Although a senior, I have only recently learned the details of the IU bicycle policy, thanks to about a dozen neon-orange notices stuck to my bike as well as to the entire bike rack where it was parked.
We as conservatives strongly disputed the pork-laden $787 billion spending package that Congressional Democrats forced upon the nation earlier this year. We voiced opposition not for “silly” or “useless” reasons, as the editorial claimed, but because we abide by a code of principles that believes in limited government and individual responsibility.
Unlike the trend pointed out in the editorial, however, our graduates are successful and plan to stay in the profession. A survey of recent IU-Bloomington graduates found that over 80 percent intend to keep teaching. Those teachers noted they felt well-prepared for the classroom, which is surely one of the reasons they are successful.
As IU’s exclusive beverage contract with Coca-Cola comes to an end June 30, it is encouraging to know that the University is seriously deliberating the merits of renewing the contract with Coca-Cola.
America needs an intervention. Addiction to foreign oil intensifies national security, constricts America’s influence in the international community and threatens the prosperity of its economy and the stability of its environment.
There is a body of literature on the topic that is beginning to show similarities – real, physiological similarities – between addiction to drugs and addiction to certain foods, like refined sugars.
The United States is no exception to this stubborn thinking. It is so set in its ways that it has chosen to boycott the United Nations’ Durban Review Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
Movie tickets, fancy restaurants and retail therapy aren’t the only luxuries that slip out the window in hard economic times. More and more people have been donating their bodies to science in the last few years. After all, funerals are expensive.
The four Justice Department memos released last Thursday confirmed what we already knew: Senior officials in the Bush administration authorized the use of torture as a means of extracting information from captured al-Qaida operatives.
Students, on top of $7,000 in room and board, shouldn’t have to buy the limited privilege to a spare key. While charges should be leveled for the replacement of locks, seeing as such action requires new hardware and the cost of maintenance personnel, allowing an individual to enter his or her own room should be free.
The Hoosiers will get another shot at the Cardinals at 4 p.m. today on Sembower Field at their most stable point in the season.
The IU Student Association Inauguration-Transition Farewell Ceremony Monday not only celebrated the incoming Btown administration and the outgoing Big Red administration, but also the organization’s 62-year history.
Author Alexander McCall Smith said he enjoys being a serial novelist because he enjoys revisiting his favorite characters.
Huge business lecture classes will convert to a more intimate learning environment with the new Kelley Living-Learning Center.
Instead of a bunch of wine-swilling Wall Street execs pushing their fortunes on a bank of unethical business moves, the problem with baseball in the Bronx lies solely with one misguided individual: Brian Cashman.
As the Big Red IU Student Association executives leave their titles behind and graduate from IU, they are excited for the experiences that lie ahead and reminiscing on what they are leaving behind.
The Environmental Management Association of IU will take part in two tree giveaway events this week in celebration of Earth Week. The first event, organized by the city of Bloomington, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at People’s Park on Kirkwood Avenue. The other event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
With a headache and stiff fingers, junior Chantal Rawlins struggles to finish her homework on the computer each day. Her problems are common among many people who use computers on a daily basis.
Last year, senior Ray Fisher caught passes from quarterbacks Kellen Lewis and Ben Chappell. This spring he is trying to intercept them. Fisher switched from wide receiver to cornerback to help the football team’s defense, which ranked near the bottom of the Big Ten in most defensive categories last year.
A woman whose car plunged off a dead-end road into a lake in rainy, dark weather reportedly told the sheriff she tried to rescue her three young sons from the vehicle but lost her grip on them in the water.
