New student orientation a rite of passage
Orientation is as much a rite of passage as it is tradition here at IU.
Orientation is as much a rite of passage as it is tradition here at IU.
With three lakes and countless preserves with trails for hiking, running and fishing, there’s no doubt that there’s a lot to do in Bloomington during the summer.
Many IU students choose to live off-campus or sublet a place during their time in Bloomington, but not everyone has a good experience. However, IU and Bloomington offer resources to deal with housing problems.
HOBART, Ind. – Police in northern Indiana said they shot and killed a man who unexpectedly left his home after a two-hour standoff and who had pointed a handgun at an officer.
PETERSBURG, Ind. – A grand jury has indicted Petersburg’s former police chief and his girlfriend on charges stemming from the use of the police department’s computer to illegally obtain prescription pain medication.
INDIANAPOLIS – Two former narcotics detectives could face 20 years in prison after a jury convicted them for their roles in a scheme to steal marijuana and money from drug dealers.
FORT WAYNE – An Allen County school district is turning to a private, faith-based school to help troubled students who have been incarcerated, expelled or dropped out of school.
SOUTH BEND – Indiana has gone two years without an execution for the first time since the mid-1990s, when it put five inmates to death, and prosecutors say the decline could be a sign of things to come.
Tobacco will lose its privileged position as an atypical consumer good, free from common-sense regulation.
If the atheists wish to give their point of view, they are free to do it, but not on public transportation.
If Obama hasn’t been successful in reforming health care, then let’s hope we don’t get sick.
Father’s Day 2009 will be a holiday to remember in the Chernesky household.
Did we just make a bunch of people waste their money and time?
A recent study coming out of Britain, which uses research done by an Oregon State University professor, shows that fathers who have daughters are more likely to shift their political views to become more liberal.
The School of Informatics’ new master’s program might provide the skills needed to land a job in the field of cybersecurity.
Both IU and Purdue University have raised admissions standards for the incoming class of 2011, giving current high school students a chance to fulfill these new requirements before they run out of time.
BEIJING – Let me start by making it very clear that this was supposed to be a rant about how China has managed, being the nifty little go-getter it is, to conduct capitalism under the guise of a communist socialist state.
You might be familiar with him as the front man for rock band Black Mountain, but these days Stephen McBean has hit the road with the softer sounds of The Pink Mountaintops. The IDS caught up with him before the band stopped in Bloomington.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland – Americans surely notice they are living, working and playing in a globalizing world. From German cars to Chinese-made shirts and South American fruits, America’s economy is undoubtedly globalized. But in the relatively small city of Schaffhausen (population of about 30,000), globalization shows its inevitability in a different and much more intense way: language.
The second-best women’s pole vaulter in the country is none other than the Hoosiers’ Vera Neuenswander.