Protesting Pinochet
A woman holding a poster with the photo of a relative who disappeared during the government of former president Gen. Augusto Pinochet marches during a protest organized by human rights groups in Santiago on Sunday.
A woman holding a poster with the photo of a relative who disappeared during the government of former president Gen. Augusto Pinochet marches during a protest organized by human rights groups in Santiago on Sunday.
HAMMOND, Ind. – A broken drainage device might have contributed to the flooding and closure of a major road artery into and out of Chicago last month, a joint investigation by several agencies has revealed.
A 22-year-old Bloomington man was robbed Friday morning while walking back to his home.
Neil Young, right, speaks as Willie Nelson listens in at a news conference before the Farm Aid concert Sunday on Randall’s Island in New York.
A congressional investigation into officials’ inability to stop a tuberculosis patient from leaving the country found significant security gaps, heightening concern about vulnerability to potential cases of pandemic flu or smallpox.
Rejecting a wave of criticisms, the government has agreed to only modest changes in the computerized system that assesses whether each American who travels abroad poses a terrorist threat.
NEW YORK – Ralph Lauren took a well-deserved extended bow Saturday night as he presented and celebrated his 40th anniversary collection.
You’ve seen his smarmy grin. In the IMU, on the square and plastered over the kiosks. His flyers beckon you with the question: “Who is Ron Paul, and why is he trying to save my country?” Aaron Jones, a leader in IU Students for Ron Paul, said Paul is a “shining gem in a pile of shit.” Unfortunately, I didn’t have to think very hard about which “pile” Aaron was talking about. He was talking about American politics.
Singer-songwriter David Bazan will perform at 8 p.m. today in the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium. The concert will be one of many in the upcoming months for Bazan, who is promoting his debut solo EP “Fewer Moving Parts.”
Since the inception of Napster, the Recording Industry Association of America, or RIAA, has been extremely active in efforts to protect the intellectual property of its members by attacking anyone and everyone who commits copyright infringement via Internet file sharing. However, it has not been particularly successful, which has led it to seek help. The RIAA now is asking universities to assist it in suing its own students.
In my relatively brief existence, I have both heard of and witnessed some horrifying, logic-defying fads. If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, just go ask your parents to see their old pet rocks. To me, no fad has ever seemed as pointless as the water bottle craze that has taken the U.S. by storm in the last decade. In my hometown of Memphis, Tenn., during high school it became “cool” to walk the hallways flagrantly toting around a bottle of Fiji-brand water. This water was supposedly cleaner and fresher than our own tap water, simply because it came from an artesian well several continents away.
For the great number of convicted felons who have committed serious violations of the law in the state of Indiana, they can be almost certain that they will breathe free air again. And if they keep their heads down and wait on a literal “get out of jail free” card from the Indiana Parole Board, this will most likely occur sooner, rather than later.
First thing on the morning of Sept. 6, hundreds of people (at the very least), including myself, waited in a big, long queue winding through the foyer of the IU Auditorium. Why, you ask?
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Although Bloomington hosted a half marathon Saturday morning, Hoosier football fans were treated to a marathon of a football game Saturday night in Kalamazoo.
Three IU students were named in a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to a news release. The students are accused of copyright infringement stemming from use of peer-to-peer downloading programs on the IU network.
In Bloomington’s citizen-driven community, there’s no reason business cannot start up or expand, Mayor Mark Kruzan said at a press conference held Thursday in the atrium of City Hall.
A 19-year-old female international student reported to the IU Police Department that she was abducted and sexually assaulted around 1:30 p.m. Friday, according to an IUPD press release.
News about Anna Nicole Smith’s death proves to be more popular in today’s media than the situation in Iraq, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation said Thursday.
Comedian David Letterman was honored during a wet ceremony Friday naming Ball State University’s new communications and media building in his honor.
The rain could not stop the show Saturday night at the Bluebird. A varied mix of hipsters, scene kids and music fans of varying ages filed into the dark and musty venue to see headliners Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s.