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SATIRE: A familiar face returns to Indiana men’s basketball

By Eric Cannon · Thursday, March 26 8:55 p.m.

Sometimes it’s hard to stay away for so long.

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LETTER: Go to church to find social connection

By Guest writer · Thursday, March 26 5 p.m.

Generation Z can find social connection and community at their local church.

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OPINION: We’ve created the most chalant ways to be nonchalant

By Emma Howard · Thursday, March 26 3 p.m.

From messy buns to spam accounts, the pursuit of effortlessness is anything but effortless.

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OPINION: Passenger rail carried me 500 miles across Finland. Why is it nonexistent here?

By Ben Peters · Thursday, March 26 1:10 p.m.

Passenger rail across the United States continues to be disappointing.

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OPINION: Stop tweaking about GMOs. Embrace genetic modification

By Spencer Schaberg · Wednesday, March 25 6:14 p.m.

GMOs are the next step in an ancient practice.

COLUMN: 5 songs to play while moving out that capture the bittersweet feeling

By Odessa Lyon · Wednesday, March 18 10 a.m.

Here's a playlist that captures the bittersweet moments of packing up each room.

COLUMN: The energizing home workouts I follow and why I follow them

By Aryana Amin-Tehrani · Tuesday, March 17 8 a.m.

Home workouts can be beneficial; this is how I follow a routine.

OPINION: St. Patrick’s strange, uncontrollable world

By Eric Cannon · Tuesday, March 17 7:45 a.m.

The saint’s life reminds us not everything is ours to plan.

OPINION: IDS editors pick their favorite Bloomington restaurants

By IDS staff · Sunday, March 15 8 a.m.

Some editors are a little indecisive, but that’s OK.

OPINION: IU’s Christian revival is real. But it’s really two different revivals

By Eric Cannon · Thursday, March 12 5:35 p.m.

What Catholic and evangelical dynamics mean for life on campus and beyond.

OPINION: Gothic cinema is making a comeback. Here’s why it’s more important than ever

By Emma Howard · Thursday, March 12 4:55 p.m.

The gothic genre’s revival in the movies extends beyond aesthetics. It’s political.

OPINION: All the hormone-disrupting chemicals you can find in your makeup bag

By Odessa Lyon · Thursday, March 12 3:48 p.m.

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals damaging to health and prevalent in many consumer products.

OPINION: IU’s hidden gem: rocks!

By Spencer Schaberg · Tuesday, March 10 3:36 p.m.

Limestone from Monroe County built IU — and America.

OPINION: Will you marry ChatGPMe?

By Emma Howard · Monday, March 9 2:21 p.m.

Parasocial relationships with AI chatbots are fueling misogynistic behaviors.

LETTER: Missed abortion (miscarriage) care medical bills

By Guest writer · Monday, March 9 8 a.m.

A 34-year-old PhD student describes her experience with a miscarriage and medical bills.

OPINION: My watch hunting woes and what JFK got right about watches

By Eric Cannon · Thursday, March 5 7:13 p.m.

A lost timepiece, a little midcentury restraint and the pleasure of forgetting my phone.

OPINION: Here’s how IU President Whitten should use her $100K raise

By Eric Cannon · Thursday, March 5 5:56 p.m.

Suggestions on accounting and accountability.

OPINION: Tropes in Netflix’s 'Bridgerton' prove women’s oppression invades our fantasy worlds

By Emma Howard · Wednesday, March 4 4:24 p.m.

As a Regency-era fantasy, “Bridgerton” depends on misogynistic systems to structure its romances.

OPINION: When RFK Jr. eschews alcohol guidelines, Dr. Oz embraces debunked pseudoscience, apparently

By Odessa Lyon · Tuesday, March 3 6:23 p.m.

Dr. Oz exploits debunked "Blue Zones" to explain the USDA removing alcohol guidelines.

GUEST COLUMN: Is it time for Democrats to rip off the Band-Aid?

By Guest writer · Tuesday, March 3 12:30 p.m.

It's time for Americans to pick progressive candidates.

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Opinion

SATIRE: A familiar face returns to Indiana men’s basketball

LETTER: Go to church to find social connection

OPINION: We’ve created the most chalant ways to be nonchalant

OPINION: Passenger rail carried me 500 miles across Finland. Why is it nonexistent here?

OPINION: Stop tweaking about GMOs. Embrace genetic modification

COLUMN: 5 songs to play while moving out that capture the bittersweet feeling

COLUMN: The energizing home workouts I follow and why I follow them

OPINION: St. Patrick’s strange, uncontrollable world

OPINION: IDS editors pick their favorite Bloomington restaurants

OPINION: IU’s Christian revival is real. But it’s really two different revivals

OPINION: Gothic cinema is making a comeback. Here’s why it’s more important than ever

OPINION: All the hormone-disrupting chemicals you can find in your makeup bag

OPINION: IU’s hidden gem: rocks!

OPINION: Will you marry ChatGPMe?

LETTER: Missed abortion (miscarriage) care medical bills

OPINION: My watch hunting woes and what JFK got right about watches

OPINION: Here’s how IU President Whitten should use her $100K raise

OPINION: Tropes in Netflix’s 'Bridgerton' prove women’s oppression invades our fantasy worlds

OPINION: When RFK Jr. eschews alcohol guidelines, Dr. Oz embraces debunked pseudoscience, apparently

GUEST COLUMN: Is it time for Democrats to rip off the Band-Aid?

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