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The decline of a great university
THE ACADEMY IS AN OUTDATED CONCEPT TO THE IU TRUSTEES AND STATE GOVERNMENT By Mike Leonard SUVs blowing through stop signs. Cars going the wrong way on one-way streets. Students playing drinking games with ping pong balls in their front yards. It’s “Welcome Back” time…
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Mellencamp returns to the stage
Four years after his last live gig, longtime Bloomington resident opens a mammoth new tour at the IU Auditorium Mellencamp shows no signs of slowing down at age 71. Courtesy Photo. In the four years since John Mellencamp took on concert tours across the U.S.…
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Welcome Home, Nell Levin
Longtime Bloomington musician returns to B-town for a show of original music with local icon Tom Roznowski Nell Levin chuckles about her lifelong musical journey from her birthplace in San Francisco to befriending some guy no one had heard of in Greenwich Village named Bob…
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Capt. Janeway is coming home
She won’t be born until 2336, but the Star Trek star, actress Kate Mulgrew, will come to her character’s future Bloomington birthplace to celebrate Janeway, the first female captain in the fascinating Star Trek universe. Sometimes I want to stop by the Capt. Janeway bust…
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Facebook Jail
The social media giant is fighting regulation and responsibility through strategic incompetence. The better question probably is “What took you so long?” Facebook put me on notice recently. “This comment goes against our Community Standards on violence and incitement,” the warning said. Do it again…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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,”…
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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…