IU Southeast commemorates 9/11 anniversary
Dustin Kiefer, Staff Reporter
September 11, 2018
A cool morning air gently flows over McCullough Plaza carried on by a peaceful morning breeze. At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 17 years ago, the first plane, Flight 11, crashed into the the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Today, at the same time of the attacks, Chancellor Ray Wallace and a small group o...
EDITORIAL: ‘Yes, we’re putting out a damn paper’
Horizon staff
June 29, 2018
As journalists, our goal is to report the facts and make sense of difficult and confusing situations, and that is what The Capital Gazette did by publishing an issue the day after losing five of their colleagues to an active shooter in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday. Rebecca Smith, sales assistant; Gerald Fisch...
Trump Administration’s Continued War on Weed
February 7, 2018
Certain states have been pushing for the total legalization of marijuana, but the Trump administration has other plans. With both recent and in-process legalizations of recreational marijuana in seven states and Washington D.C., the Department of Justice has been left with the tricky task of enforcing...
365 Under 45
Sarah Magin and Lydia Wieczorek
January 22, 2018
Jan. 20 marked one year since our 45th president, Donald Trump, rallied supporters to the United States Capitol with a vow to apply his bigger-and-better business style to the country as a whole. “America will no longer settle for anything less than the best,” he declared. And after a divisive ...
FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality with party-line vote of 3-2
Samuel Murphy, Content Editor
January 8, 2018
A cloud of uncertainty could be in the forecast for those born and raised through the internet and the social media age. On Thursday, Dec. 14, the Federal Communication Commission’s vote on the future of Net Neutrality came down to a straight party-line decision of 3 to 2. Republican commissioners, Ajit Pai, Michael O’Riel...
New York Comic Con 2017
John Renfrow, Staff Reporter
October 17, 2017
Horizon Staff Reporter John Renfrow was at this year's New York Comic Con. Check out his coverage in the presentation below. You can expand the presentation by clicking the arrows icon on the bottom right. ...
Two Dead, One Injured After Portland Train Stabbing
Sarah Magin, Assistant Editor
June 1, 2017
Three men defended two young women on a train in Portland, Oregon, from a violent man with a knife last Friday, May 26. The attacker, Jeremy Christian, was reported to have been using hate speech against Destinee Magnum and her friend for appearing middle eastern and for wearing a hijab. "I hope th...
Studying Abroad Through IU Southeast
Tony Pacheco and Jewell Conner
December 4, 2016
Touring the streets of Paris. Climbing to the top of Notre Dame. Riding a camel in the desert. Swimming in the Dead Sea. IU Southeast offers study abroad programs that allow students to study around the world. Omar Attum, associate professor of biology, Valerie Scott, senior lecturer in psychology and...
Trump makes campaign trail stop in Louisville on Super Tuesday
Paige Thompson and Kristin Kennedy
March 3, 2016
Thousands of supporters and protesters gathered to hear presidential candidate Donald Trump speak in Louisville on Tuesday, March 1, just days before the Kentucky Republican caucuses. Supporters and protesters began filling the streets surrounding the Kentucky International Convention Center in the...
Only six white rhinos left in the world
Haley Warwick, Staff
December 3, 2014
With six Northern White Rhinoceros left in the world, Steven Taylor, assistant director of conversation, education, and collection at the Louisville Zoo said the subspecies is functionally extinct. Taylor said all rhinoceros have been hunted for their horns, which are used for medical purposes mainly...
Islam is Our Enemy: and other Muslim misconceptions
Josh Medlock, Staff
October 3, 2014
Fawaz Almutairi, political science senior who moved from Kuwait in 2008, was leaving a Louisville sports bar after a night out with friends when a man shouted at him from across the road, "Fuck off, you Muslim!" This wasn’t the first time Almutairi, a former Muslim, had been judged for his Middle Eastern...
