Gary blackout through the eyes of IU senior Atlas Chavez
By Cristina Bueno | Sept. 7A derecho with winds near 100 mph, the force of a Category 2 hurricane, tore through Northwest Indiana on Aug. 11 and knocked out power to roughly 375,000 customers — about 80% of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company's electric customers and the largest outage in the utility's history. In Gary, more than 38,000 homes and businesses went dark, and some stayed that way for two weeks.
The city told Rocky Ripple to leave. The town stayed and saved itself.
By Salsabil F. Qaddoura | Aug. 29The command post is a folding table, a pile of radios and a man who has not been to his job in nearly two weeks. William Whitmer, who is known by everyone on site as Whitty, stands in the middle of Ravenswood, the north-side Indianapolis neighborhood hit hardest by August's historic flooding along the White River, helping coordinate a recovery operation with no budget, no official authority and no one who assigned him the job.
AI in the classroom: Tool or temptation?
By Salsabil F. Qaddoura | Oct. 2Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping higher education, altering how students complete assignments and how professors safeguard academic integrity. At Indiana University Indianapolis, the debate reflects a broader national divide: Some see AI as an essential tool for the future workforce, while others warn it undermines the very foundation of a college degree.
