Ben Stein breaks character, shares lively message
Made famous for his monotone repetition in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Ben Stein offered a much different message to a packed lower level at the IU Auditorium Tuesday night.
Made famous for his monotone repetition in the 1986 film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Ben Stein offered a much different message to a packed lower level at the IU Auditorium Tuesday night.
Democrats nearly swept the city council races, leaving only one seat behind in Tuesday’s election.
Volunteers recognized the arrival of newly re-elected Mayor Mark Kruzan at the Monroe County Democratic Party headquarters with screaming, clapping and kissing. Kruzan thanked his supporters – “the real Democrats” – Tuesday night before congratulating future city council members and mingling with the crowd.
Republican Greg Ballard scored a stunning upset Tuesday night, ending a months-long uphill climb to defeat two-term Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and take leadership of the state’s largest city.
Ordering from Aver’s Pizza today will benefit Bloomington’s Children’s Corner Cooperative Nursery School. The local pizzeria will donate 5 percent of all sales made to the school.
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Shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, David Sabbagh announced that he conceded the mayoral election to incumbent Mayor Mark Kruzan in a room full of Monroe County Republicans at their headquarters in the Fountain Square Mall ballroom.
A bomb attack targeted a group of lawmakers in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 28 people, including five parliamentarians.
Tony Dungy’s Colts are 7-1 and atop the AFC South halfway through the season.
Evan Sharpley or Jimmy Clausen? Coach Charlie Weis isn’t sure who will start for Notre Dame against Air Force on Saturday.
The IU men’s soccer team is known as one of the top Division I soccer programs in the nation, with seven national titles and 12 Big Ten regular season titles. But this year, IU club soccer is on the rise as well.
The Mudsharks, IU’s rugby team, lost their last game of the season Oct. 27 to Ohio State by a score of 39-12 to finish the year 9-3.
Freshman KC Madock and sophomore Chris Benz have known each other for a while. They played hockey together in Chicago for two years. They are now roommates.
Last Saturday, the IU football team (6-4, 2-4) celebrated becoming bowl eligible, something it had not done in more than a decade. By Sunday morning, the celebration was a thing of the past, and preparing for this weekend’s game at Northwestern is now the only thing on the Hoosiers’ radar.
The IU women’s basketball team concluded its exhibition schedule Tuesday night at Assembly Hall with an 80-37 win over the Showtime Skins, a touring team from Australia. IU opened the game on a 19-0 run and never slowed down, jumping to a 53-13 lead at halftime.
All races have now been called, with Democrats winning all seats except City Council District 2.
Today’s elections will be anything but business as usual for some of Monroe County’s government workers involved in the voting process. “This is absolutely our busiest time of year,” said Jessica White, chief deputy clerk for Monroe County. “We’ve been finalizing all the details.” The basics of 2007’s municipal election differ little from past years – the polls will still be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and, as always, voters can find their precinct’s polling place by calling the Monroe County Clerk’s office. But some facets of this year’s municipal election are atypical.
FBI Special Agent Robert Springer spoke to a standing-room only crowd in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs atrium Tuesday night about the detrimental effects of domestic terrorism in the U.S.
IU economists are being “cautiously optimistic” in their forecast for the national, state and local economy in 2008. The 2008 Business Outlook Panel forecast was released by faculty members from the Kelley School of Business on Friday.
George Hutchinson, chair of the English department at IU, was awarded the prestigious Christian Gauss Award for literary scholarship and criticism for his book, “In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line.” The award, presented by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, is given to only one book each year and is the highest possible accolade in this field of study.