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Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft could be on the brink of shutting down in California after a judge ordered them to reclassify independent contractors as employees.  Why? All companies employing freelancers or individuals partaking in freelancing must comply with Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), the new anti-gig work law. It seems benign on the surface. Once readers peruse the bill’s language, they discover its nefarious goals.  It erroneously claims the “misclassification of workers as independent contractors has been a significant factor in the erosion of the middle class and the rise in income inequality.” And its federal companion bill, the PRO Act—supported by Democrats like...

Indiana Right to Life has discovered that $200 human brains from aborted babies were purchased by Indiana University (IU) in May 2016. Part of the reason IU opposed statewide abortion restrictions and sued the state of Indiana was because IU wanted to continue its purchases of aborted baby body parts. Back then, IU said that a new Indiana abortion law would hinder necessary medical research. The Indy Star reported in May: IU said the new law…is vague and “will institute sweeping and unconstitutional prohibitions.” The impact on IU’s neuroscience research, according to the university’s seven-page complaint, could be “dramatic” and...

On Monday, students at Indiana University Bloomington mistook a priest for a Klu Klux Klan member, taking to social media to express their fear of the alleged Klansman, who they claimed was carrying a whip, and dressed in “white robes.”

Yelling ‘White Power’ The Indiana University Bloomington student charged with shouting hateful slurs at a Muslim woman, trying to strangle her and then biting a police officer on Saturday has been expelled from the school. Officials at Indiana expelled the student, Triceten Bickford, earlier this week, reports Fort Wayne NBC affiliate WISE-TV. The bizarre incident occurred on a patio outside a Turkish restaurant and bakery in Bloomington, a few blocks from the IU campus. Bickford, 19, began the altercation by yelling “‘white power, white power,’ very loud,” the victim, an unidentified 47-year-old Turkish woman, told Indianapolis NBC outlet WTHR. Then,...

Although primary source information on legendary sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey has been out for more than a decade, it does not stop academics from heaping admiration upon his legacy that borders on veneration. “His formative years were spent in a home and in a nation where many middle-class parents enshrouded sex in shame, heaping more than enough guilt on young people to mangle and twist them,” Theodore M. Brown and Elizabeth Fee wrote in the American Journal of Public Health in 2003. “This was particularly true for those like Kinsey who aspired but failed to achieve moral perfection.” “His...

Bloomington - College students are facing sticker shock when it comes to the price of birth control. Statistics show about 40 percent of undergraduate women take oral contraceptives, but suddenly, they're being forced to pay much more for the pill. Oral contraceptives make up a quarter of all prescriptions filled at Indiana University's Health Center. Traditionally, college women got deep discounts, but the price of birth control is doubling or even tripling on campus. "We had a number of prescriptions that were $10, $12, $13. Those have at least doubled and in some instances, with some of the new things...

ROME, Ga. -- Police believe the remains of two fetuses found in a storage unit were self-aborted by the wife of a former Indiana women's basketball coach. That information, released in a police statement Thursday, was the latest in the bizarre case that started last week when authorities in Bay County, Fla., received a tip that Sarah Jo Warner Izard had told friends there that she kept the remains of two fetuses in a storage shed in Rome. Izard is the wife of the late coach Jim Izard, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Feb. 28. "Sarah Jo...

Conservative author Ann Coulter drew a large crowd to the IU Auditorium Thursday night. More than 2,500 of the auditorium's 3,200 seats were full, but that number dwindled throughout her speech as many students were ejected for disruptions and others simply walked out after certain comments. Coulter, author of such books as "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)" and "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right," gave a speech titled "Liberals Are Wrong About Everything." The speech drew many dissenters and it didn't take long for public outbursts to occur. Within the first two minutes of her...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- An airplane that raised questions in this college town is being used by the FBI to monitor people who might have terrorist connections, agency officials acknowledged. The FBI denied knowledge of the plane earlier this week after aviation officials disclosed that the aircraft was conducting law enforcement surveillance. Agent Thomas V. Fuentes said the FBI issued the denial because a reporter asked if the airplane is doing electronic surveillance, which it is not. Fuentes and agent James H. Davis said the FBI is not aware of any threat to Bloomington or the state, but is watching...

Law Prof Worries Iraq War Views May Cost Him Chance at Tenure Jun 27, 2005, 7:32 PM Professor William Bradford By Mary McDermott 24 Hour News 8 A law professor at Indiana University worries he's not going to get tenure and says his views on the war in Iraq are part of the reason why. Professor William Bradford has degrees from Harvard and Northwestern Universities, and law students at Indiana University voted him the best new teacher of the year. "I think he's one of the best professors around here. You can debate him on anything all day and he'll...

March 28, 2005 IU Researchers Closer to Helping Hearing-Impaired Using Stem Cells INDIANAPOLIS — Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient’s own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. The IU group, led by Eri Hashino, Ph.D., was able to transform, in the laboratory, stem cells taken from adult bone marrow into cells with many of the characteristics of sensory nerve cells -- neurons -- found in the ear. The results suggest that these adult stem cells could be used to...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Some Indiana University students could face a hefty fine for tossing a guinea pig from an eighth-floor dormitory with a makeshift parachute. The students used a garbage bag, dental floss and masking tape to create a parachute and then dropped the animal from their dorm window, Bloomington Animal Shelter manager Leigh Ann Hoffacker said. The guinea pig landed in a tree and survived. The trembling rodent was discovered moments later by IU freshman Laura Robinson. "My friend and I were on our way to get some lunch and we looked up and we saw her fall into...

The center of the discussion at the IU School of Law -- Indianapolis is not a tree but the question: How do people of different faiths and different philosophies best work, live, and learn together? This is an important question, worthy of considerable time, thoughtful attention, and substantive, respectful conversation. The law school consists of students, staff, and faculty -- and welcomes visitors -- of many different faiths and philosophies, including (but not limited to) Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, agnosticism, and atheism. Indeed, the law school celebrates and seeks to expand the participation of people from different countries...

Joshua Claybourn comments on his blog and on HR regarding the controversy over a Christmas tree that has been removed from the IU Law School at IUPUI. Professor Florence Roisman complained that the tree, even undecorated, was "a symbol of Christianity on government property". Channel 6 in Indianapolis has a story here, the Indianapolis Star report is here, and the Indiana Daily Student reports on the matter here. The IDS has a great parody in its' December 8 staff editorial. The Supreme Court has ruled that Christmas trees are secular symbols. This makes sense. Christmas itself has become a secular...

<p>It sold just three cookies, but a unique bake sale Wednesday at Indiana University turned up the heat in an ongoing debate about affirmative action.</p> <p>Modeled after similar events on campuses across the country, the sale offered cookies at different prices based on customers' race and gender. White males were charged $1; white females, Asians and Pacific Islanders, 75 cents; American Indians and Hispanics, 50 cents; and blacks, 25 cents.</p>

Hey guys you've probably read the thread about us having an affirmative action bakesale here at IU. I thought since we had it I'd give you an update. Well as you can probably guess it's been a real firestorm. When we had it there were probably 40-70 black people yelling at us for 2 hrs. No violence, and the University did not attempt to shut us down. So far they have actually been very supportive of our freedom of speech. However, after the bakesale in a time period of only 5 hrs the Black Student Union organized a forum where...

Yum! Cookies Well, it's finally come to IU. The Committee for Freedom will be holding an Affirmative Action Bakesale tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4th in Dunn Meadow from 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm. According to the press release, "Cookies will be sold at different prices based on race and gender. White males will pay $1 per cookie, white females will pay 75 cents, Hispanics will pay 50 cents, and cookies will cost 25 cents for blacks." Stephan Jerabek, President of The Committee for Freedom, said, "Through this bake sale, we hope to highlight the absurdity of preferences based on race, ethnicity,...

GLBT sponsors meeting to discuss professor's Web log Students, faculty brainstorm ways to respond to Web site Published Thursday, September 11, 2003 Concerned faculty, staff and students who disagree with the University's decision to allow a professor's controversial Web log to remain on an IU server held a meeting Wednesday to discuss possible actions to take. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Service organized the meeting to brainstorm ideas about how to respond to the Web log created by Eric Rasmusen, a business professor. Participants discussed ideas of how to respond, including educating the campus about homosexuality,...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An Indiana University professor's anti-gay statements on his IU Web site are sparking a debate that pits freedom of speech against the university's efforts to promote diversity and tolerance of gays. The furor has divided the Bloomington campus, prompting questions about how public money is being used and whether IU needs more stringent policies on Internet use. On the site — supported by the IU server and with an IU address — Eric Rasmusen, an economics professor in the Kelley School of Business, contends gays aren't suited for certain jobs, such as teaching, preaching and elected posts,...