale, “The Day Boy and the Night Girl.”
Busiest move-in day calls for traffic changes
Don’t be surprised to find large crowds and heavy traffic throughout campus Wednesday as thousands of students move into the residence halls.
Lewis named starting QB, Middleton suspended one game
IU football coach Bill Lynch named junior Kellen Lewis the team’s starting quarterback as it heads into the season opener against Western Kentucky on Saturday.
McRobbie will not sign drinking age petition
IU President Michael McRobbie is not among the more than 100 college and university leaders who have signed a petition that argues the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18, even though he thinks the drinking age should be lowered.
Kennedy, Michelle Obama rally Dems
DENVER – Ailing and aging, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy issued a ringing summons to fellow Democrats to rally behind Barack Obama’s pioneering quest for the White House Monday night in a poignant opening to a party convention in search of unity for the fall campaign.
WELCOME BACK
Whether you are a wide-eyed freshman or a victory-lapper, there is something for everyone – or at least free food – during Welcome Week
DNC has bigger focus on Indiana
DENVER – Bob Pastrick, one of 85 Indiana delegates here, is no stranger to conventions. After all, he’s been going to them for almost 50 years.
Son of diversity
While McCain people envied then mocked Obama’s popularity, I’ll bet many of us got a little misty-eyed when this American son of diversity addressed the German people. The sea of Berliners seemingly stretched beyond the horizon. Heady stuff! And why not?
Welcome home
The powers that be often prove themselves to have quite an unusual sense of humor, and in selecting a location for Bloomington, they have simply outdone themselves. It’s almost as if someone airlifted a bohemian, progressive, all-around badass town out of an undeserving, pretentious spot in New England and dropped it down in the middle of a cornfield in southern Indiana.
Remember 2008
I just don’t like conservatives. They make supposedly principled calls for personal responsibility, freedom and American values that come across to me as either macho and narcissistic or crotchety and irrelevant.
The gray dilemma
It was the single least-stressful day in my recent memory: fishing, swimming, lazing about and reading on a lake in northern Maine, followed by a delicious nap until dinner. I’d indulged in a pleasant lack of hygiene, having not showered in some time.
Painting Indiana blue?
No one doubts that Bloomington is home to more than a few wide-eyed Obama supporters. Many were probably excited enough about his candidacy to think they could swing Indiana blue for the first time in 40 years, especially when our own Sen. Evan Bayh was rumored to be the VP choice.As just about everyone knows by now Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., not Bayh, is Obama’s choice for a running mate (plenty of students on this campus probably got the text message at the amusing time of 3 a.m.). Bayh was still rumored to be pretty close to the top of the list, so all the enterprising young Democrats on campus should know he may yet be tapped for higher office.
Colts kick off preseason in new stadium
INDIANAPOLIS – With the flick of a giant switch, Colts owner Jim Irsay and the city’s mayor Greg Ballard opened a new era for Indianapolis football.
Flyers spoil season opener
The women’s soccer team came into this season after a successful 2007 season, advancing further in the NCAA tournament than any other team in school history. The third round exit capped a 13-7-3, 5-4-1 in conference, record for a year ago on the strength of a 13-game unbeaten streak.
The best athlete you don't know
National sports columnist Bryan Payton introduces the 'World's Greatest Athlete.'
