2 year Ind. budget favors quantity of graduates over quality, McRobbie reacts
As tuition rates and student debt continue to rise across the country, many colleges and universities also must tighten their belts. IU is no different.
As tuition rates and student debt continue to rise across the country, many colleges and universities also must tighten their belts. IU is no different.
In an act of protest to Gov. Mitch Daniels signing SB 590 and HB 1402 into law Tuesday, two IU students, juniors Erick Gama and Uriel Omar Gama (who goes by Omar), entered the lobby of Gov. Daniels’ office, along with three other individuals. They were arrested about 20 minutes later on the grounds of trespassing.
“My name is Omar Gama and if you are watching this, I just got arrested... My name is Erick Gama and if you are watching this, I just got arrested.” These were statements made by twin brothers and IU juniors Erick and Uriel Omar Gama (who goes by the name Omar), 20, in two separate YouTube videos that were made prior to their arrest. The videos were posted Monday.
Members of the Hoosiers’ 2012, 2013 and 2014 recruiting classes will participate Friday through Sunday in the adidas May Classic AAU tournament at IU.
Osama bin Laden’s death does not signal the end of terrorist threats against the U.S., Lee Hamilton, director of the Center on Congress at IU, said at a Bloomington Rotary Club meeting Tuesday.
While preparing a course, faculty member Henry Kerre Wakhungu said he asked himself, “How do I make a statistics class more interesting for my students?” Now, he has been awarded for his innovative teaching methods.
At the 4th annual Coach Hep Indiana Cancer Challenge on Saturday, participants will run, walk and bike in support of cancer research.
Recent IU graduate Isak Osagyefo Nti Asare can speak five languages and has studied around the world, and despite winning a majorly competitive fellowship, he is more concerned about his upcoming wedding.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners declared Tuesday a state of disaster emergency throughout the county due to recent record flooding, according to a press release. The state of emergency is scheduled to last until May 20, unless the board votes to extend or cancel it.
In an effort to increase the efficiency of local city and county government, Bloomington City Councilman Steve Volan has organized an interlocal study group to discern the feasibility and effectiveness of a possible 311 system for Bloomington and the surrounding communities.
Once again everyone remaining in Bloomington can finally savor what a beautiful place we all live. There truly is no other place like the utopia I have come to know as Bloomington during the warmer months.
If anyone ever invites you to the Kentucky Derby, go. This is the lesson I learned from the past weekend. Although I lost $11 at the tracks — Twinspired and Little Mike really let me down —, the Derby was a blast.
In my three years at IU, I have come to learn that being a Republican can earn you friends and make you enemies.
A federal judge refused to grant a restraining order against HB 1201, according to an anonymous source in Planned Parenthood’s administrative offices in Indianapolis.
All six individuals who were arrested during a protest over immigration bills Monday have been released from Marion County Jail.
The Wildcats outhit the Hoosiers 17-10 with seven of nine Kentucky starters recording multi-hit games and four of them hitting solo home runs.
Twin brothers Erick and Omar Gama, both IU students, were arrested with three other people Monday day in Indianapolis during a protest over immigration bills for allegedly trespassing in Gov. Mitch Daniels’ office, said David R. Bursten, first sergeant in the Indiana State Police Public Information Office.
Gov. Mitch Daniels signed HEA 1210 today, a bill that, among other things, makes it illegal for Indiana to allocate federal funds to Planned Parenthood. He also signed 79 other bills.
This summer, nine students from Bloomington High School North along with one teacher, Molly Jeon, a Japanese instructor at BHS North, and one chaperon, will board a plane and fly to Japan.
Today, on my way to work, I became so angry I nearly caused an intentional car wreck. $4.16 per gallon of gas — what the hell is this all about?