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Is IU’s first female president a change agent?
Floor general Quinn Buckner said last week that rookie Indiana University President Pamela Whitten deserves a $162,500 bonus for her performance in her first year on the IU payroll, praising her communication skills, warmth and authenticity. That’s a nice bonus for what would appear to be minimum requirements for her job, and if you add […]
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The Boogie Woogie is back in B-town
The sixth Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival weathered the pandemic and may showcase the best celebration yet. WHEN pianist Craig Brenner launched the first Bloomington Boogies Festival in 2015, many music aficionados weren’t sure what to expect but even the term, boogie woogie, suggested high energy entertainment and a good time. In its […]
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The Darkest Day in Indy 500 History
This was the nadir of the 1973 race, which has been called the worst race weekend in the history of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. The sight and size of the fireball coming from the crash brought gasps and cries of “Oh my God!” even where I was sitting, close to the finish line at […]
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Just call him President Perspektivny
The useful idiot offered himself up as perspektivny like no one has ever seen. People say they can’t believe it. So much winning. For Putin. Leonard column Trump 03/22 I’d heard Donald J. Trump called a google of names, but never “perspektivny.” “A f***ing moron,” as assessed by his former Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. […]
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Grieving, loss and healing
Bloomington native Christy Heitger-Ewing helps others when she writes about the difficult subject of suicide in your own family It is a grief that never goes away, and often only becomes bearable when it gets pushed into that locked closet in our brains, where people put things they feel they’ll never understand, never reconcile and […]
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The Battle for Buffalo Springs
A well-respected environmental activist calls BS on a Forest Service plan to “restore” (read: log) a place it calls Buffalo Springs, a made-up name for a place locals call home. By Andy Mahler There is something that doesn’t sit right about the Forest Service’s plan to punch logging roads into the heart of the hardwood […]
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