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A thin layer of snow and solid ice is visible on the lawn of the David L. Rice Library Tuesday. (Photo by Ian Young)

Frustrated students feel they were forced to ‘choose between their own safety, potential penalties for missing class’ following winter storm

Bryce West, Ian Young, Bryn Nicol, and Anthony Rawley February 2, 2023

Update: This story was updated around 9:30 p.m. Thursday to reflect receiving a response from Provost Mohammed Khayum around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Following a cancellation of classes Tuesday due...

Crowd gathers around State House for Red for Ed protest

Students gather at Statehouse for Red for Ed

Rhonda Wheeler, News Editor November 19, 2019

Nearly 12,000 teachers surrounded the Indiana Statehouse Nov. 19 to protest low teacher pay and lack of resources in the education system. At least six students from the university traveled to Indianapolis...

School and work: an economy of horus

Osman Bien Aime, Staff Writer December 2, 2015

School can be challenging enough as it is, but when a full-time, or even part-time job is thrown into the mix, a student’s semester can suddenly become an exercise in creeping deadlines and chronic exhaustion. I...

Addressing stress

Megan Thorne October 7, 2015

Everyone gets scared, but for someone with anxiety fear it’s more than just a worry, is a crippling doubt. Every day on campus I hear stories about students working an extra shift and couldn’t find...

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