Asking ‘the China Question’
WE WOULD LIKE to know more about the thinking at Indiana University and Purdue regarding students from China. Specifically, how it was decided to bring so many of one group of foreign student to campus in the first place. But nobody is answering what might be called “the China question.” There is the money, of course. The one million international Read the full article…
It Begins: the Renaming of ‘Indiana’
OUR SYMPATHY GOES OUT to the dozen or so of you who were counting on Eric Holcomb to stand strong against the culture-cancelers and statue-topplers. Here is the governor responding to a question yesterday on changing the name “Indiana”: “You know, I haven’t given that any thought, although I’ve talked with Native American friends of mine about our Read the full article…
Franke: Do We Really Want to Be Like Seattle?
(Editor’s Note: We are reposting Mark Frank’s essay on Seattle as the winner of this quarter’s Prescience Trophy.) by Mark Franke “If we could only be more like Seattle . . .” How often have you heard that comment from city leaders, Chamber of commerce spokesmen and other economic development officials? They conjure up images of Read the full article…
Horning: Where the Law Meets the Virus
by Andrew Horning My first job in healthcare was in the arbovirus surveillance unit of the Indiana Board of Health in the mid 1970s. My job was all about the flaviviruses carried by birds and mosquitos. As a young man thus indoctrinated in the hemorrhagic syndromes, fatal mucosal disease, birth defects and encephalitis caused by Read the full article…
Morris: Decency — a Word to Live By
by Leo Morris I’d like to confess something I feel guilty about. It happened a long time ago, back in high school. One of my classmates – I won’t give his name or even a pseudonym, for obvious reasons – was a gangly, pimply wreck of a teenager. His walk was a shambling lurch, his Read the full article…
Suit Against IU alleges Violation of Public Records Act
MARGARET MENGE, an alumnus of Indiana University, has filed a complaint against the university in Monroe County Circuit Court alleging violation of the state public records law. Menge, a freelance journalist, is researching the policy of state universities regarding students from China. According to the complaint, the university denied Menge’s request for emails unless her formal request stated both the sender and Read the full article…
