Rotten and fresh

The fresh and rotten list: IU edition

We asked students to comment on Inside’s October issue theme: freshness. What is fresh to students? What is rotten?


Fresh: It’s easy to get around on foot. The campus is very compact.
Rotten: All the noise. There are always ambulances.
Carlyn Hill, freshman

Fresh: The academic programs like the business and music school. We have a good bus system even though it’s a big campus. It’s easy to get around.
Rotten: Out-of-state tuition
James Huddleston, freshman

Rotten: The lack of safety. People drive really fast.
Rotten: Some professors don’t know how to teach.
Rotten: The train goes by in the middle of the night.
Rotten: I can’t use meal points everywhere.
Sumit Chatterjee and Lauren Tavel, freshmen

Fresh: IU is very open with what you want to do. You can design your own major.
Fresh: There are always programs going on. There is always something to learn more about.
Rotten: I can’t use meal points in the Union.
Kyle Brazeal, sophomore

Fresh: It’s a beautiful campus.
Fresh: The greek system.
Rotten: No fall break.
Anne Reynolds, sophomore

Fresh: The nature and landscape of the campus.
Rotten: The buses only go one way.
Molly Kennedy, junior 

Rotten: The campus is so enormous. It’s a pain. The 20-minute walk from my place to campus is beautiful, though.
Whitney Burton, senior 

Fresh: I’m in the greek system and it pulls us all together.
Rotten: The greek system gets a bad rap. It’s a good and bad thing.
Arianna Solimene, junior

Fresh: Campus is not pedestrian-friendly. There is a lot of traffic.
Rosalind Rini and Kailey Paglia, freshman

Rotten: Parking tickets are all over campus.
RoShawnda Moultrie, Senior

Fresh: IU provides tutoring and flexible teachers who work with you. 
Brittany Taylor, Freshman 

The most popular fresh answer was the beauty of IU’s campus.
The most popular rotten answer was IU’s parking.