Morris: Start with Art inspires again
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Lopresti: Time for the main course: NFL rivalries now in season
Sink your teeth into these anticipated Colts match-ups.
DINING: DIY restaurant Sushi Boss creates new roll model
It seems like every month, a new “pick-your-own-ingredients-and-move-down-the-line” eatery is opening, putting the pressure on diners rather than a chef to get the combination just right.
LOU’S VIEWS: Contradictions key to ‘bad feminist’ author Roxane Gay
Her harrowing first novel “An Untamed State” and essay collection “Bad Feminist” together send a clear message that the new Purdue University assistant professor is one of Indiana’s leading literary lights.
Kim: With colleges, higher cost doesn’t mean greater value
A college education is one of life’s costliest investments, so you want to maximize your return on that investment.
Hicks: Liberalism on campus is mostly irrelevant
That academia is a creature of the left is hardly in question. Voting patterns and political contributions of professors are widely studied, and astonishingly leftist. Diversity efforts seek to build a cadre of people who look different but think exactly alike. Still, I wonder how much it really matters.
Small schools, big football expectations
Hoosier football thrives away from the spotlight. Paying visits to Franklin College, University of Indianapolis, and Wabash College.
Pence should own up
Apparently Mickey Maurer hit a nerve in his Aug. 18 column regarding Pence’s position on children looking for a better life [Pence letter, Aug. 25].
Daniels attacks bloat
Lucky are we that Mitch Daniels is helping Purdue return to the premier, student-centered university it once was.
Study Indianapolis criminal justice center
The IBJ is correct [Aug. 18 editorial]. There are too many unanswered questions about the proposed half-billion-dollar criminal justice center and the little-tested public/private partnership (P3) contracting model under which a private consortium would design, build, finance, maintain and operate the facility in return for predetermined annual payments.
DEBOY: Let’s fix our leaky water pipes
As challenging as developing and preserving water supplies for the next 50 years might be, as identified recently in a water resources study by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, another significant challenge looms just as large for most water utilities.
RUSTHOVEN: A president dangerously in denial
The videotaped beheading of American journalist James Foley by ISIS terrorists is a gruesome reminder of the reality of evil—a reality our president and many Americans are reluctant to face.
EDITORIAL: Simon isn’t the problem
Recent criticism of Washington Square decision is misdirected.
RACE: Rest areas, welcome centers send negative message
Indiana has branded itself as the Crossroads of America. We take pride in being an automotive and industrial state. You’d think we’d embrace the idea of rest stops that welcome visitors and celebrate the car culture.
LOU’s VIEWS: Great game hunting at GenCon 2014
GenCon has left behind a trail of games acquired by more than 56,000 attendees…including me. Here are my favorites, with options to please the game aficionado without scaring off the Apples to Apples crowd.
Maurer distorted Pence position
When I read Mickey Maurer’s [Aug. 25 column] “Is there room for compassion in politics?” I was simply taken aback.
HOOPER: Ritz didn’t politicize public education
Glenda Ritz isn’t responsible for politicizing education policy. That distinction goes to her predecessor, Tony Bennett, the Republican she unseated two years ago.
DINING: A Utah-based chain deli piles on the meat at CityWay
Gandolfo’s New York Delicatessen fills in the empty spot vacated by Orange Leaf.
LOPRESTI: Catching up with an exclusive Colts group, the 21 QB club
We know all about Manning and Luck, but what about the others who’ve lined up under center?