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  Nothing to do this weekend? The Trib-Star's 'BASH offers suggestions

  Community Theatre of Terre Haute’s main stage season finale opens this Friday, with the hit Broadway comedy “Social Security,” directed by Sonni Crawford.

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  ISU plans hearing on proposed tuition/fees increase

  Indiana State University will conduct a public hearing at 2 p.m. June 4 to receive input on a proposed 1.95 percent increase in student tuition and mandatory fees for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.

Mark Bennett Opinion

Mark Bennett Opinion

• MARK BENNETT: Future of small post offices remains uncertain

  Prairieton has never had a stoplight.
  The highway, Indiana 63, curves uninterrupted through the little, unincorporated town of 250 residents a few miles south of “the city,” Terre Haute. Even without a stoplight, though, Prairieton probably looked busy to some motorists who didn’t blink while passing through back in the 1960s. The place had an elementary school, a church, a barber shop, general store, hardware store, gas and service station, volunteer fire department, a ballpark with Little League and Babe Ruth League teams, a fairgrounds and summertime town fair, and, of course, a post office.

  January 30, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Battle of Wills

  "Serenity now” is hardly the mantra inside the halls of Congress.

  January 23, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Built on Civility

  In the depths of the recession, Americans faced the temptation to lose respect for others’ livelihoods.

  January 16, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Social politics

  The next mayor of Terre Haute could be your friend.
  Even if the two of you have never met.

  January 9, 2011 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Gains outlast pains on long journey to graduation day

  Numbers could flood my brain today, but they won’t. True, new statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau tell us that 54,365,177 Americans hold a four-year college degree, or 27.5 percent of the nation’s adult population.

  December 19, 2010  

• Mark Bennett: Story of Jeannie Ji’s journey puts human face on link between Korea, America

  Americans read, watch and hear news reports of the tension on a peninsula surrounded by the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

  December 12, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: Apple peels The Beatles’ legacies down to the music

  It looked so minimal. Thirteen albums. Two-hundred and 13 songs. Classic album artwork and photos. Lyrics that became part of the culture.

  December 5, 2010 1 Photo  

• Mark Bennett: Hosting 2012 presidential debate would benefit Indiana and the country

  Indiana became a player in the presidential selection process in the 2008 campaign.

  November 28, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: New York City Marathon winner and Olympic silver medalist in town for Cross Country Championships

  Often, he runs alone, in a physical sense. Few training partners could keep up with Meb Keflezighi. In fact, only a few living humans are capable of matching him stride for stride. But this 5-foot, 5-inch-tall guy with the funny sounding name (pronounced ka-FLEZ-ghee) didn’t become America’s best distance runner without help.

  November 21, 2010  

• Mark Bennett: If cash-strapped schools need additional funding, they have to ask voters through a referendum to go beyond tax cap

  Rough crowd, as Rodney Dangerfield would say.

  November 14, 2010  

• Mark Bennett: One age group defied the GOP landslide election on Tuesday

  Change is coming, eventually.
  A sign of that inevitability emerged in Tuesday’s election results. However, this hint of things to come clashes with the images of Republicans celebrating an overwhelming return to power in the U.S. House of Representatives, just four years after losing control of that chamber of Congress. Hidden within exit-poll statistics, the sign is subtle, yet significant.

  November 7, 2010  

• Mark Bennett: Will ‘enthusiastic discontent’ give rise to a new political party in America?

  Autumn overwhelms our senses. Golden, falling leaves. Cool air. Bonfires (prior to the open-burn ban, of course). Cornstalks rustling in the breeze.
  And a tirade by the Rent Is Too Damn High Party guy.

  October 24, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: Pulitzer Prize winning columnist to speak at ISU

  Slogans are compact enough to find a spot in the minds of busy people. Detailed and unjaded explanations often require extra space and time.

  October 17, 2010 1 Photo  

• Mark Bennett: The ‘dynamic’ life of Roger Cheeks has opened doors and left its mark

  Roger Cheeks returned to his hometown this month to inspire others, using his singing voice and Gospel tunes in a concert on the Indiana State University campus.

  October 10, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: Words to live by: Ethical will defines what you stand for

  Many parents assume their beliefs and values, life lessons and hopes for the future are obvious to their children.

  October 3, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Hard-working and well-meaning, Hoosiers can lose track of ‘common sense,’ too

  Indiana is good.
  You can live, work and raise a family here in relative peace, because most other folks want to do those things, too.

  September 26, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: As ‘The Walk’ grows into a Homecoming ritual, ISU works to make the best of the situation

  Making the best of a situation.
  People who master that elusive skill probably live longer, chew fewer Rolaids and sleep more peacefully.

  September 19, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: Time to recall the strength exhibited by people of this nation in the face of tragedy

  The difference between Sept. 12, 2001, and Sept. 12, 2010, amounts to more than a flip of two digits.
  It’s worth remembering how America responded to the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.

  September 12, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Bookmobiles still filling a void in era of budget cutting and branch closings

  The spin of a rotary phone would seem like an eternity, these days.

  September 5, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Report shows Terre Haute MSA saw 1.2 percent increase in personal incomes in 2009 … but the numbers may be misleading

  Somewhere, someone thinks the grass is greener around Terre Haute. And the paychecks are, too.

  August 29, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Americans staying on the job longer than previous generations

  There’s only one Brett Favre in the NFL. But in the American workplace, there are lots of Brett Favres.

  August 22, 2010  

• Mark Bennett: Recession may be creating ‘baby boom’ effect in terms of people pursuing higher education

  America seems to be reacquainting itself with the lost message that college is good. More education leads to more options, more pay and more job security — usually.
  Many universities and colleges anticipate record enrollments when fall classes start later this month. Surges typically occur during recessions, and heaven knows the latest was the Mother of All Recessions. In the fall of 2008, an all-time high of 39.6 percent of all 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in a two- or four-year college. The growth, particularly at the community college level, appears to have expanded even more, though updated figures aren’t yet complete.

  August 14, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: First jobs are extraordinarily valuable

  They’re usually easy to spot. Wide eyes. A nervous smile. A manager peering over their shoulders.

  August 7, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: 30 years ago, the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympic Summer Games denied ISU gymnast Kurt Thomas a chance at history

  If anybody could’ve beaten the Soviets, it was Kurt Thomas. But his best opportunity — on the grandest stage in sports, 30 years ago last week — was denied by politics.

  July 31, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENETT: Documentary to shine a light on Terre Haute from all angles

  When an outside spotlight shines on Terre Haute, the results sometimes aren’t sweet.

  July 24, 2010 1 Photo  

• Mark Bennett: ‘Don’t ever forget, there’s no place like America’

  The view of Earth through the window of a spacecraft had to be profound for the Apollo astronauts.

  July 17, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: A child’s view of prejudice keeps ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ relevant a half-century later

  Perspective means everything. Two people can view the same event and retell the story so differently. One may see normalcy; the other, hurt.

  July 3, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: After a bruising decade, Americans view future less optimistically

  It was great to hear that familiar can-do spirit in my college journalism prof’s voice.

  June 26, 2010  

• MARK BENNETT: Beyond the court, America fondly saw Coach Wooden as the ultimate role model

  The sad part of John Wooden’s passing isn’t his death. His deep faith, as a Christian, kept him confident and hopeful of his eventual destination. For him, heaven offered a reunion with the love of his life, his wife, Nellie.

  June 12, 2010 1 Photo  

• MARK BENNETT: Rex shine light long after TH baseball's 'Dark Day'

  Somewhere, Paul Frisz was smiling Thursday night. The new Terre Haute Rex baseball club debuted at Bob Warn Field. It was the first game for a Terre Haute-based team in an organized league since July 3, 1956.

  June 5, 2010 1 Photo  

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