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Take a hike in Kentuckiana

Take a hike in Kentuckiana

Bryce Shreve, Staff Reporter October 17, 2018

In the modern age, it can be important to take breaks from our phones and spend some time getting in touch with nature. Collages of outdoor photos on Instagram are great, but nothing beats getting out...

“If you are tired all the time, you may want to see a sleep doctor,” Brandon Visetchaisri, vocal music education junior, said.

Living with a sleep disorder

Ryan McCracken, Staff Reporter` October 17, 2018

For Brandon Visetchaisri, vocal music education junior, waking up for classes in the morning can be a struggle. It can take over half an hour or more to wake up, and sometimes his headaches in the morning...

Polly Niemeier stands in front of a mural painted on the Harvest Homecoming office building.

Harvest Homecoming volunteers continue community tradition

John Clere, staff reporter October 2, 2018

Every October, roughly half a million people, both locals and visitors, gather at the Harvest Homecoming Festival in New Albany, Indiana. The event has been a key part of local tradition for 51 years and...

Why Do You Duo?

Why Do You Duo?

Tate McGarvey, Staff Reporter October 1, 2018

If you have attended any branch of Indiana University since the fall of 2017, you are most likely familiar with the two-step login system known as Duo Security. The sometimes-bothersome double take...

Photo by John Clere

Blast from the past looks ahead

John Clere, Staff Reporter September 19, 2018

Even on a lightly-attended night, the Georgetown Drive-In opens its gates to a line of cars stretching from the ticket booth to the road. The line twists around the theater’s marquee, upon which rests...

Audrey Schlegel, biology junior at IU Southeast, practicing yoga in her front yard. Her favorite part about yoga is that it brings awareness to her body and mind. Photo by Courtney Sinclaire.

Stressful Times Call for Yoga Poses

McKenna Curry, Staff Reporter September 17, 2018

Reynolds rolls out her yoga mat and places her feet on the soft padding. She feels relaxed, calm and composed﹣feelings that every stressed college student wants to feel. Yoga is a metaphysical discipline...

Dr. Gerald Ruth and his wife Ellen in front of 
the IUS observatory. Photo by John Clere

A Passion for the Stars

John Clere, Staff Reporter September 4, 2018

At age 14, IUS professor Gerald Ruth, emeritus of geosciences, grinded a handmade mirror for his first telescope. He grinded it to the exact precision as the mirror originally used in the Hubble Space...

Photo Illustration by Louis Herlihy

Indiana governments combating the opioid epidemic

Samuel Murphy, Sports Director August 21, 2018

In 2016, the opioid epidemic claimed more than twice the amount of lives taken by the United States’ hot-button topic — gun violence. Opioids were involved in 42,249 deaths, and opioid overdose deaths...

Border Battles

Border Battles

Tate McGarvey, Staff Reporter April 19, 2018

Todd Manson, IU Southeast associate professor of psychology, frequently uses the biases which both New Albany and Louisville residents place on one another as an example in his class. Assumptions about...

Photo Illustration by Julie Jackson.

Overcoming a Breakup

Kaitlin Porter, Staff Reporter April 18, 2018

One year. Twelve months. Fifty-two weeks. Three hundred sixty-five days of dating someone that you shared everything with. You put your all into making them happy so that you could share memories together....

Roger Howard, chairman of the Federation of College Republicans, talks with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb during a meeting at IU Southeast on Saturday, April 7. Photo courtesy of Roger Howard.

Roger Howard: The Man in the Red Tie

John Renfrow, Staff Reporter April 17, 2018

Article II of the constitution of the College Republicans of IU Southeast explains the four sections describing the purpose of the organization on campus. Those points include: Section I: Coordinate...

Illustration by Sammy Magin

Up in Smoke

Tate McGarvey, Staff Reporter April 3, 2018

The days of metaphorical cigarette smoking as seen in “The Breakfast Club” are over. Instead, it’s being replaced with a new technological invention — vaping. The Center of Disease Control (CDC)...

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