Cyclone leaves 154 dead
ANTALAHA, Madagascar -- A ferry missing after being caught in a cyclone off the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar sank with all but two of its 113 passengers and crew trapped inside, port authorities said Thursday.
ANTALAHA, Madagascar -- A ferry missing after being caught in a cyclone off the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar sank with all but two of its 113 passengers and crew trapped inside, port authorities said Thursday.
I think I have seen it all. During the Q&A of Dr. Cornell West's lecture at IU last month, I saw a middle-aged white man refer to himself as an "undercover brother." Give me a break. Actually, I thought to myself "Aw no he di'int!" Yes, yes he did.
NEW YORK -- A former journalist and congressional press secretary was arrested Thursday on charges she acted as an Iraqi spy before and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, accepting $10,000 for her work, prosecutors said Thursday.
Students, professors and members of the Bloomington community were among those who gathered yesterday to celebrate Hungary's Independence Day, which was held Thursday in the University Club Room at the Indiana Memorial Union. Participants were treated to poetry readings by students in the Hungarian Studies program.
My morning cartoons had just ended, so I started channel surfing. One thing was evident as I searched my seven TV stations -- all of them had live feed of police officers, firefighters, Red Cross workers and ambulances scrambling around everywhere. Then came footage of people sitting on the ground, one hand covering a wound, the other holding a cell phone to their ear, presumably telling loved ones they were alive.
Dorm food -- a term that strikes fear into the hearts of incoming college freshman. Despite its notoriously bad reputation, probably stemming from less-than-pleasing elementary cafeteria lunches of mystery meat and soggy vegetables, many students agree dorm food at IU isn't all that horrific.
Warm weather, crystal clear water and skimpy clothing are in the immediate future for many IU students. But there are still a few stragglers who have put their planning for the perfect vacation off until the last possible day.
IU is feeling the loss of former Sociology Professor Frank Robert Westie after he died at his Naples, Fla., residence March 5. Westie was 82. Westie enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II before finishing his music degree at Wayne State University in Detroit with plans to compose music for a living. But his experiences piloting a B-17 Flying Fortress changed his psyche forever.
Junior Ryan Fagan will try to become the fifth Hoosier on the men's swimming and diving team to qualify for this year's NCAA Championships when he takes to the board in this weekend's NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in Bloomington.
In August 2002, junior softball player Ashley Griffiths was driving with her family from California to IU, ready to start her sophomore year. In a split second, that all changed.
During the course of the 2004 indoor track season, IU junior sprinter Ara Towns' frequent flyer miles increased. Earlier in the season, she traveled to New York City, and now, for the second time this season, she'll be headed to Fayetteville, Ark. This trip will be the biggest yet, as she competes in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Wiley in with Cowboys, Lynch out with Bucs Defensive end Marcellus Wiley is now a Cowboy. John Lynch is soon to be an ex-Buccaneer. A week after being released by San Diego, Wiley signed with Dallas Thursday in hopes of living up to his reputation as one of the league's more feared pass rushers. He got $16 million over four years, including a $4.5 million signing bonus.
Wow. After a yearlong wait, pure, unadulterated Indiana basketball showed itself at Conseco Fieldhouse Thursday. Along with the IU season, my column-writing career has survived to last another day.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Despite a losing record for the first time in years, the IU men's basketball team hasn't given up. The Hoosiers (14-14) beat the Ohio State Buckeyes (14-16) at Conseco Fieldhouse in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, 83-69.
Indiana does not have a state insect, and frankly, we at the Indiana Daily Student are not happy about it. Fortunately, there is a bill being proposed in the Senate to make the state insect the Karner blue butterfly.
They fly through the air with the greatest of ease. See the amazing performers on the flying trapeze. Circuses have always held a certain air of mystery that captivates audiences of all ages. While most would have to travel great distances to see acrobats perform miraculous stunts, residents of Bloomington will be given the chance to experience the magic of trampolines, acrobatics and tumbling first hand.
The snow has melted away and the exposed gray asphalt of Bloomington's roads resembles a field after land mines have been detonated. Spring cleaning has officially begun for the Street Department of Bloomington.
Changing your clock -- or not doing so -- in the spring and the fall has become a heated issue lately in the Hoosier state. Recent Indiana time zone change proposals have met with both applause and criticism throughout the state.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Gov. Robert D. Orr was remembered Thursday as a gentleman governor who led Indiana to education reform and economic revival after the 1980s recession and never lost his passion for public service or politics.
The Student Body Supreme Court ruled against IUSA party Big Red's appeal Thursday, upholding the findings of the IUSA Elections Commission.