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With John McCain down in the polls and Barack Obama paraphernalia covering campus, Bloomington conservatives might feel a bit discouraged for today’s election. But to members of IU College Republicans, McCain is anything but the underdog. IU College Republicans Chairwoman and junior Chelsea Kane said the polls showing McCain behind Obama are not slowing their campaign efforts.
Hannah Montana ran by Superman as a cow sat in its stroller, peeking into a plastic pumpkin. This was the scene at Wednesday’s Safe Halloween.
Customers will get more than chicken wings today at BuffaLouie’s. Five bands will compete at the restaurant, 114 S. Indiana Ave., for Phi Kappa Tau’s Battle of the Bands, the fraternity’s biggest philanthropy event since they came back to campus in 2003.
The future of a campus fraternity is in question after it participated in “Big Man On Campus” using its name, though it was kicked off campus in January.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
It was a last-minute decision for junior Steve Rothkopf: ukulele over guitar.Along with the nearly $12,500 he raised, the switch helped Rothkopf win Big Man on Campus Friday night. The event, put on by Zeta Tau Alpha, brought in a total of $178,000 for breast cancer awareness and research, $18,000 more than Zeta’s goal.Dressed like Jason Mraz in a fedora and T-shirt, Rothkopf, a member of Theta Chi, performed the singer’s “I’m Yours.” Rothkopf said he had planned to play the guitar, but decided the ukulele would be more effective.
Khaki shorts, baseball caps and Sperry Top-Siders would be unacceptable apparel at an IU Ballet rehearsal, but at Monday’s “Big Man on Campus” practice, it was the norm. BMOC is an annual male talent competition put on by Zeta Tau Alpha to raise money for breast cancer awareness. Last year’s show raised $137,000, according to IU Zeta chapter’s Web site. The house wants to raise $160,000 this year.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
Fraternity. To some, the word symbolizes brotherhood, scholarship and philanthropy; to others, it connotes partying, hazing and getting free alcohol. But this year, Sigma Phi Epsilon wants to break the second stereotype. For its first year as an on-campus fraternity, the house has declared itself alcohol-free, even though anyone familiar with IU’s dry-campus policy might find this redundant since all fraternities are supposed to be dry.
Penske rental trucks sat in the McCalla School yard Friday night, but this time they were filled with art instead of furniture.
Thursday’s Neo Unity event brought all four greek councils together for the first time to promote diversity in the community. The idea came to Ruchi Shah, the president of the Multi-Cultural Greek Council, two years ago when she saw a need to network with other councils outside her own.
The worst thing you can do is nothing at all.That was the message speaker Toby Strout, the executive director of the Middle Way House, delivered about preventing sexual assault at “Take Back the Night” Tuesday at Dunn Meadow, an annual event that focuses on the prevention of sexual assault in the Bloomington community.
Before today, they were victims. Now, they are survivors. Advocates, activists and survivors will join together today to promote awareness of sexual and domestic violence at the annual Take Back the Night march and rally. “We want them to reclaim themselves and say they are survivors,” said Indira Dammu, president of the IU Women’s Student Association. “We call them survivors, not victims.”
Chatter, laughter and greek letters filled the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall on Tuesday night at “Greek Opportunities for Women,” the start of women’s recruitment.
The greek community is banding together to reduce IU’s carbon footprint through the organization Greeks Go Green. The group started when junior Clare Crosh noticed residents of her house, Phi Mu, did not recycle.
When looking at a list of famous IU alumni, certain names stick out to most Hoosiers. There’s Mark Spitz the Olympic swimmer, Ernie Pyle the famous war journalist and Jared Fogle the Subway guy. But what about Hoagy Carmichael?
As rain poured over Dunn Meadow on Friday morning, Stephen Poremba, Interfraternity Council vice president of recruitment, feared a repeat of last year’s recruitment kick-off in which rain hindered attendance. But by Friday afternoon, the downpour stopped and the kick-off was back on.
Dunn Meadow will be full of new recruits Friday afternoon, and it’s not for IU football or basketball. This time the recruits are potential fraternity brothers at the Fall Fraternity Recruitment Kick-Off.
Thubten J. Norbu, the eldest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, was not only a retired IU professor but was an ambassador for Tibet and human rights around the world.Norbu, 87, died of natural causes at 3 p.m. Friday at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington.
The saying goes “third time’s the charm,” but for Phi Sigma Kappa, charm doesn’t stop at three. On Aug. 9 at the Phi Sigma Kappa General Convention in Indianapolis, the chapter won the Herbert L. Brown Outstanding Chapter Award for the fourth year in a row.
The School of Fine Arts Gallery was divided between the abstract and the familiar Friday night as visitors viewed the gallery for the first time this season. The opening kicked off two shows: “Vacation ’08” and “HUB: A Collaboration of Art and Space.”
For Phi Sigma Kappa President Zac Canull, a fraternity house is more than just a place to store his stuff, eat a meal or take a nap.“Having your own house changes the culture of a fraternity,” Canull said. “It’s always a place to go hang out with brothers.”
