Category: Columns

  • The Waterboard ’em Trustee

    The Waterboard ’em Trustee

    Former sportscaster Sage Steele has a lot of explainin’ to do By Mike Leonard Unfit for duty Indiana University graduate Sage Steele made a name for herself as a sports broadcaster and earned an anchor spot on ESPN for her talents in talking about sports…

  • The Beginning and End of the McKinney Fountain

    The McKinney fountain was a monumental symphony of splashing water inside the bustling Indiana University campus By Mike Leonard A bittersweet back to school experience awaits students, faculty, staff and the public familiar with the McKinney fountain in front of the Simon Music Center on…

  • We live in a Perfect World

    It’s like that Talking Heads song you can’t get out of your head now that I mention it By Mike Leonard On an ordinary day in our ordinary mall I bought a pair of shoes in the ordinary way and the helpful employee took in…

  • Is the genetic code still in IU’s DNA?

    Is the genetic code still in IU’s DNA?

    Indiana University had a hand in the discovery of the modern genetic code. More than a half-century later, IU is giving an icy response to entreaties asking questions about science moving forward and science education remaining static By Mike Leonard A story circled the globe…

  • This is What a Coup Looks Like

    Those Tatterdemalion Thugs By Dennis Reardon, guest columnist We have a munificently funded private Executive army invading the capitals of states that didn’t vote for Grifter-in-Chief Donald Trump. I refrain from calling ICE Trump’s Gestapo only because the Nazi Gestapo was a highly-trained and well-disciplined…