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Two Dead, One Injured After Portland Train Stabbing

Sarah Magin, Assistant Editor June 1, 2017

Three men defended two young women on a train in Portland, Oregon, from a violent man with a knife last Friday, May 26. The attacker, Jeremy Christian, was reported to have been using hate speech against...

The 2017 Field Biology program will return to Jordan for the 2017 spring semester.

Studying Abroad Through IU Southeast

Tony Pacheco and Jewell Conner December 4, 2016

Touring the streets of Paris. Climbing to the top of Notre Dame. Riding a camel in the desert. Swimming in the Dead Sea. IU Southeast offers study abroad programs that allow students to study around...

Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of his supporters in Louisville on Tuesday, March 1.

Trump makes campaign trail stop in Louisville on Super Tuesday

Paige Thompson and Kristin Kennedy March 3, 2016

Thousands of supporters and protesters gathered to hear presidential candidate Donald Trump speak in Louisville on Tuesday, March 1, just days before the Kentucky Republican caucuses. Supporters and...

Only six white rhinos left in the world

Only six white rhinos left in the world

Haley Warwick, Staff December 3, 2014

With six Northern White Rhinoceros left in the world, Steven Taylor, assistant director of conversation, education, and collection at the Louisville Zoo said the subspecies is functionally extinct. Taylor...

 According to a 2012 Pew Research Study, a majority of the world’s Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region. The Middle East makes up only 19.8 percent of the world’s total Muslim population.

Islam is Our Enemy: and other Muslim misconceptions

Josh Medlock, Staff October 3, 2014

Fawaz Almutairi, political science senior who moved from Kuwait in 2008, was leaving a Louisville sports bar after a night out with friends when a man shouted at him from across the road, "Fuck off, you...

Crimea borders Ukraine to the north and Russia to the east. Map courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

A new Cold War?

Elijah Lossner March 15, 2014

Tensions mount in the Ukraine as Russian forces have effectively taken over the region of Crimea. Russian troops and pro-Russian militias have taken over Ukrainian military bases, airports, roads, and...

Q&A: understanding the conflict in Syria

Amira Asad September 19, 2013

Syria has been on the tip of every American and U.S. politician’s tongue since Syrian President Assad’s government is said to have used chemical weapons in attacks on neighborhoods in the outskirts...

Psychology professor interviewed on CBS

Bryan Jones August 22, 2013

Bernardo Carducci, psychology professor and director of the Shyness Research Institute, was on "CBS This Morning" Tuesday, Aug. 20 to discuss the right and wrong ways to talk with people. "You don't...

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