Chalk one more up for the rookie – 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry gave Barack Obama his endorsement this past Friday. Naturally, this will change some things.
One of the goals of “You Know I’m Right” is to help inform you of important stories that receive little to no coverage in major news outlets. Last week, for example, a senator running for president was asked why schools in Iowa perform better than schools in Washington, D.C. He replied, “There’s less than 1 percent of the population of Iowa that is African-American. There is probably less than 4 or 5 percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you’re dealing with.”
As an individual who finds himself profoundly disgusted with the current state of American political discourse, I was particularly disappointed to read Mr. Cooper’s editorial on Sept. 19.
Whoda thunk so much would come out of an innocent trip to Yogi’s?
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Keri Garrett and 14 other students sat around a table at the Office of Admissions Wednesday eating pizza. After they filled up, they started making calls to prospective IU students and encouraged them to make Indiana their top choice.
On Tuesday, the Kelley School of Business and Sungkyunkwan University of Seoul, South Korea signed an agreement to allow students from the global business undergraduate program at SKKU to attend both universities and receive two degrees.
Despite fears of recession on a national level, Indiana’s economy continues to add new jobs including 22,600 this year, according to an Indiana Economic Development Corporation press release.
Daniel Orr made a name for himself serving haute cuisine at one of New York City’s top restaurants. But, in his latest venture, he’s heading back to the farm. The Columbus, Ind., native will officially open FARMbloomington on Saturday in the historic Oddfellows Building at 108 E. Kirkwood Ave.
With almost all pre-conference play in the books, the IU wrestling team takes their perfect 8-0 mark to Cedar Falls, Iowa Saturday to compete in the National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen Duals.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Instead of London and Paris, the phrase borrowed from Charles Dickens is a tale about Bloomington and Champaign. The tale of the two cities was authored by freshman guard Eric Gordon and his decision to de-commit from Illinois and commit to IU in October 2006. It was a decision which captured national headlines and severely altered each team’s expectations for the 2007-2008 season.
More than 300 athletes will assemble at the Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse on Saturday to run, throw, hurdle, sprint and jump in competition against one another.
In their first tournament of the spring season, the 25th-ranked Hoosier women’s tennis team will be playing in the Indiana Doubles Invitational this weekend.
The IU women’s basketball team played No. 19 Ohio State tough on the road, but the Buckeyes used the play of Jantel Lavender, Marscilla Packer and Tamarah Riley to earn a 71-59 victory Thursday night in Columbus. Lavender scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds while Packer and Riley added 17 and 16 points, respectively.
After a 1-4 start to the season and a 42-day layoff since his team’s last dual meet, IU coach Ray Looze has a right to be concerned about a rusty performance this week.
It is a new year, an old rival and another chance for the Hoosiers to make their mark in the Big Ten.
There’s not a lot of history in men’s basketball between IU and Illinois, not in comparison to, say, IU and Purdue or IU and Kentucky. Hoosier grandfathers don’t gather the kids around the peach basket to talk about epic IU-UI contests. In past decades, the Illini weren’t any more significant than any other Big Ten opponent. That was before the bad blood. That was before the recruitment of Eric Gordon.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The statistics prove it – Americans need their coffee. Almost 70 percent of Americans said they were hooked on coffee, based on a 2006 survey conducted by the National Coffee Association.
IU now ranks 34th on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine list of “100 Best Values in Public College,” jumping 21 spots from its previous position.
