Eight days ago, students and others established a tent camp – a Liberated Zone – at IU’s Dunn Meadow, as part of a national rising tide of protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Within hours, Indiana State Police arrived from Indianapolis and attacked the students, injuring dozens and arresting 34 students and faculty. The protesters were undaunted, rebuilt their encampment, …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 2nd, 2024. Earlier today, protesters gathered outside Bryan Hall to deliver a letter of resignation for Indiana University President Pamela Whitten. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB correspondent Brookelyn Lambright brings to us another segment of History Unbound. But first, …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 1st, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News spoke with protesters at Dunn Meadow on Day 1 of Palestine solidarity demonstrations. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Three Strikes, No Hit” on Better Beware – your weekly consumer watchdog segment on the WFHB Local …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 29th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Annika Harshbarger gives us a rundown of protests at Dunn Meadow over the course of the last few days. More in today’s feature report. That’s Ryne Shadday from the Bloomington-Monroe County Human Rights Commission. Find out what kind of complaints come in and …
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By: Annika Harshbarger TRANSCRIPT 56 people have been arrested since protests started in Dunn Meadow Thursday morning, due to an overnight policy change from Indiana University making prior approval necessary to have tents on campus. Dunn Meadow has been designated as an area to hold public forums for expression on all subjects Since 1969. Force should not be used to …
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Here are the opening paragraphs of an article in the Guardian from March 30 of this year: Thousands of graduate student workers around the US at private and public universities have gone on strike over the past few years, from Ivy League institutions like Harvard University and Columbia University to public state universities in California. Graduate workers at even more …
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HEADLINES On February 9th Sunrise Bloomington, along with IU Student Government, Students for a Green World and other student groups, met with IU president Pamela Whitten, Vice President of Capital Planning and Facilities Tom Morrison and IU Foundation President J. T. Forbes to discuss divestment from fossil fuels among other action steps to decrease the university’s role in exacerbating the …
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