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PROFILE: HOLLY HART MCKIERNAN: Making higher education more attainable Attorney brings key players together to reach goals

PROFILE HOLLY HART MCKIERNAN Making higher education more attainable Attorney brings key players together to reach goals When Holly McKiernan was a secondyear law student at Indiana University, she took a seminar course on not-for-profits-and her career path became clear. She wanted a job where she could use her skills as a lawyer in helping charitable and educational organizations. The West Lafayette native had earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from DePauw University-magna cum laude-graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1980….

Purdue professor cooks up healthier way to ‘fry’ food: Invention could make microwaves seem like crock pots

A new cooking technology under development at Purdue University could please both dieters looking for lowercalorie meals and food retailers seeking lower costs. It has the potential to produce “fried” foods using vastly less oil, and to cook them at speeds that make microwave ovens seem as slow as crock pots. A Purdue professor is working with Anderson Tool and Engineering Co. in Madison County to create advanced prototypes of the device, called a “radiant fryer.” The first off the…

Casting magic for “Guys and Dolls”

An open letter to Des McAnuff, director of the upcoming Broadway revival of “Guys and Dolls.”

Mr McAnuff,

You don’t know me, but having seen your productions of “The Who’s Tommy,” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” and “Jersey Boys,”…

Another D’vine move; Siam Square

A popular northside wine bar will close at the end of October to move to a smaller space behind Castleton Square Mall. D’vine a wine bar moved from Woodfield Crossing…

Denver wants cash to take Tinsley

While the Indiana Pacers today have reportedly traded Shawne Williams to the Dallas Mavericks for two second round picks and $1.8 million in cash, a deal to trade emabattled guard Jamal Tinsley to…

Bush: Give rescue plan time

President Bush said today that the government’s financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in. “We are a prosperous nation with immense resources and a wide range of tools at our disposal … We can solve this crisis and we will,” Bush said in […]

Rodgers & Hammerstein thoughts

The well-sung but nondescript production of “The Sound of Music” currently running at Beef & Boards got me thinking about the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Some random thoughts:

 –The R&H reputation pretty much rests on “Oklahoma!,” “Carousel,” “South Pacific,” “The King…

Wall Street’s bumpy ride continues

Wall Street extended its devastating losses this morning, but prices swung sharply as investors scooped up shares decimated by more than a week of intense and panicked selling. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 700 points in the opening minutes of trading, soon recovered to a loss of just over 200, and the other major […]

Colts goods flying off shelves

While the economic swoon is crunching professional sports teams the way Dwight Freeney smashes quarterbacks, it hasn’t yet put a dent in Indianapolis Colts merchandise sales. With a new team-owned retail store opened…

Emmis ekes out 2Q profit, beats expectations

Revenue from its overseas radio stations helped Emmis Communications Corp. post a $1.2 million profit in its second quarter following three consecutive quarterly losses.The Indianapolis radio and magazine publishing company this morning reported financial results for the period ended Aug. 31, beating analysts’ estimates but down significantly from the $11.8 million reported for the same quarter last […]

Roman, some staff, exit advertising firm

Indianapolis advertising executive Dan Roman and several other employees have departed Roman Brand Group in the wake of a merger with Akron, Ohio-based Malone Advertising. Both Roman Brand Group and Malone Advertising are part of New York advertising heavyweight JWT. Under a plan that went into effect Oct. 1, Roman will have two general managers, […]

Wings at last

The new Buffalo Wild Wings is on schedule to open on Oct. 19. They’re still waiting on “window boxes” that will feature artwork in the three windows on the left. Otherwise, do you like the new, toned-down look? (IBJ photo/Robin…

Honda kicks off Civic production at Greensburg

The new Honda assembly plant at Greensburg has started mass production of the company’s Civic compact after several weeks of ramping up various components of the sprawling site. Honda Manufacturing of Indiana said today that the first Civic, a black sedan, rolled off the sole assembly line at 7:50 this morning. It won’t be shipped […]

New Versus boss revving up IRL

The new president of Philadelphia-based cable channel Versus said he is not out to mimic ESPN. That might be good news for many Indy Racing League fans who complained bitterly about ESPN’s coverage…

Linens ‘N Things may be liquidated

Bankrupt specialty retailer Linens ‘N Things said yesterday that it will be auctioned Tuesday, and that an anticipated “stalking horse” bidder is likely to liquidate the company, according to an Associated Press report. Linens ‘N Things earlier said it would close a store in Avon but keep locations in Castleton, Noblesville and the far south […]

Chrysler suit could threaten Getrag project

Chrysler LLC has sued Getrag, the German transmission maker that’s building a $530 million plant north of Indianapolis, claiming Getrag breached its contract by failing to obtain financing for the project. Chrysler also said that it is not obligated to reimburse Getrag for Getrag’s costs for the project, according to The Kokomo Tribune. The suit, […]

New Castle development chief arrested

Bryan Coats, who leads economic development in New Castle and Henry County east of Indianapolis, has been arrested and preliminarily charged with burglary and stalking after his ex-wife called police, according to The Star Press of Muncie. Coats told the newspaper that he was trying to “keep my family together.” “Love is a tough thing,” […]

A historian previews the election

Jerry Handfield hasnâ??t lived in Indiana since 2001, when he moved to Washington to take a similar job overseeing
that stateâ??s archives.

But Handfield still keeps tabs on Indiana. So much so that he checks the Weather Channel when tornadoes
rip…

Review: IO’s “Il Trovatore”

“Show, don’t tell” is a mantra of dramatic writing. And it’s a mantra pretty much ignored by Gueseppi Verdi in his opera “Il Trovatore.”

In its early scenes, exposition nearly overwhelms, and even when it looks like there’s going to be…