December 2007
6 posts
Ruckus Not The Answer to Campus Downloading
I don’t pay for my music. Ever since Napster became a household name, I’ve been leading a life of crime and greed. When a new album comes out, I don’t wait in line at Sam Goody, I just go to the right website and click the right link. No artist has seen royalties from me since I was eleven. To record companies, this is a problem. At first, they tried to crush our resources. I have seen the demise...
Work
Various articles written for journalism classes and fun:
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Woodward Packs Auditorium for Speaker Series
War Changes Student Involvement in Past Years
La Casa Home to More Than Just Cultural Center
“Drunk Bus” Driver Keeps Students Safe
Ruckus Not the Answer to Campus Downloading
Facebook Apps Ruining Lives
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Entrepreneur brings Fresh Air to Bloomington
Volatile gas...
Woodward Packs Auditorium for Speaker Series
“Work at night.” The biggest piece of advice Bob Woodward gave to a packed ground floor in the Indiana University Auditorium on Monday evening. Woodward is the first of three speakers in the School of Journalism Fall Speaker Series, an opportunity for students to meet some of the top professionals in journalism. Though the series is aimed at Indiana University students, the auditorium filled with...
La Casa Home to More Than Just Cultural Center
With Halloween’s mysterious aura surrounding Indiana University, urban legends and ghost stories charge people’s imaginations. Though some tell of “a friend of a friend” and others take place at “a campus out west,” others find their home a little more locally. On the busy streets of 7th and Woodlawn, the Latino Cultural Center also known as La Casa inconspicuously sits between other small homes...
War Changes Student Involvement In Past Years
In a lecture hall with over 200 students, Le Anh Long brings up the topic of the Iraq War to her Y100 class. Immediately, students raise their hand to express their thoughts. A debate breaks out among the students as Long tries to moderate. “Heated debates seem to just come with the territory in Political Science classes, especially on topics like the war,” said Drew Litherland, a sophomore...
"Drunk Bus" Driver Keeps Students Safe
On a Thursday at 11 p.m., Robert S. Schmidt begins his south route for the Bloomington Shuttle Service. Tonight, his route will not be taking passengers to and from the airport. “It’s pretty dead for the first two hours,” he says, as he takes his second loop through his route on the Midnight Special only stopping at the designated sign on Third and Jordan, waiting for a passenger to appear...