By: Kate Luce Co-Editor-in-Chief The recent Strategic Town Hall brought faculty and staff together to discuss the final phases of the planning process for goals to better the university on March 19. This meeting welcomed feedback to help the Campus Direction Committee strengthen goals and finalize plans. These goals included growing enrollment, retention and degree
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Columnist Well, my friends, the time has come to say good bye. This will be my last column. As I shared last time, I’ve begun a new job here on campus as part of the leadership team in the Dwyer College of Health Sciences and for the first time in six
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Columnist I don’t know about you, but I’m tired. With only about two and a half weeks left of classes this semester, I can certainly see the light at the end of the tunnel. The problem is the light feels like it’s coming from a runaway freight train. With the latest
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Columnist Well, those pesky midterm elections are over. Thankfully, we’ll get a break from all of those negative campaign ads for a while. We can all go back to our normal lives and not have to worry about politics again for another two years at least. WRONG! In case you didn’t
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Staff Writer As far as Interim Chancellor Jann Joseph is concerned, her job is exactly the same as if she were the permanent Chancellor. “I don’t see my job as an Interim as being any different from how I would do it if I were in the permanent position,” Joseph said.
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Columnist Happy Halloween, everyone! This is an especially spooky year because of the midterm election that happens this coming Tuesday. Midterms are always interesting to those of us who follow politics, but I’m not sure the average citizen gets much excitement out of this particular political phenomenon. It is not uncommon,
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Staff Writer While IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie served as the keynote speaker for a luncheon event entitled “Women Helping Women” on Thursday, the guests of honor were actually four female IU South Bend students. The students were nominated by directors of local programs and organizations that each has played
By: STEPHEN M. SALISBURY Staff Writer The Academic Senate meeting that began this past Friday with a moment of silence for colleagues who had recently passed quickly digressed into a debate over issues that many in the monthly meeting thought had been settled quite some time ago. In an effort to meet the Fall 2020
