On Wednesday Oct. 3, the Daily Titan announced the passing of a faculty member. “Dr. Jackie Collins, a long-time and valued member of the IU South Bend community, passed away unexpectedly last week,” said the announcement, posted by Ken Baierl, director of marketing and communications for IU South Bend. “Per her wishes, cremation was chosen.
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Staff Writer On Friday, Sept. 21, at the first Academic Senate meeting of the year, April Lidinsky, head of the Women and Gender Studies program at IU South Bend, shared a report on the progress that was being made in re-establishing a child development center on campus. A task force had
By: CHRISTINA CLARK Editor-in-Chief clark66@iu.edu Storms on Thursday, Sept. 20, poured rain onto the IU South Bend campus. Surrounding areas experienced minor flooding as storm drains fought to keep up with the rainfall. The street parking along the low banks of the St. Joseph River saw drivers taking caution and those parked likely waiting for
BY: Austin Parks Staff Writer The Titans volleyball team played at home in the Student Activities Center on Tuesday, Sept. 18 taking on the Crimson Wave of Calumet College of St. Joseph. The game started off with an attack error by the Crimson Wave giving the Titans the opening point. From there on the Titans
By: EVA MONHAUT Staff Writer Pick up your favorite book and celebrate your freedom to read because National Banned Books Week is Sept. 23-29. National Banned Books Week is held every year at the end of September and celebrates the freedom to read. Libraries all over focus on books that have been challenged or
By: JOHN LARSON Staff Writer larsonjd@iu.edu On Sept. 22, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Rita Dove gave a public lecture for the 6th Annual Bender Scholar-in-Residence Lecture. The lecture, part discussion of art, part recitation of it, saw a crowded theater at the Louise E. Addicott and Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall. The
By: HENRY FREESE hefreese@iu.edu Hello! My name is Henry Freese, and I am a senior here at Indiana University South Bend. This is my first semester working at “The Preface” campus newspaper here at Indiana University South Bend. I am working towards obtaining my bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, with a concentration in Journalism, as
By: KATELYN FIRESTEIN Staff Writer karfires@iu.edu For Constitution Week, the American Democracy Project (ADP) on campus hosted several conversations on current popular topics of political debate, including guns on campus. With the rise of mass school shootings across the nation, some campuses have discussed and even allowed members of universities with carrying licenses to carry
