The Monroe County Solid Waste Management District is sponsoring a shoe recycling program. The purpose of the program is to prevent shoes from entering landfills.
BPD Blotter: Domestic dispute ends in fight, arrest; Local man arrested, charged with residential entry
IU has offered to reimburse thousands of students for credit reports stemming from a security breach in the bursar's office last month, University officials said.
WASHINGTON -- For a group of students who traveled to Washington for spring break, back alleys replaced warm, sunny sidewalks and chopping boards and soup kettles replaced surf boards and beach blankets. Instead of soaking in the sun, they prepared meals for the homeless alongside formerly homeless men and women at the D.C. Central Kitchen.
SAN DIEGO -- Emotions ran high in IU\'s locker room after its first round game against Kent State Thursday. But they weren\'t positive emotions. IU lost 77-73 to a team almost everyone thought they would beat. Kyle Hornsby almost cried. Jeffrey Newton sat in silence. Dane Fife vented to the media.
CHICAGO - The Indiana men\'s basketball team surpassed expectations and surprised many at last weekend\'s Big Ten Tournament. The Hoosiers showed poise, heart and desire in fighting to a second place finish behind Iowa. They proved to the country that IU can play ball with the best. And now the Hoosiers have a chance to prove it all over again.
A lawyer for former men's basketball coach Bob Knight sent a letter last week to inform IU that Knight intends to sue IU President Myles Brand and the board of trustees. Knight lawyer Russell Yates wrote that IU has caused Knight to suffer damages in excess of $7 million. After 29 years as coach, Knight was fired by Brand Sept. 10 for repeated violations of a "zero-tolerance" policy imposed by the University. The notice of intent to sue, obtained Thursday from the University, cites slander, libel, defamation and tortious interference with potential contracts, stemming from "wrongful termination." It also cites violations of Indiana's Open Door laws and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
A female student is on spring break. She's having a wild time and going to parties. She gets separated from her friends and accepts a drink a stranger offers her. The drink contains the drug GHB -- a colorless, tasteless and odorless drug that incapacitates the victim. She can see and hear, and she knows what is going on, but is too weak to resist. The stranger who offered her the drink drags her into a room and rapes her.
Beginning her speech at "75 years, eight days and 47 minutes of age," Elizabeth M. Lion, who was awarded with the "Woman of the Year" award Thursday, has influenced the community many times -- in 27 years as a professor of nursing and since retiring in 1996. During the past four years, Lion, associate professor emeritus of nursing, has increased her volunteer efforts to include volunteering at the Middle Way House, giving anonymous HIV tests at Public Health Nursing and helping at the polls during elections.
State revenue fell $102.6 million short of projections for February, according to the Indiana State Budget Agency. The shortfall puts the nail in the coffin of the two-year, $21.1 billion budget passed by the Democrat-controlled House. The state Senate's top fiscal leader said his committee will craft a much leaner budget, which would mean less funding for K-12 and higher education.
The women's tennis team has been playing a game of streaks. After opening the season with six consecutive wins, the Hoosiers find themselves on a four-match losing streak. Now it is on to the bulk of the Big Ten season for the Hoosiers (7-4, 1-0 Big Ten) to try to get back on track.
After playing most of its 12 games in the cold, the baseball team will take the field in Florida, where temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s next week. But the Hoosiers don't see seven games in eight days as much of a break.
The NCAA Zone Diving Qualifications meet will be held in Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center today and Saturday. To qualify for the zone meet, divers must have met the minimum point total in a previous diving meet.
Coming off of its first home loss of the season last weekend, the No. 38 men's tennis team will hit the road Saturday to seek success elsewhere.
Another weekend means another tournament on the road for the softball squad. This time the Hoosiers travel to Kentucky for five games in three days.
Freshman golfer Mike Castleforte wore a stocking cap and a turtleneck while practicing by himself Wednesday afternoon at the IU Golf Course.
All eyes will be on the defending champion and host University of Arkansas who have dominated opponents racking up four straight National titles and 15 of the last 16 championships. Nine Razorbacks and the distance medley team qualified for the Friday and Saturday competition.
After they crossed the finish line 0.01 of a second apart, Big Ten champion Lorraine Dunlop gave a high-five to runner-up and teammate Rachelle Boone.
Even before President George W. Bush revealed his budget plan, there was debate about his proposed tax cut and whom it would most benefit. The answer -- that everyone would benefit from paying less taxes -- is not important, because that benefit would be short-term. The fabled budget surplus that would be paying for Bush's multifarious initiatives, including the tax cut, should be used for a different purpose: the old spectre that won't go away, the national debt.
