Time for some soul-searching
I am not a philosopher by any stretch of the word. But I would be a hypocrite if I didn't agree with Plato when he said "know thyself."
I am not a philosopher by any stretch of the word. But I would be a hypocrite if I didn't agree with Plato when he said "know thyself."
A 32-year-old milk truck driver took about a dozen girls hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, barricaded the doors with boards and killed at least three girls and apparently himself, authorities said.
CHICAGO -- With the bleat of a Chinese oboe, the ghostly tone of a conch shell trumpet and the intricate rhythms of East Asian, Central Asian and Western drums, Chicago kicked off a yearlong celebration of world cultures.
n the Indiana Daily Student's sports section, readers get a lot of information about athletes and get snippets of quotes from them but rarely get the chance to experience sports from an athlete's point of view. The IDS and IU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee have teamed up to start a biweekly column written by the very athletes you often see and read about.
Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen seized 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.
CHICAGO -- Dusty Baker is out as the Chicago Cubs' manager following a last-place finish and a failure to take the team to the World Series in his four years.
Years after its original release, New York film producer Steven Montgomery re-released a 25th anniversary edition of "Hobie's Heroes."
WHEN: 8 and 11 p.m. Friday WHERE: Murat Theatre, Indianapolis
WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday WHERE: Auer Hall
WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday WHERE: Rose Firebay at John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St.
Christopher Hunt is a four-and-a-half decade veteran of the professional music world whose achievements include fostering Pink Floyd's early career and directing Australia's most renowned art and music festival, the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
Insulting, maligning, disparaging, sullying. These are the words we use to classify our descriptions of certain other women. These tramps - er, women - are usually dating our friends' ex-boyfriends. It's like that scene from "Sex and the City" when Samantha, one of Carrie's best friends, announces that Natasha is a stupid name. Natasha is Carrie's ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend. Of course she has a stupid name. She has to. Do you understand? My roommate came to me last night, eyes heavy with sadness. "It happened," she said quietly, and it had. Her ex-boyfriend from high school, for whom she still has strong feelings, just told her that he was about to release his new relationship to the public via Facebook.
Junior Luis Beverido didn't mind the rain Saturday at Festival Latino.
There are few students who could carry a gun through Memorial Stadium on game day and receive silent respect from the crowd. But for the members of the IU Pershing Rifle Society, it's just another Saturday. The organization, which traces its roots back to a group formed more than a century ago, presents the American flag at all home football and basketball games and many ceremonial events throughout Bloomington. But despite its time-honored history, the IU Pershing Rifle Society has been plagued in recent years by a lack of interest. Maj. Todd Tinius, a retired Army officer and adviser for the organization, said the society at IU, which is traditionally made up of almost entirely Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, was once a much more popular organization.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Justin Miller's 103-yard kickoff return was the quick score the New York Jets needed. The only problem: It left Peyton Manning with one last chance and plenty of time.
When former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak visits IU on Oct. 30, he will most likely be met with cheers, heckling and everything in between. Speaking on one of the most controversial conflicts of the 20th and now 21st centuries, Barak will attempt to explain some of the reasons behind the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In its first test of the season, the No. 26 IU women's cross country team finished seventh at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Eugene, Ore., Friday.
The underdogs aren't supposed to win. That was truly the case this weekend for the IU women's volleyball team as it dropped its Big Ten home openers against No. 2 Penn State and No. 13 Ohio State. The Hoosiers are now 1-3 in the Big Ten and 10-6 overall.
IU coach Amy Robertson found just the right motivation for her team this weekend.