IDS Weekly News Rundown

Plus the Showalter Fountain fish have yet to return and commercial and residential tenants south of convention center are preparing for relocation.

Plus the family of an IU student killed by a drunk driver settled a lawsuit with Kilroy’s Sports Bar and Monroe County requested an extension to address jail conditions.

Plus, Maurer law students receive a $10,000 gift and uncertainty continues one year after FBI searches tied to a former IU professor.

Plus a federal judge dismisses a lawsuit against IU and former IU men’s basketball head trainer Tim Garl. 

Plus MCCSC begins the process of selling the former Herald-Times building due to financial pressure, the MCHD changes late fee structuring and five former Indiana baseball players sit on Major League Baseball Opening Day rosters.

Plus Kurt Ribisl begins his role as dean of the IU School of Public Health in Bloomington, Jeff Linkon steps down as executive director of IU Hillel and IU men’s basketball loses to Northwestern. 

Plus, the Bloomington Faculty Council meets to discuss the search for a new provost and the status of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks at an IU College Republicans meeting and IU’s chapter of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity is placed on cease and desist. 

Plus Bloomington keeps Kirkwood Avenue open to vehicles for outdoor dining, 10th Street safety improvements are announced, IU admissions portal language sparks concern and the Monroe County School Board reviews the old Herald-Times building and financial report.

Plus IU’s Media School launches Indiana Newsroom program, a bill at the Indiana statehouse could further strain Bloomington’s shelter resources and another bill could prohibit universities or governmental bodies from restricting immigration enforcement operations.

Indiana University names an interim provost as controversies resurface, Kinsey institute researchers' emails with Jeffrey Epstein come to light, faculty raise concerns over SEA 202 and Bloomington moves to reopen Kirkwood Avenue.

Faculty and students react to U.S. Customs events on campus, IU biology labs were searched by the FBI, a bill could restore alumni voting rights on IU’s Board of Trustees, another could ban certain food additives in schools, and Indiana men’s basketball tops Purdue.

Plus fans react on Kirkwood Avenue, a proposed bill could ban phones during the school day and two proposed bills could consolidate Indiana townships.

Plus Iranian students at IU react to ongoing protests, Bloomington awards grants to five organizations to improve bike safety and a retention pond is named after IU football junior defensive back D’Angelo Ponds.

Plus Senate Bill 110 could have implications for Indiana University's Board of Trustees, the Monroe County School Corporation receives an $18,000 grant to improve student safety walking to school, an FBI raid at a Bloomington apartment complex leads to four arrests and IU head football coach Curt Cignetti and quarterback Fernando Mendoza win Walter Camp awards.

Plus, a change in state legislation on standardized testing increases the number of third graders held back in Monroe County, Bloomington city controller Jessica McClellan will step down mid-December and Eli Lilly signs a research collaboration agreement with IU to expand clinical trials in Indiana.

Plus IU considers adopting new free speech principles, Monroe County schools face a $30 million loss in budget over the next five years and Darn Good Soup returns after closing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plus a lecturer was removed after an intellectual diversity complaint, Ellettsville and Richland Township consider consolidation, and the Bloomington City Council advances housing reform.

Plus the Media School dean forms a new task force following controversy over the IDS’ editorial independence and former Indiana volleyball assistant coach Brett Agne receives NCAA penalties for betting violations.

Plus the Monroe County Council votes against funding the purchase of a new jail site, public meetings focus on new designs for the College Avenue and Walnut Street corridor and former IU Indy head men’s basketball coach Paul Corsaro files a lawsuit against the university.

Plus IU cuts a program for classroom technology inspections, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is placed on cease and desist, a woman dies in Bloomington Police custody and a goat named Peaches thrives at the Goat Conspiracy.  Note: After recording this episode, the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was placed on cease and desist on Friday, Oct. 24.

Co-editors-in-chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller join us on the show to discuss the firing of Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush, cutting the IDS print edition and reactions on and off campus.

Plus changes to the state’s Child Care and Development Fund are impacting local childcare access, Bloomington’s Fire Station 3 completes extensive renovations and IU’s all-male a capella group Another Round goes viral. 

Plus the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages is put on a hiatus, reports of aggravated assault and hate crimes increase in 2024, and IU football wins its first away game of the season against Iowa.

Plus the Bloomington Faculty Council discusses emeritus faculty rights and a new tenured faculty review system, a new report shows a decrease in homelessness in Monroe County and the Monroe County Community School Corporation seeks to decrease its budget by $6.2 million in 2026. Also new this week, Indiana football safety Louis Moore is found eligible to play for the 2025 fall season.

Plus IU is ranked as the third-worst college and the worst public college in the country for free speech, state representative Dave Hall declines to comment on redistricting and football sixth-year senior safety Louis Moore is eligible to play through week four under a temporary legal agreement.