Who should be a doctor?

What if your doctor was a convicted murderer?

An often-grim job search awaits many IU grads

The unemployment rate hit 8.1 percent in February and payroll employment fell by 2.6 million in the last four months. Work now is harder to find, and the jobless pool is beginning to fill with applicants more experienced than most college grads.

AROUND THE STATE

A look at events happening around the state.Democrats OK spending $200M from Ind. reserve, Kokomo mayor to discuss auto industry at Yale, and IU Cancer researcher Dr. Stephen Williams dies at 62.

Andrea McGuirt exudes character

Sophomore Andrea McGuirt embodies the definition of a student-athlete. McGuirt, a guard on the women’s basketball team, is a student in the Kelley School of Business and has a 3.9 GPA. 

New bill to enact energy standards, create green jobs

A new bill facing the Indiana General Assembly could create thousands of new jobs by requiring 20 percent of the state’s energy to come from renewable or energy-efficient resources by 2020.

A much better way than Pizza X

I’m a former student (class of 2002) who was a loyal patron to Pizza Express while in school.  As a graduate of the business school and a current MBA student at the University of Chicago, I wanted to pass along to the owner my concern over the proposed new name. 

Treasury wrong to bail out private student lenders

If the progression of industries begging the Department of the Treasury for bailouts has left you increasingly unsympathetic, consider these people the icing on the cake: the ones you’ll be indebted to for 20 years after you graduate. In a recent change to the Treasury’s bailout bill, the government has announced that part of the money will be used to guarantee consumer lending in order to stimulate spending in the economy. Among possible candidates were private student lenders, more than 60 of which have, in recent months, ceased offering loans. The possibility has ignited a heated debate among education circles as to whether the decision places the interests of students at heart. Some wonder whether the money could be better placed. And while the Secretary of Education has already indicated that she will bolster federal loans, some feel that private loans should receive no assistance, or that any bailout package given to private lenders should include more stringent guidelines to benefit students. Critics, such as the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, American Association of State Colleges and Universities and half a dozen similar groups recently sent a letter to the Secretary of Treasury urging his department to reconsider. Their concern is understandable – just last year, a massive scandal broke over conflict of interest between university financial aid departments and private lenders, especially notable since it’s many of the same groups implicated in last year’s scandal that are now cheering the Treasury’s decision.

Authorities believe body found at Purdue is missing student

WEST LAFAYETTE – Authorities believe that the man found dead behind a Purdue University residence hall was a student who apparently jumped from one of the building’s upper floors.

Body found on Purdue campus

The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a man found behind a Purdue University residence hall early Tuesday morning.

Body found behind Purdue University residence hall

The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a male found behind a University residence hall early Tuesday morning.

Deserving so much more, wanting nothing less

The faces have come, and mostly gone, for Kyle Taber.

IU inventors develop more than just Crest toothpaste

Anybody who has gone on a guided tour of IU has probably heard the Crest story. Yes, IU invented Crest toothpaste. But there’s more. The thing you bite on for a dental X-ray? Invented at IU. Ever complain about Oncourse? IU invented that, too.

IU World’s Fare exposes attendees to many cultures

It was a shot of cultural adrenaline. A taste of international identity. A sampling of more countries than you can shake a maraca at.It was the 2008 IU World’s Fare, and it attracted students of all nationalities and backgrounds. Within minutes, the place was packed.

Long Thompson for governor

The race for the governor’s mansion has been, perhaps, the most difficult to decide. Unlike so many races in Indiana, voters have been presented with two competent candidates, both capable of executing the executive’s tasks. Moreover, it’s not clear either candidate would do much more than that. Mitch Daniels has not done a despicable job as governor. Most impressively, he has abolished the good-ol’ boy style of management that marked eight years of the Frank O’Bannon and Joseph Kernan administrations. In office, Daniels has professionally transformed more than $600 million of deficit into a substantial surplus. But neither Jill Long Thompson nor Daniels is running on a platform of serious change or upheaval. Rather, each takes a relatively moderate approach likely to appeal to traditional voters. In this hard time and in stagnant Indiana, we would like to hear braver, more ambitious rhetoric from both. While the candidates themselves stand out for their scholastic excellence and professional preparedness – Daniels graduated from Princeton and Georgetown and was an Eli Lilly executive while Long Thompson holds a Ph.D. from IU and served as undersecretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration – their lieutenant governor choices leave much to be desired.

Kirkwood Observatory blends tradition, technology

Students want more local food on campus

I was thrilled to see two articles dealing with the growing attraction of sustainable food in Thursday’s paper.  It is good to know that options other than processed, faceless, chain-store chow are available to eaters in Bloomington. 

Beading Bee allows students to ‘meet and learn from each other’

The Beading Bee is a series of workshops designed to teach students about Native American culture through bead work. Becca Riall, chair of the Native American Graduate Student Association, teamed up with Deeksha Nagar, curator of education for the Mathers Museum, to make these events available throughout the semester.

Students adjust to bus changes

Campus Bus announced in July that all core routes, including A, B, D, E and X, would reduce services by 19 percent this fall, mostly at night and on the weekends. Some students are still learning about the changes.

School of Informatics not afraid of national outsourcing trends

The IU School of Informatics says students have nothing to worry about after a recent study done by New York University Stern School of Business and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania found that 8 percent of information technology workers surveyed have experienced offshore-related displacement.

City, IU partner for smooth construction near campus

The intersection of 17th Street and Fee Lane is just one area in Bloomington that has been a headache for drivers during the summer months. The city of Bloomington and IU have worked together to fix the area in time for the fall semester. These major upgrades were seen by the state of Indiana as necessary to the improvement of the busy road.