Briefs from around the state
FORT WAYNE – Gunfire killed a 19-year-old man early Sunday, the city’s ninth shooting death within a week.
FORT WAYNE – Gunfire killed a 19-year-old man early Sunday, the city’s ninth shooting death within a week.
Abortion is one of the most abominable procedures our culture tolerates. Just as our country was wrong on slavery, we’re wrong on abortion. It is disgusting to know that a country that prides itself on the motto of “liberty and justice for all” has denied liberty and justice to more than 45 million people – the amount dead since Roe v. Wade passed.
Abortion is one of the most abominable procedures our culture tolerates. Just as our country was wrong on slavery, we’re wrong on abortion. It is disgusting to know that a country that prides itself on the motto of “liberty and justice for all” has denied liberty and justice to more than 45 million people – the amount dead since Roe v. Wade passed.
This has been a good couple of weeks for us here at the paper: a new basketball coach, a crooked IU Student Association election, the run-up to Little 500 ...
Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? Mine was John Denver’s. I’m not afraid to admit that, mostly because he died less than a year after the performance. When I tell people that story, they hold back from obvious jeering and laughter solely out of respect for the deceased.
You know it’s a big day for IU basketball when, on the day that former President Bill Clinton visits Assembly Hall, he’s not even the biggest story on campus. No, the hiring of Tom Crean as men’s basketball head coach took the headlines last week, and rightfully so.
Heading into this weekend’s Team Pursuit competition, both Teter and Cutters had large leads in the overall standings based on their individual performances. It was only fitting that they continued their reign on top with victories Saturday, establishing the them as the best overall teams going into the Little 500.
New IU men's basketball coach Tom Crean signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IU director of athletics Rick Greenspan that will ensure him an annual base salary of $600,000 and the use of two university vehicles. DOCUMENT: Crean MoU
Freshman guard Eric Gordon will end his college career by entering the NBA draft after one season at IU, the Indianapolis Star reported late Thursday. Gordon led the Big Ten in scoring this season. He is projected to be selected in the top 10. BLOG: Basketblog
2. 14. 58. Men and women bearing numbers such as these on their shirts met for Stand Up and Be Counted to represent student victims of sexual assault Thursday outside Woodburn Hall.
Following a press conference to announce new IU men's basketball coach Tom Crean on Wednesday, several former IU players have voiced their support for the new coach. VIDEO: Crean introduced as coach BLOG: Basketblog DOCUMENT: Crean MoU
DJ AM will not be performing during Little 500 week.
Individual Time Trials showed which rider is the fastest after four laps. Miss-N-Out showed which rider can out-race the competition. Thus far, the Little 500 series events have only determined the top individuals. Until now.
Thousands of students anxiously lined Washington Street outside Sen. Barack Obama’s Bloomington campaign office and the Indiana Memorial Union Wednesday night and all day Thursday to get their hands on free Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds concert tickets. PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
Individual Time Trials showed which rider is the fastest after four laps. Miss-N-Out showed which rider can out-race the competition. Thus far, the Little 500 series events have only determined the top individuals. Until now. VIDEO: Miss-N-Out VIDEO: Qualifications BLOG: Blogging Away
Forty years ago Friday, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis, Tenn. The inspirational speaker who believed in nonviolent protest was at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement. SOUNDSLIDE: MLK: A look back
Travelocity: Fashion From All Over the World Where: 8 p.m. Saturday More Info: The IU Black Student Union will host a program showcasing clothing from around the globe. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 the day of the show.
Wednesday night’s debut of playwright Noah Haidle’s “Mr. Marmalade” at the Collins Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch Coffeehouse was a success, as the exuberant eight-person student cast made audiences gasp and giggle at Haidle’s bleak comedy.
There’s an old African proverb that says “when the music changes, so does the dance.” Considering the repertoire of styles, influences and techniques employed by the African American Dance Company for Friday’s spring concert, that proverb will ring true many times before the curtain falls at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
or the 40th anniversary of King’s death, the IU Luminescence Project, a group that creates a multi-sensory experience with classical music, will present “Ensnaring Hate,” a three-part choral performance, at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Musical Arts Center 301.