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February 7, 2011

 

Diversifying Tomorrow’s Business World

Diversification has long been a watchword in investing. Creating diversity in the ranks, though, has been a more recent challenge for the corporate world.

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January 31, 2011

 

Carved from the Comics

It's a bit ironic that Oolitic's “champion of democracy” resembles those statues of Lenin that used to mark town squares across the old Soviet Union.

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January 24, 2011

 

Name Rings A Bell

In January 2007, when Joshua Bell performed in a Washington D.C. metro station for 45 minutes, only six people stopped to listen to the unidentified violinist.

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January 17, 2011

 

Indiana’s Man In The White House

When Benjamin Harrison was elected the nation’s 23rd president, he became the first and, so far, only candidate from Indiana to reach the White House.

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January 10, 2011

 

Envisioning A Faculty, Against All Odds

In recruiting faculty, President Herman B Wells demonstrated his conviction that the university “be a free agent … and be willing to fight when necessary…”

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January 3, 2011

 

An Unlikely Chapter in the Story of Fast Food

Ranked third in the nation in terms of childhood obesity in 2001, Indiana has launched its own national spokesperson for healthy living.

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December 27, 2010

 

The Forests’ Friend

The legacy of Indiana’s first state forester includes a piece of legislation that kept the forests from retreating even farther.

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December 20, 2010

 

Editorial Without Words

Known as the “Editorial without Words”, the photo has been reproduced in windows, lapel pins, statues, and other Shrine paraphernalia for more than 35 years.

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December 13, 2010

 

Nothing Says Christmas Like a Train

A fixture in the American imagination--and Hoosier history--railroads in Indiana offer nostalgic festivities during the holiday season

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December 6, 2010

 

Party Like It’s 1869!…Historic Holiday Hooplas

Over the holidays, there are homes all across Indiana where you can step across the threshold and find yourself in the nineteenth century.

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