Two-dozen students armed with splintered boards, cardboard boxes and cans of spray paint constructed a shantytown composed of five wooden shacks and supply tent, manned in shifts by about 25 protesters.
Fasters for peace were ordered out of Dunn Meadow following an advisement from the IU Environmental Health Service who said the presence of the tents pitched in the meadow would damage the grass and sanitary facilities in the meadow were not sufficient.
About 7,500 students marched peacefully from a rally in Dunn Meadow around campus under the direction of student marshalls.
A rally of approximately 1,500 people involved a voice vote to present a set of "demands" to IU President Joseph Sutton concerning President Richard Nixon's address on Cambodia.
A candlelight march, a speech by "yippie" leader Jerry Rubin and an anti-ROTC demonstration sent the Vietnam Moratorium into full swing.
Approximately 800 students gathered to protest the calling of a Grand Jury for the Ballantine lock-in arrests, a tuition increase and the withdrawal of an offer of vice chancellorship to Professor Orlando Taylor. The students set a May 20 deadline for the administration to reply on the withdrawal.
A vote of more than 8,000 students and faculty members at a rally in Dunn Meadow announced the continuation of a boycott of classes through the end of the week.
Five draft cards were tossed into a small fire as 75 students questioned and discussed recent IU activities — the boycott, the student interest and participation in campus happenings.
As Paul Helmke, student body president, made announcements at a rally addressing a 68 percent tuition increase, a group of black students made a late entrance. Helmke introduced Acting Chancellor John Snyder, who responded to four students' demands for a recision of the fee increase.
Speakers at a rally discussing student demands concerning the 68 percent fee increase urged participants to meet outside Owen Hall for the administration's response.
A battle between a seven-man student government committee and three IU vice presidents at the new fieldhouse canceled classes so students could attend the discussion.
Nearly 500 students gathered in Dunn Meadow to endorse the U.S. policy on the war in Vietnam, marking the end of Victory in Vietnam Week and Americanism Week.
Hundreds stood in front of a giant steel stage that was nearly as tall as the Indiana Memorial Union to see performances during Victoria's Secret PINK Nation B-Town Bash.
The IU men's cross-country team finished seventh at the NCAA Championships on Monday. It was the team's highest finish since the 1977 team took fourth place.
IU coach Bill Lynch said Monday that he has not thought about his future in Bloomington and instead is focused on his team's final 2010 game.
Esther Uduehi, a senior majoring in chemistry and mathematics, has been named the 16th Rhodes Scholar from IU.
With the long and awaited arrival of Thanksgiving now just a mere three days away, Kevin Bowen thought it would be a great time to look at what IU Athletics has to be thankful for this holiday season.
If IU Athletics Director Fred Glass really wants to send the IU football program in the right direction, he’ll do the right thing and fire coach Bill Lynch after the Hoosiers' season ends next week in West Lafayette, Justin Albers writes.
Monday's NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. will mark the first time the Hoosiers have advanced to the ultimate round as a team since 2007.
The move of IU's originally scheduled home game against the Nittany Lions to FedExField in Landover, Md., did nothing to help the Hoosiers on the field in a 41-24 loss Saturday.
