Ethan Sandweiss

The mayor sent an email earlier this week urging a yes vote on the purchase, saying North Park was the only path forward while “avoiding a more costly, uncertain, and adversarial process.”

A student filed an anonymous complaint against Adams under an Indiana law penalizing faculty found not to be presenting diverse viewpoints in class.

The Strole family farm sits midway between two future carbon wells. The family worries it could be at risk from what happens underground.

IU maintained $118 million in budget cuts to compensate for the loss last year of some state and federal funding. It made up part of the loss by using more funds from the IU Foundation and revenue from athletics.

Indiana University trustees unanimously approved a $4.7 billion operating budget, around 3.5 percent higher than the current fiscal year.

Van Kooten served as dean for nearly seven years. Caroline Chick Jarrold, associate dean of natural and mathematical sciences and research, will serve as interim dean.

Rick Van Kooten, dean of the IU College of Arts and Sciences and one of the university’s longest serving academic administrators, is being removed from the position by the campus

The Strole family has operated its farm for around 200 years. Susan Strole-Kos is the latest to inhabit the old farmhouse.

Cicada Cinema will share its new space on North Fairview St with Friendly Beasts Cidery.

Rick Van Kooten did not say whether the university shared a specific reason for why he was asked to leave, other than his skills were better suited for being an advisor than a dean.