Longform

Column: Laugh it off

By Therese Kennelly · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:44 p.m.

I used to be a music snob — then came this semester. A semester fraught with all the stresses of school, work and everything else thrown at the average college student.

Wayland ready to play Bluebird

By Kelsey Collisi · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:41 p.m.

The Bluebird Nightclub welcomes home Wayland’s frontman Mitch Arnold Friday as the band returns for a show in Bloomington.

'Stand for Children' poses reform, new challenges for local teachers

By Michelle Sokol · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:13 p.m.

Education reform in Indiana will soon have a new voice to help push legislation: Stand for Children. Stand for Children is a nonprofit, education advocacy organization that aims to channel the power of parents and educators into transforming public schools.

Bloomington’s ‘Free Skool’ to provide atypical courses

By Brittany Ackerman · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:10 p.m.

The new Bloomington Free Skool is open to people of all ages in the Bloomington area. It is a free, non-discriminatory school that offers a diverse variety of classes.

Bloomington's openly gay business shuts its doors

By Claire Aronson · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:06 p.m.

One of Bloomington’s gay-friendly establishments is now closed. Inner Chef, a local contemporary retro kitchen accessory store, shut its doors Jan. 1 after six years of service as Bloomington’s only openly gay business.

Alumnus publishes management memoir

By Claire Aronson · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:03 p.m.

Fortune Magazine Deputy Managing Editor Hank Gilman will release his first book, “You Can’t Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager,” on March 17.

Guns, possible drugs found in man's house Tuesday

By Nick Cusack · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:02 p.m.

Bloomington police arrested a man after finding drugs and guns inside his house Tuesday.

IU Libraries seek student involvement

By Katie Dawson · Wednesday, March 9,2011 9:02 p.m.

The Dean’s Student Library Advisory Group is a new program sponsored by IU Libraries.

Committee talks about upcoming diversity conference

By Jaclyn Lansbery · Wednesday, March 9,2011 8:56 p.m.

The IU Diversity Committee met Monday in the Sassafras Room at the Indiana Memorial Union to discuss plans for a two-hour diversity conference March 23 at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.