Northwest Indiana

news each day because it generally interests me and keeps me informed on the current events in Indiana, in the United States, and around the world. I am more familiar with the central Indiana or Indianapolis news stations that I have grown up watching, such as FOX59, CBS4, WISH-TV8, WTHR13, and RTV6, but would be happy working in Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terre Haute, or other cities in Indiana or the Midwest. I am currently working towards securing an internship at either a local news station

Strange Bedfellows – Indiana Housing and Community Development Coalition Toward the end of the 2015 meeting of the Indiana General Assembly (“Session”), it became evident that a few advocacy organizations were seemingly misinformed and disconnected from IHCDA policy positions. Rather than addressing these issues individually, IHCDA seized the opportunity to develop a much broader working group of advocates and experts that are connected to housing and community development in Indiana. After receiving

Motivations Behind Altered Images: Feigned Realities In an increasingly visual society, wherein mediated information and reality are weaved together, making it nearly impossible to distinguish what is real from what is represented, beauty may only seem skin deep. Each day we are constantly bombarded by images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. Nearly every magazine published boasts various headlines promising fat blasting secrets or how to get flawless

The Biography of Samantha Smith Samantha Nicole Smith was born into a small family on April 21st 1998, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Chief Prosecutor Christine Smith and Part Owner/Superintendent Brian Smith, sister of high school graduate and future freshman of Butler University Nathan Smith. Samantha came from a hardworking, family oriented, working class of community involved family members on her father’s side. Her paternal grandmother, Joanne Smith, pushed her four sons to be

London in 2001. After returning to the United States, Young continued his education at Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN where he earned his JD degree from the Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2006. Young and his current wife Jenny got married in 2005 and currently live in Bloomington, IN with their four children: Tucker, Annalise, Abigail, and Ava. The 9th District of Indiana is an area in South-Central Indiana that is made up of thirteen counties from Johnson County following down through IN-37

Un-uniquely Oppressive “The point of history is to learn that our time is not uniquely oppressive.” These wise words rang through Purdue’s Fowler Hall on the night of March 1st*, spoken by famed historian, Rice University professor, and CNN contributor Douglas Brinkley as part of his Presidential Lecture alongside Purdue President Mitch Daniels. During a time where bipartisanship has fallen by the wayside and American politics are in upheaval, I went to Brinkley’s lecture hoping to hear bipartisan

The battle for the state of Indiana is usually quite set. Indiana has long been considered to be a staunch Republican-supporting state, especially in Presidential races. The Hoosier state has only supported a Democratic candidate for president five times since 1900. These include Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt in two elections, Lyndon Johnson, and, by a mere 1% margin, Barak Obama. But, it is also interesting to note that eleven Democrats have been elected Indiana’s governor during that same

Austin Hagood Mrs. Crummey English Comp. 1101 September 16, 2010 Parental Pressure on Teens In the movie, American Teen, there were many types of parental pressures shown on teens entering college. This is a negative trait because more often than not, this leads the teen in the wrong direction or results in the teen making poor decisions. According to the PewResearchCenter, only nine percent of college students think that they need more parental pressure. In life, emotional, traditional and

Entering the stage at the American for Prosperity summit in Columbus, Ohio to the song “Eye of the Tiger”, Tea Party sensational Senator Ted Cruz was welcomed to tremendous cheers and applause from over 3,000 activists from around the country. Cruz’s speech began with laying out his agenda he intends to do as President consisting of “rescinding every single illegal and unconstitutional executive order” signed by President Obama. He continues to lay out his busy day one plans as President by investigating

Indiana was admitted on December 11,1816 as the 19th state into the Union when President James Madison signed the congressional resolution admitting Indiana to the Union. It’s capital has been at Indianapolis since 1825. Indiana's economy is mainly based on: Cattle, Milk and Eggs. American Actress Anne Baxter and Actor James Dean both are originally from the state of Indiana. As well, Cartoonist Jim Davis who is famously known for Garfield; and US Acres is also from Indiana. Indianapolis Motor Speedway