Add To Watchlist

INDIANA-UNIVERSITY

The Wire

Teen to Get MBA From Indiana University

Jessica Meeker is not your average MBA. She's a black-clad, punk rock fanatic whose hair has seen more colors than the average rainbow. She's also 18, and on Saturday, she will be the youngest student ever to receive an MBA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, school officials said.

Plane Crash Kills 5 Ind. Music Students

An Indiana University student was piloting a small plane through dense fog when the aircraft crashed, killing the four passengers and fellow classmates, officials said Friday.

The Vine

Captain Kidd Ship Found

Source: Yahoo! News

The wreckage of a pirate ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in the 17th century has been found by divers in shallow waters off the Dominican Republic, a research team claims.

Giving Makes You Rich

Source: finance.yahoo.com

Data from the Statistical Abstract of the United States and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University provide examples: In 2004, $100 in extra income per American drove about $1.47 in additional charitable giving per person.

Indiana makes wrong call by dumping assistant

Source: Yahoo! News

"Here is the basic punishment if you commit secondary NCAA rules violations: They put you on a plane, send you off to take a seminar on how the rulebook is supposed to work, then put you back to work doing whatever it is you do -- presumably, recruiting new athletes for your un …

What was Sampson thinking?

Source: ESPN.com

Among the NCAA's sanctions was a one-year restriction on Sampson at Indiana from making phone calls to prospective recruits, including three-way phone calls initiated by his assistant coaches. Sunday, Sampson admitted to 10 more illegal phone calls in the past 12 months.

New Worries - GMO Corn Effect on Aquatic Ecosystems

Source: Indiana University

Press Release -- October 8, 2007 -- BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study by an Indiana University environmental science professor and several colleagues suggests a widely planted variety of genetically engineered corn has the potential to harm aquatic ecosystems.

Hackers could skew US elections - tech - 09 October 2007 - New Scientist Tech

Source: New Scientist

This is not a bad article describing the possible attacks that could happen for political race manipulation. It is a bit sensationalized (probably to get readership) but all of the presented attacks are plausible with current technology.

Opinion: "Indo-US military ties are inevitable"

Source: rediff News

General V P Malik, former chief of the Indian Army, and chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, gave this talk to kick off the India Lecture Series at Indiana University recently. Thorough analysis of many aspects of the topic-- plus some interesting comments by readers!

Bob on Bush: Woodward's Perspective on Bush War Policy

"How many people here have gotten a D-minus in high school or college?" Bob Woodward posed this question Monday night at the IU auditorium. The question was met by few hands and many laughs.

Nation editor: 'We need watchdogs, not lapdogs'

Source: journalism.indiana.edu

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of America's oldest weekly magazine, The Nation, used to warn of the growing danger of "infotainment." She no longer bothers with that warning, she told an overflowing audience at Ernie Pyle Hall Auditorium Thursday evening.

Absence of Major Disaster in '06 Affected Giving

Source: The New York Times

Although 2006 was heralded as the dawn of a golden age of philanthropy, charitable giving was almost flat last year.

Indiana Daily Student Publisher Dead at 59

Source: CNET News.com

I knew Dave Adams from my time working at the University of Minnesota. He was a great man who really cared about student journalism.

Kids with Mental Illness Face Bias

Source: PsychCentral

Sadly, researchers have discovered Americans are more likely to socially reject children with mental illness than they are those with physical illnesses such as asthma.

Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers

Source: CNET

If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, let this recent threat serve as a reminder.

The Pollution Within

Source: National Geographic

Modern chemistry keeps insects from ravaging crops, lifts stains from carpets, and saves lives. But the ubiquity of chemicals is taking a toll. Many of the compounds absorbed by the body stay there for years—and fears about their health effects are growing.

Sex ends as seasons shift and kisspeptin levels plummet

Source: EurekAlert!

A hormone implicated in the onset of human puberty also appears to control reproductive activity in seasonally breeding rodents, report Indiana University Bloomington and University of California at Berkeley scientists in the March 2007 issue of Endocrinology.

Libertarian to be part of Indiana 9th District debate

Source: fortwayne.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Libertarian Eric Schansberg will join Republican Rep. Mike Sodrel and Democrat Baron Hill in a 9th District congressional debate set for Aug. 31 at Indiana University's public television station.

College Girl Dies in Her Sleep at Indiana University

This morning Wednesday April 5th, a 3rd year student died in her sleep at Indiana University in her sorority house.

Hoosiers tell Knight: Stay in Texas | IndyStar.com

Source: The Indianapolis Star

What makes anyone think that Bob Knight would even come back to IU? IU has burned the bridge of one of the greatest coaches of all time. It will be interesting to see who IU does pick as the successor of Mike Davis.

Indiana Hoosiers coach sounds off!

Source: ESPN.com

Mike Davis' comments regarding the rumors concerning his job as head coach at IU.