Weekly Rant
Does anybody remember this nice little feature? For those of you who do, we hope you welcome back The Rant. For those of you who don’t ... hold on to your dental floss – we’re gonna rock your world.
Does anybody remember this nice little feature? For those of you who do, we hope you welcome back The Rant. For those of you who don’t ... hold on to your dental floss – we’re gonna rock your world.
Get the peanuts and Cracker Jack ready, and keep the game program handy. The IU baseball team is back and ready to open the season.
Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, the Bush administration announced on Thursday. The new passport requirements will take effect as soon as January 2008.
This is the second installment in a list of filmmaking terminology. Some upcoming local film festivals include: Margaret Mead at the Mathers Museum Friday through March 4; Polish series in Swain Hall on March 1 and 8; Banff Mountain at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on March 31. For a comprehensive listing, check out the IU events calendar at http://events.iu.edu/webevent.cgi?cmd=listweek&cal=cal24.
Health-care provider Anthem/Wellpoint and Bloomington Hospital reached a new multi-year contract Friday, concluding a monthslong disagreement between the two sides.
VIENNA, Austria – Iran has expanded its uranium enrichment program instead of complying with a U.N. Security Council ultimatum to freeze it, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday in a finding that clears the way for harsher sanctions against Tehran.
At first glance, interpersonal fulfillment might not seem to fit with Emily Jablon’s other academic majors – management and international business.
Police are searching for suspects in a shooting that occurred on Bloomington’s west side Saturday.
When students return to school after spring break, healthier food will be awaiting them in dining halls across campus.
FORT WAYNE – A high school principal wants to tighten control of the student newspaper after a sophomore wrote an editorial advocating tolerance for homosexuals. Woodlan High School student Megan Chase said she wrote the piece after a friend told her he was gay.
The University of Illinois ended the reign of its mascot Chief Illiniwek, and, to many fans, an integral part of its sporting experience. The removal of the Chief will allow the university to host postseason sporting events, something it has been banned from doing by the NCAA since 2005 because of the Chief’s presence and his inaccurate portrayal of American Indians.
WASHINGTON – College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry.
The IU club baseball team opens its season this weekend in Clemson, S.C., with a three-game series against the Clemson club team.
For the 13th straight time, the IU men’s basketball lost at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. This time however, the Hoosiers went into halftime leading by 10, only to surrender 46 second-half points to Michigan State en route to a 66-58 defeat Saturday night.
When Mary Gray discovered that the new Communication and Culture, Human Biology, Medical Sciences restroom facilities plan would not include gender-neutral restrooms, she decided to find out if anything could be done to remedy the situation.
Playing in their first tournament since Oct. 31, the Hoosiers head to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Lady Puerto Rico Classic this weekend. The tournament is hosted by rival Purdue and begins today and runs through Sunday.
A far cry from the indulgent creamery once located at 530 E. Kirkwood Ave., The Pita Pit is set to open in its newest location sometime in early March. The restaurant claims to boast “fresh thinking and healthy eating,” according to its Web site.
I'm not suggesting I should ever dispense fashion advice – clearly I have none to offer (especially on a campus already up to its visible panty line with Uggs).
Some librarians and teachers are on a crusade this week to ban an award-winning children’s book from their shelves. The 2007 Newbery Medal recipient (the most prestigious award for children’s literature) “The Higher Power of Lucky,” by Susan Patron, is under attack because of one word: “scrotum.”
Full of mystery, mayhem and mistaken identity, the classic Shakespearean comedy “Twelfth Night” opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.