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OPNION: This week’s hot takes

By IDS staff · Thursday, April 3,2025 12:53 p.m.

This week the opinion desk revolves around springtime in Bloomington.

OPINION: Understanding evolutionary relationships and why fish don’t exist

By Odessa Lyon · Wednesday, April 2,2025 7:37 p.m.

Grasp the web of life, the relationships within it and why we conserve biodiversity.

OPINION: ‘Severance’ isn’t a real procedure, but don’t we all lead double lives?

By Joaquin Baerga · Wednesday, April 2,2025 3:10 p.m.

The Apple TV show sheds light on our multiple identities.

OPINION: Stop trying to be the 'It Girl,' she doesn't exist

By Ainsley Foster · Sunday, March 30,2025 9:22 p.m.

Life is complicated enough without unachievable standards.

OPINION: Deaf by design: how money and politics shield IU leadership from accountability

By Eivin Sandstrom · Wednesday, March 26,2025 2:28 p.m.

A marriage of industry and state politics explains why Whitten is rewarded, despite backlash.

GUEST COLUMN: Our duty to dissent: standing against oppression and injustice

By Guest writer · Wednesday, March 26,2025 1:59 p.m.

Indiana University students should speak out amidst antisemitic allegations surrounding protests.

GUEST COLUMN: U.S. Steel deal a “golden” opportunity for Gary

By Guest writer · Tuesday, March 25,2025 8 a.m.

The deal with Nippon Steel could revitalize American manufacturing and create new employment opportunities.

OPINION: Spring break hot takes

By IDS staff · Thursday, March 13,2025 1:23 p.m.

This week the opinion desk discusses longer spring breaks, road trips and comfort routines.

OPINION: Understanding ‘great’ art and why your cover band sucks

By Jacob Lubarsky · Wednesday, March 12,2025 7:10 p.m.

There’s a reason why your eleven-dollar print of "Starry Night” isn’t in a museum.

OPINION: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ is a distraction from things that actually work

By Leila Faraday · Wednesday, March 12,2025 5:33 p.m.

MAHA is directly in opposition to sensible public health solutions.

OPINION: The politics of school lunch: Trump’s budget bill puts low-income students at risk

By Makayla Prible · Wednesday, March 12,2025 11:05 a.m.

Trump’s budget resolution threatens school meal programs, jeopardizing children’s health and politicizing the lunchroom.

GUEST COLUMN: The NCAA’s duplicity

By Guest writer · Sunday, March 9,2025 11:44 a.m.

The NCAA’s exclusionary policy against trans athletes contradicts its commitment to inclusivity and fairness.

OPINION: Indiana must adopt a more conservative approach to education

By Eric Cannon · Sunday, March 9,2025 11:41 a.m.

The Statehouse endangers the schoolhouse.

OPINION: Debating the meaningless has meaning to it

By Joaquin Baerga · Wednesday, March 5,2025 2:12 p.m.

Healthy debate on “meaningless” topics is good and often necessary.

OPINION: Neil Gaiman and his apology prove the myth of the nice guy

By Leila Faraday · Tuesday, March 4,2025 11:45 a.m.

It is dangerous to assume the best of “nice guys.”

OPINION: Department of Education sports a loss for collegiate women’s sports

By Eric Cannon · Tuesday, March 4,2025 11:21 a.m.

Millions of dollars depend on a single word.

OPINION: National parks and Forests are not for sale

By Ainsley Foster · Tuesday, March 4,2025 11:16 a.m.

National Parks Service sends a message of distress amidst Trump’s mass layoffs.

OPINION: Tensions rising between Elon Musk and Sam Altman mean bad news for AI ethics

By Meghana Rachamadugu · Monday, March 3,2025 8:41 a.m.

The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman goes further than the mere boardroom.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: IU Libraries is here to help for all your research needs

By Guest writer · Thursday, Feb. 27,2025 10:46 a.m.

IU Libraries provides research resources, including databases and the Learning Commons Research Desk.

OPINION: Throwback culture is equally nostalgic and problematic

By Meghana Rachamadugu · Thursday, Feb. 27,2025 10:45 a.m.

Revisiting older pop culture is a lesson in social norms and economics.

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