Features & In-Depth

In the dark

Light should be a source of safety in times of danger, but the 56 blue light emergency phones adorning the Indiana University campus are just a distraction for police and a plaything for students. IU continues to install new blue lights with every new construction.

Waiting for help

Untreated

Indiana is hit hard by the opioid epidemic. Medical experts say medicine is the most effective treatment. Why aren’t we using it?

First rounds

Despite a growing mistrust of men and women in uniform, students like Conner Dunn continue to attend the IUPD Academy in pursuit of a profession in serious need of a better image.

The shaking man

IU student Maccabee Griffin left the Iraqi desert nearly a decade ago, but the war still rages inside him. The veteran fights tremors that wrack his body as he struggles to find peace.

The cleanup man

After police find meth inside a property, homeowners are left to deal with the toxic mess. Ryan Weaver is the one they call to make those houses livable again.

7,136 miles from home

Facing culture and language barriers, international students come to an institution that struggles to prepare them for life in American campus culture.

Head On

Forgotten war, unforgotten soldiers

Portraits of seven veterans in Bloomington who fought in the Korean War.

Yeezus walks

Weekend has all you need to get prepared for the release of Kanye West's new album, "The Life of Pablo."

Flies in their image

As the scientific community debates, IU researchers use a new gene editing system to alter the DNA of fruit flies. The system, CRISPR, allows scientists to mutate flies in more specific ways than ever before.

Side by side

Amy Cozad is the No. 1 diver in the country. Jessica Parratto is the No. 2. They compete next to each other every day in IU's Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, each hoping to earn one of two spots on the U.S. Olympic team.

The little sister

Haley Wilson started her freshman year only a few months after the murder of her older sister, Hannah Wilson. Haley wants to be strong. But when you're only 18 and your world has cracked open, how do you know what strong is?

Fall 2015 semester in review

The 16 biggest stories from the last 16 weeks.

The unsettled

Forced to flee Syria and start over, a family adjusts to a state that suddenly doesn't want them.

State of mind

BJ Toole, Abby Ridgeway and Emily all have struggled with anxiety or depression during their time at IU. Each has sought out mental health services from hometown doctors, physicians at the IU Health Center or psychiatrists at Counseling and Psychological Services. Data provided by CAPS shows that anxiety diagnoses among IU students is on the rise, steadily surpassing depression diagnoses.

Yaolin's story

Friends regret not calling police, recall a pattern of repeated abuse.

Waiting for help

Students seeking counseling have reached an all-time high. Does CAPS have the resources to treat them?

Holding up a house

On an unusually warm Saturday in February, a group of students swig from blue Solo cups and dangle their feet out second-story windows, where they snap pictures of the crowd on the porch below.

Sexual assault: Larger issues revealed by IU sexual assault case

Lyndsay Jones’ first-person account is striking because of her willingness to share her story on the record with her name and photo.