The Indiana Commons

07/09/2024

Earlier today, the platform committee released a new draft platform that severely weakened the party's stance on abortion, and cut out any mention of traditional marriage, fiscal conservatism, or the national debt. As such, the Indiana Commons investigated to see where 9 candidates for president, including , stood on the issue of abortion.

Only of the and of the .constitutionparty took a position in favor of regulating abortion at a national level.

07/01/2024

Ball state economist Michael Hicks claimed in a column published by the Indianapolis Star on Monday that property tax cut proposals floated during this election cycle would hurt young families. The Indiana Commons asked, is he right?

Ball state economist Michael Hicks claimed in a column published by the Indianapolis Star on Monday that property tax cut proposals floated during this election

07/01/2024

Jill Maurer Burnett was selected to join the Indiana University Board of Trustees in an election that spanned the month of June.

Jill Maurer Burnett was selected to join the Indiana University Board of Trustees in an election that spanned the month of June until last Friday, June 28, acco

06/28/2024

Jennifer Pace, the initial candidate to run against Andre Carson, passed away in March, meaning Marion County Republican precinct committee members met and selected John Schmitz to run in her stead. (Photo credit: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar)

Schmitz is the owner of Old School Construction, LLC., which primarily does masonry work, and is the host of the Mouthwash Talk Show. Schmitz also co-founded Mars Hill Art Center with his wife, Lisa, who recently ran for City-County Council District 17.

Read more at the new link in our bio, https://www.theindianacommons.com. If you have trouble accessing the site, please let us know!

06/27/2024

The Indiana Commons website is down today but will be up at a new URL, theindianacommons.com tomorrow!

06/19/2024

Grover Browning, a senior network analyst at Indiana University-Indianapolis, appears to have carried on a s*xual relationship with local Indianapolis pr******te Meghan Clark for at least two years, according to pictures originally obtained from the controversial fe**sh social media and po*******hy site, Fetlife. Both Clark and Browning appear to have carried on a s*xual relationship with a social work student during that time as well, who will be kept anonymous, and reportedly introduced the student to the local B**M community.

https://thecollegiatecommons.com/iu-employee-pr******te-engage-in-s*xual-relationship-with-student/

06/19/2024

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the lives of most students. From mask mandates to lockdowns, what was called the “new normal” became a generation-defining experience, leading to a 25 percent increase in anxiety and depression worldwide. One Purdue student found a way to overcome the challenges of social isolation during the pandemic: by starting a podcast. Just a few years later, the Jacob Buehrer Show has grown far past its founder’s expectations (Photo Credit: Jacob Buehrer).

https://thecollegiatecommons.com/purdue-student-interviews-celebrities/

06/15/2024

In April, the IUSG Supreme Court disqualified the UNITED ticket for IUSG Executive Board for “over-campaigning.” This complaint was submitted by Cooper Tinsely, who was the presidential candidate for an opposing ticket, FUSE.

By the time the court ruled to sustain the complaint and disqualify the ticket, UNITED had already won the popular vote with more than a ten percent lead over FUSE.

Last week, however, justice Sophia Hottois’ dissenting opinion was made public, which criticized the reasoning of the court on two primary accounts.

Click on the link in our bio to learn more...

06/11/2024

"Last month, House Bill 6090, known as the “Antisemitism Awareness Act,” was passed by the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support. The bill follows several state-led efforts to enshrine a definition of antisemitism into legal code, which picked up steam after a wave of protests began on college campuses connected to renewed conflict in Israel in Gaza. Even if it is eventually passed into law, it is unlikely to survive a legal challenge (Photo Credit: The Hill)."

Read the latest article by Nick McNamara at the link in our bio.



https://thecollegiatecommons.com/antisemitism-act-free-spech/

06/11/2024

OPINION: "Last month, House Bill 6090, known as the “Antisemitism Awareness Act,” was passed by the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support. The bill follows several state-led efforts to enshrine a definition of antisemitism into legal code, which picked up steam after a wave of protests began on college campuses connected to renewed conflict in Israel in Gaza. Even if it is eventually passed into law, it is unlikely to survive a legal challenge"

https://thecollegiatecommons.com/antisemitism-act-free-spech/

Last month, House Bill 6090, known as the “Antisemitism Awareness Act,” was passed by the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support. The bill

06/10/2024

Indiana University's legal and communications departments have not been having a good week. Sign up for the Collegiate Weekly Wire to learn more.

https://thecollegiatecommons.com/collegiate-weekly-wire-june-10-2024/

06/07/2024

Did you know that impulsivity can make treatment for alcohol use disorder more difficult? Learn more about a researcher trying to fix that and more in our latest interview with Dr. Melissa Cyders.

Also: learn what it's like to be a part of her lab.

06/07/2024

Did you know that impulsivity can make treatment for alcohol use disorder more difficult? Learn about a researcher trying to fix that and more in our latest interview with Dr. Melissa Cyders.

IU Indianapolis School of Science

Alcohol is now the second most commonly used drug on a daily basis (behind cannabis), and abuse can have severe public health and economic costs. That is why re

06/05/2024

Did you know that one-in-four households in the U.S. may contain lead-contaminated soil? Read about that and more in our latest interview with Dr. Gabriel Filippelli. Find it at the link in our bio.

06/05/2024

Did you know that one in four households in the U.S. may have lead-contaminated soil?

Read about this and more in our latest interview with Dr. Gabriel Filippelli.

The soil in your backyard, if you are far enough away from the concrete jungle of downtown Indianapolis to have one, may be hiding a dirt-y secret: it's full of

05/31/2024

Speech First filed a lawsuit against Indiana University earlier this week, claiming they violated students’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The nonprofit claims that the university’s Bias Incident Policy is far-reaching enough to be unconstitutional and “designed to deter, discourage, and otherwise prevent students from expressing disfavored views about the political and social issues of the day.”

Speech First filed a lawsuit against Indiana University yesterday, claiming they violated students' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The nonprofit claims

05/29/2024

"Indiana University claims their mission is to 'provide broad access to undergraduate and graduate education for students throughout Indiana.' However, the state ranks a dismal 44th in residents with a college degree – ahead of only Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Clearly, IU has a lot of work to do to effectively educate Indiana residents."

Read the latest letter to the editor:

Indiana University claims their mission is to “provide broad access to undergraduate and graduate education for students throughout Indiana.” However,

05/29/2024

"Indiana University claims their mission is to 'provide broad access to undergraduate and graduate education for students throughout Indiana.'

"However, the state ranks a dismal 44th in residents with a college degree – ahead of only Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Clearly, IU has a lot of work to do to effectively educate Indiana residents."

Read the latest letter to the editor from at the link in our bio.

https://thecollegiatecommons.com/letter-iu-must-take-steps-to-solve-indianas-brain-drain/

05/29/2024

"[Sen. Cruz and Sen. Britt's IVF] bill erodes three foundational aspects of the Christian worldview: the sanctity of every human life, the sanctity of the family, and the human dignity of every person."

Read the latest from The American Commons

“If you had to choose whether to save twenty embryos or an infant in a burning building, who would you pick?” (Photo Credit: CBS) A few weeks ago, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and Katie Britt made their answer to the fallacious ethical paradox clear. The IVF Protection Act kills two birds with one sto...

05/25/2024

UPDATE: Jacob Massie was fired from after reported him to the school.

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05/25/2024

The Collegiate Commons reporting led to local school employee being fired after he confessed to r**e in a leaked video, according to emails obtained from REAL News Michiana.

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https://youtu.be/BjoKxDJqVSA Zionsville Community Schools bus driver Jacob Massie was fired after The Collegiate Commons sent a tip to the school with a lin

05/23/2024

(WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE PRESENTS TOPICS OF A SENSITIVE NATURE, AND READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED) Jacob Massie, a bus driver at Zionsville Community Schools and bartender at the Old National Centre, appeared to confess to r**e in a video that was leaked earlier this year on Fetlife, a controversial fe**sh social media site.

Read more at the link in our bio, or click here: https://thecollegiatecommons.com/zionsville-school-employee-confesses-to-r**e-massie-inkink/

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05/23/2024

BREAKING: Zionsville school employee confesses r**e in leaked video. Click the link below to see TCC expose extrajudicial proceedings that appear to be held by B**M s*x clubs to avoid criminal prosecution for their members.

(WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE PRESENTS TOPICS OF A SENSITIVE NATURE, AND READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED) Jacob Massie, a bus driver at Zionsville Community Scho

05/23/2024

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When college degrees help graduates obtain high-paying jobs, the state and the university both benefit from an enlarged tax base in the former case and an enlar

05/04/2024

In the past few weeks, anti-Israel squatters have camped on public land at several university campuses throughout the country, including IUPUI, where protesters have taken over the underside of the Business/SPEA Building. The Collegiate Commons recently conducted an investigation to determine whether they had to go through the same process as student organizations to conduct the display. The following day, administrators sent an email to students suggesting they formed a task force to set special policies to allow the encampment to continue.

To read more, check out the link in our bio or see this link: https://thecollegiatecommons.com/iupui-to-make-special-rules-for-anti-israel-squatters-after-our-investigation/

05/04/2024

In the past few weeks, anti-Israel squatters have camped on public land at several university campuses throughout the country, including IUPUI, where protesters have taken over the underside of the Business/SPEA Building. The Collegiate Commons recently conducted an investigation to determine whether they had to go through the same process as student organizations to conduct the display. The following day, administrators sent an email to students suggesting they formed a task force to set special policies to allow the encampment to continue.

In the past few weeks, anti-Israel squatters have camped on public land at several university campuses throughout the country, including IUPUI, where protesters

04/25/2024

Cooper Tinsley and Nicole Santiuste won the latest race for president and vice president of Indiana University Student Government (IUSG) after their opponents, Dylan Schutte and Reese Wiley, were disqualified for over-campaigning in violation of the IUSG bylaws. The disqualified pair already won the popular vote in the election by more than 10 percent. IUSG records, however, indicate both Tinsley and Santiuste may have also violated the bylaws in the past two months in their previous roles on the IUSG Executive Board, relating to their handling of funding.

For more, see the link in our bio or see here: https://thecollegiatecommons.com/new-iusg-leaders-may-have-violated-bylaws/

04/19/2024

EDITORIAL NOTE: columnist Gregg Doyel, who is at least in his 50s, appears to have s*xually harassed new recruit for the , current student , at a press conference today.

Many of us at The Collegiate Commons aren't terribly surprised at his behavior towards a college-aged female, as his criticism of our publication in the past has reflected his support for our university funding events that promote a type of domineering s*xual behavior often associated with violence towards women.

04/19/2024

Watch the latest from our resident georgist, the Homeless Economist:

we found some alarming information on the housing market in the trash this week boys.the housing supply shortage is not from a lack of land or building mater...