Five or six IU cop cars stopped on 7th just east of Eagleson. Looked like they had four kids in one section and another kid isolated from them. Possibly a fight, or a car sideswiped a bicycle. I don't suppose I'll ever find out though. #IndianaUniversity
Palonegro #jazz #IndianaUniversity
High School All-Star Jazz Band playing for Swing in September. Apparently there's some sort of sportsball going on tonight too. #IndianaUniversity
Old white guy art favored over Palestinian
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art will display paintings from musician John Mellencamp through the fall semester. Now we see why Samia Halaby's exhibit was cancelled!
#IndianaUniversity #FirePamelaWhitten
Bike chain popped off outside of Briscoe Quad. I knew there are a bunch of bike stands scattered around campus for repairs, so I spent a few minutes searching for the closest one. Between bad outdoor wifi and the list being hidden deep in a web page, I eventually gave up. But I did look it up again when I got home and found that the closest one was at...
Briscoe Quad. Naturally.
Here's the list so I don't lose it again.
#IndianaUniversity #biketooter
Maintenance: Bicycles: Transportation Demand Management: Indiana University
Pamela Whitten's latest slimeball move is to force the annual jazz concerts out of Dunn Meadow to another location.
IU Board of Trustees violated Open Door Law
"In the required citation of law justifying the closed meeting, the trustees said they were going to discuss litigation.
But a statement from the board a day later showed that the trustees talked about more than that — the performance of IU President Pamela Whitten and an independent review of the campus climate. Whitten had come under fierce criticism"
Indiana Public Access Counselor says IU Board of Trustees violated Open Door Law
Prebys Amphitheatre available again
This is a small event space they set up next to the President's house in 2015, but it's been unavailable since Pamela Whitten moved in. No one knows why.
@bloomington_in #IndianaUniversity
Prebys Amphitheatre available again
Indiana Horrible Person Todd Rokita and Comptroller Elise Nieshalla Issue Warning Letter to Indiana University Over Kinsey Institute Funding
"The Kinsey Institute has faced criticism and controversy over the years due to the sensitive nature of its research topics...Despite this, it has had a profound impact on the fields of sexology, psychology, and social sciences, and remains a leading institution in the study of human sexuality."
Pamela Whitten's goons on Dunn Meadow this week
#IndianaUniversity #WhittenResign
Whitten rebuked: IU faculty vote no confidence in Whitten, Shrivastav, Docherty
"Faculty unrest has been brewing for years, beginning with a controversial presidential search process in 2020 and culminating this semester with the suspension of professor Abdulkader Sinno, the cancelation of Palestinian painter Samia Halaby’s exhibition and a dispute regarding compliance with a new Indiana law barring funds for the Kinsey Institute."
#IndianaUniversity
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/04/whitten-rebuked-iu-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-whitten-shrivastav-docherty
Students, faculty feel 'walled off' from Indiana University climate plan, sustainability projects
"IU tackles possibly the most ambitious sustainability project ever — its climate action plan. Though the university held at least one public forum at each campus, the planning committee meetings weren’t open to the public. And at least for now, implementation committee meetings aren’t either."
#IndianaUniversity #environment
Students, faculty feel 'walled off' from Indiana University climate plan, sustainability projects
Nine cases of stolen electric bikes
I wonder how they managed to break through a u-lock? That's not easy.
"This is an increase from the four cases of e-vehicle theft in January.
Incidents included e-vehicles locked with cable and U-style locks, and each theft occurred while the e-vehicle was parked at a bike rack, according to the notice."
I think #IndianaUniversity has done a good job providing bikeways in the center of campus. But for some reason they don't mark *anything*. Here's the recommended design for a shared path, but the only place this exists is for about 100 yards next to the auditorium.
Deeply disappointing’: Anti-censorship groups call out IU’s cancellation of Palestinian artist's exhibit
The NCAC’s letter to Whitten also went unacknowledged, Larison said, and she’s heard that IU is not changing its position.
“This is deeply disappointing to us,” Larison said. “It's very foreboding that this is something that other public universities might consider or be emboldened to do as well.”
Indiana University Cancels Major Exhibition of Palestinian Artist
We made the New York Times!
The first American retrospective of Samia Halaby, regarded as one of the most important living Palestinian artists, was abruptly canceled by officials at Indiana University in recent weeks...“I write to formally notify you that the Eskenazi Museum of Art will not host its planned exhibition of your work,” Brenneman wrote in the Dec. 20 letter.
Cancelation of Palestinian artist's exhibit at Eskenazi Museum of Art.
Indiana University's Eskenazi Museum of Art has canceled a planned February exhibit featuring works by Samia Halaby, who is Palestinian-born visual artist. An online petition calling for the reinstatement of the exhibit has been set up. So far, the petition has received over 7,000 signatures.
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#IndianaUniversity auditorium telling us our Straight No Chaser tickets are no good. Straight No Chaser to the bank to stop payments if they've double-charged us!
IU administration plans to sever Kinsey Institute from the university
(The Kinsey Institute is the premier research institute on human sexuality and relationships and a trusted source for critical issues in sexuality, gender, and reproduction)
We're starting to see their plans to turn the university into a right-wing stronghold take fruit.
#IndianaUniversity #KinseyInstitute
Researchers decry admin plan to sever Kinsey Institute from IU
Indiana University to Transform into a Major Defense Industry Research Institute, Announces President Whitten
"...represents a significant shift in the university’s focus, which emphasized the arts and humanities under Herman B. Wells, raising questions about the implications and potential outcomes of this endeavor."
#IndianaUniversity trustees are going to vote on "an amendment to President Whitten’s employment agreement" this week. Do you suppose she's going to give back some of her salary to support grad student workers?
Hanging out at the IU soccer exhibition match. None of the players are wearing numbers but Sarver continues to be blond and Hugo Bacharach appears to be really tall. Hoosiers are preseason #2. #IndianaUniversity #MastodonFC
Bike repair stations on the IU campus. I had no idea!
Maintenance: Bicycles: Transportation Demand Management: Indiana University
PizzaX driver cruised up the walking path and parked on the plaza between Ballantine and Jordan 🤨 #PizzaX #BloomingtonIN #IndianaUniversity
House Republicans vote to block public funding from Kinsey Institute at Indiana University
Rep. Lorissa Sweet (R-Wabash) offered the amendment to the state budget bill and alleged, without proof, that the institute and IU are currently sheltering sexual predators.
#HoosierMast #IndianaUniversity #InLegis
House Republicans vote to block public funding from Kinsey Institute at Indiana University
@wayword@masthead.social @grammargirl I guess these dictionaries are in the Lilly Library now. #HoosierMast #LillyLibrary #IndianaUniversity
Time for #IndianaUniversity women's basketball vs. Maryland! Huge game in the Big Ten standings. #iuwbb
@ATLpaul I parked at the #IndianaUniversity bike room today. 80% full instead of the usual 50%. I think everyone decided to leave their bikes indoors over break!