Instead of lounging around this MLK Day, Bloomington is offering students and the community volunteer opportunities.
It wasn’t until Jude met Jenny that the 3-year-old autistic boy understood what happy people look like.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader will return home this weekend after more than two months out of the country, and plans to meet with Robert Mugabe in an effort to resolve the stalemate over a power-sharing agreement.
A count of elephant dung revealed a surprisingly large endangered elephant population – more than 600 – in Malaysia’s biggest national park, researchers said Thursday.
Concerns over consumer exposure to salmonella intensified Thursday, a day after Kellogg Co. asked stores to stop selling its peanut butter sandwich crackers until the food maker can figure out if the peanut paste is contaminated.
Three newsmakers and authors will speak at IU this semester as part of the School of Journalism’s spring lecture series. The lectures are free and open to the public.
IU President Michael McRobbie announced $1 million in funding Thursday for 12 new University projects in an effort to strengthen diversity on IU campuses. The projects were chosen from all seven IU campuses and the funding will come the President’s University Diversity Initiative, according to an IU press release.
A production six months in the making, “The Community of Dance,” will be slightly different than the typical IU dance performance Friday and Saturday by combining influences from body science, culture, drama and music.The Department of Kinesiology, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Department of Theatre and Drama and the Jacobs School of Music are joining forces to put on the IU modern dance program’s annual concert.
IU is back on top, ranking among some of the most affordable universities. As one of three Big Ten universities on the list, IU is among the 50 “Best Value” public colleges, according to The Princeton Review. “We are pleased with the ranking as a best value, and it confirms what we believe students and families already believe about Indiana University,” said Roger Thompson, IU vice provost for enrollment management, in an e-mail interview.
Seven states sued the federal government Thursday over a new rule that expands protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions and other medical procedures because of religious or moral objections.
Despite the National Weather Service’s wind chill advisory extending through 1 p.m. Friday, students layered their clothes, bundled up and went to class Thursday in a temperature of two degrees that felt like -14 and wind gusts of 10.7 miles per hour. “We have a reputation for not canceling classes and we will continue that way, but we’re not going to put people’s lives at risk,” said IU spokesman Larry MacIntyre.
IU Jacobs School of Music students Kiri Deonarine, Ljubomir Puskaric and Jung Nan Yoon were named winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Indiana District competition Jan. 10 at IU’s Musical Arts Center.
A man who got his start by harassing telemarketers will be coming to entertain the people of Bloomington. Louisville, Ky. native Tom Mabe will be the main act Monday night while Bear’s Place celebrates 26 years in Bloomington.
Ashton residents said they feel misinformed and ignored by the administration in regard to the construction near Ashton Center. Students voiced their complaints Wednesday night to Residential Programs and Services concerning the construction near their building.
Senses will be bombarded this Saturday in hopes of leaving the audience shocked - Michelle Shocked that is.Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked will perform with painter David Willardson as he paints live on stage, a performance art called HeART, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
Indiana lawmakers are back to being their useful selves this legislative session. State Sen. Allen Paul wants to have the sugar cream pie anointed Indiana’s “Official State Pie.” The Indianapolis Star called the dessert a “distinctly Hoosier delicacy.” Although the state Senate might indeed wish to encourage the propagation of worthwhile state traditions, the dire economic times and the wrangling over next year’s state budget make us wonder whether pie should be at the forefront of the Senate’s agenda.
For students in developing countries, the chance to get a better education is on the horizon. But it isn’t necessarily because of domestic improvements. Since 2000, the number of students studying outside of their home countries has risen 50 percent, and further expansion is on the way.
Israel’s battering of Gaza to dismantle Hamas is a tragic story of the Middle Eastern peace progress. The latest numbers from Palestine show 1,017 killed and more than 4,600 injured. The numbers are growing.
This month, Americans from all walks of life are getting ready to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a public holiday. We are thankful to President Ronald Reagan, who signed a bill making Dr. King’s birthdate the 10th federal holiday. Born Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Ga., Dr. King would have been 80 years old this year.
The Holocaust was the darkest event in the recorded history of the world. It is such a disturbing concept that many people have trouble wrapping their minds around it. For some, the thought of people as evil as Nazis hosting other humans in a place as horrible as a concentration camp is too hard to think about. But Holocaust deniers don’t even bother thinking about it. They simply deny that it happened.
