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AP calls Baird for GOP Congressional candidate
The Associated Press has called Republican incumbent Jim Baird the Republican Congressional candidate for District 4 for the fall election. Baird ran against Charles Bookwalter and John Piper. According to the AP, Baird holds 64.7% of the vote. Baird won Tippecanoe county with 66.86% of the vote and 6,514 votes,...
AP calls Mike Braun for next GOP governor nominee
With 56% of the votes counted, the Associated Press has called the Indiana Republican gubernatorial race for Mike Braun. Braun, outgoing senator of Indiana, will face Purdue alumna Jennifer McCormick, a Democrat, who runs unopposed. Braun won Tippecanoe County with 30.12%, followed by Suzanne Crouch at 23.39%, according to the...
WL City Council pressured to create ceasefire resolution
Monday night’s West Lafayette City Council meeting was far from routine. Before the session began, the 120-person limit of the room was beyond capacity. Diverse concerned community members, some from Purdue, filled the room and stood along the back wall, many holding signs reading "West Lafayette for Ceasefire," "Free Palestine," and "Purdue Pete has Blood on his Hands.”
ACLU of Indiana sues Purdue over intellectual diversity law
The ACLU of Indiana filed suit Tuesday against Purdue asserting that a new state law violates the First and Fourteenth amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Senate Enrolled Act 202, authored by Republican Sen. Spencer Deery, was signed into law by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb in March. Deery said his aim in drafting the bill was to challenge “the hyper-politicization and monolithic thinking of American higher education institutions.”
Last day in the 'Purdue Liberation Zone'
At 5 p.m. Monday, protesters marched to the West Lafayette City Council and permanently left behind the “Purdue Liberation Zone." On their 12th day of occupying Memorial Mall, organizers made the decision to take down all signs, tents and tables that marked the spot where they have stayed for the past two weeks.
Fresh off Indiana meltdown, can Purdue still win the Big Ten?
What does it feel like to be tied or ahead for 80% of the innings of a baseball series but win a third of its games?. “I needed a day to cool off,” senior Purdue outfielder Keenan Taylor said. “Big, big letdown,” said senior pitcher Kyle Iwinski, who had...
IDEM: Tippecanoe Co. fish kill signals chemical leak
After the discovery of a large fish kill, IDEM is advising the public to stay out of the waters around Flint Creek in Tippecanoe County. On Sunday afternoon, IDEM Emergency Response was dispatched to a report of a significant number of dead fish in West Point, Indiana, after notification from conservation officers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, according to a Monday news release.
Triple play: Boilers drop rivalry series in 9th inning
Aaron Suval took his hat off in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game and pumped it through the air, a motion typically reserved for celebration. His was for anything but. After Purdue (31-17, 12-6 Big Ten) had maintained a 2-0 lead for much of the afternoon against the rival Indiana Hoosiers (27-19, 12-6), and expanded it to 4-1 as late as the ninth inning, the senior reliever Suval was brought in to put out a fire his teammate, Avery Cook, had started.
Wokring at pet shelters teaches 'kindness'
A tabby cat named Rhino gets a second chance at life because a shelter didn’t give up on him. “Anytime I would go fill his food bowl, he would back up and run as fast as he could to run his head into my leg as a form of gratitude”, said Chleo Levin.
A beginner's guide to this week's primary election
On Tuesday, Hoosiers will get their chance to vote in the primary election. But what is a primary?. Primaries are a bit different than your typical election and allows you to make your voice heard for who you want to see on the ballot come November. What is a primary?
Navigating dating apps on a highly populated campus
Swipes and matches have become a staple in modern dating, but in an university of over 50,000 students this can be difficult to navigate. For some students, dating apps were exactly what they needed to figure out what they wanted from a large campus. While apps such as Tinder have ushered in an age of hookup culture, some students are trying to find genuine relationships.
Student found dead in Honors College dorm room
A Purdue student was found dead Friday morning in a university dorm room. Twenty-year-old Carmel resident Andrew Compton was found dead after he didn't wake up in the morning, according to a Tippecanoe County coroner press release. Officers are investigating Compton's death in a residence hall on the 1100 block...
Bruno's Pizza to reopen in West Lafayette
Local restaurant Bruno's Pizza may be moving out of its original building, but the pizza is here to stay in West Lafayette. Owned by siblings Tina Wisma and Orlando and Bruno Itin, Bruno's has found a new home in a building it will share with Brokerage Brewing Co., Bruno's Facebook page announced Friday.
Special occasions, culture and food
In the colorful halls of the Latino Cultural Center on 416 Waldron St., students are working on homework, chatting in Spanish and English and sharing their culture with visitors. Food is a staple in many cultures. The students at the center miss home cooked meals and together, they reflect on...
Tippecanoe jail inmate charged with attack on worker
A 38-year-old Lafayette man has been charged in an attack last week on a mental health worker contracted to work with Tippecanoe County Jail inmates. The alleged victim was with a jail deputy when she stopped to see Levi Josamson Foster of the 1000 block of North 7th Street, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Thursday. The victim said Foster "seemed fidgety as he stood in the doorway" when he "suddenly lowered his body and wrapped his arms around her lower back" and took her to the ground.
Chick-fil-A changes to chicken with antibiotics
Chick-fil-A changed their chicken supply from chicken with no antibiotics (NAE) to chicken with No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM) earlier this spring, meaning more of the company's food will have antibiotics in it. But most college students are unaware of what they are consuming. “There is a small...
Op-ed: Who Made Who? [with apologies to AC/DC]
I have been the faculty advisor for the Purdue chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America since it began several years ago. One of the founding members was an anthropology student who asked me if I would take on this role, which I did, gladly. The YDSA is one of the student organizations that began the ongoing protest in Memorial Mall.
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