Region

Indiana is important

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, May 8,2008 9:55 a.m.

As a native Hoosier, it feels great to know that Indiana was so important in this year’s primary elections. I saw a story about Indiana’s primary election on the first page of BBC.com on Monday. I’m pretty sure that’s the first time Indiana has ever been on BBC.com.

We matter(ed)!

By Nick Wallace · Thursday, May 8,2008 9:55 a.m.

It’s not often Indiana plays an important role in national politics, at least not in a way that bolsters our reputation. True, our state has appeared before the Supreme Court to defend its stringent voter ID requirements and has also come under fire for sponsoring “In God We Trust” license plates, but both of these instances cause large swathes of the nation to see us as infamous rather than noteworthy. Tuesday’s primary gave us a chance to change that.

'No one wanted to do it, and I volunteered'

By Sarah Hutchins · Thursday, May 8,2008 9:54 a.m.

From cataloging model body parts to increasing the life span of books, University librarians such as Pam Cook and Vaughn Nuest have interesting and unusual job descriptions.

The ratings dilemma

By Cory Barker · Thursday, May 8,2008 9:54 a.m.

In television, we all know the only thing that matters is the ratings. No matter whether a program is critically acclaimed, if it doesn’t meet the right demographic numbers for its network, it’s a goner. But now, it seems all of the major networks are seeing their heavy-hitting shows take major dips in the ratings, and the networks are scrambling to figure out what in the world is going on.

IU professor honored in Time magazine

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:40 p.m.

After devoting her life to studying the brain – others’ as well as her own after a stroke – IU neuroanatomy professor Jill Bolte Taylor’s influence in the mental health community is being noticed worldwide.

'Full speed to the White House'

By Michael Zennie · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:37 p.m.

It was (almost) a premature victory speech for Hillary Clinton. Before any of the networks or major newspapers had called the Indiana race, Clinton declared her triumph in the Hoosier state to a cheering, raucous crowd in the Egyptian Room at the Murat Centre Tuesday night.

Exit poll: Young voters helped fuel Obama’s strong showing

By Alexandra R. Moses and Rick Callahan · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:26 p.m.

Young Indiana voters, including many who voted Tuesday for the first time, helped Barack Obama come close to defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton in the state’s Democratic presidential primary, exit polls show.

Presidential race not only close call in Indiana

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:24 p.m.

No supporters of presidential or local candidates campaigned outside precincts Tuesday, but there were plenty of signs nearby with arrows telling people to “vote here.”

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Poll worker Sally Hegeman assists Jerry Ramusach with signing in to vote Tuesday afternoon at Childs Elementary.

Primaries bring out voters in record numbers

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:22 p.m.

No supporters of presidential or local candidates campaigned outside precincts Tuesday, but there were plenty of signs nearby with arrows telling people to “vote here.”

Obama supporters optimistic despite Indiana loss

By Kristi Oloffson · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:19 p.m.

After a day when many Democrats thought they saw an end in sight, the race churns on.

Their fighter pulled through

By Brian Hettmansperger · Wednesday, May 7,2008 8:14 p.m.

On Tuesday night, 13 worn-out patrons sharing two pizzas at Greek’s Pizzeria watched the television above their table in uncomfortable silence as the Indiana primary election results were tabulated.

MySpace Messes

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, May 7,2008 7:52 p.m.

In the past few years, MySpace has done one other important thing aside from become a haven for sex predators: It has been a huge outlet for both inspiring musicians and major stars to pimp themselves as much as possible. And obviously, this has led to MySpace being utilized as some barometer of success for up-and-coming musicians and even high-profile stars.