Big Sean announced as headliner for Little 500 concert
Big Sean, YG, Luke Christopher and Justine Skye will perform at this year’s Little 500 week concert. The concert will be April 21 at IU ?Auditorium.
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Big Sean, YG, Luke Christopher and Justine Skye will perform at this year’s Little 500 week concert. The concert will be April 21 at IU ?Auditorium.
Lauren Robel, IU provost and executive vice president, presented the highlights of the IU Bicentennial Strategic Plan in the State of the Campus address Monday.
A line of students stretched toward the Charleston Market in the Indiana Memorial Union Food Court at lunchtime Monday.
Spoken word poetry filled Whittenberger Auditorium at the Indiana Memorial Union Thursday night.The headlining performers of BlackBoard Poetry Night, Joshua Bennett and Miles Hodges, used no microphones.The two, both spoken word poets of the Strivers Row collaborative arts troupe, alternated sharing their voices on stage. Six student poets opened the show before them.Topics ranged from love and mothers to stereotypes and social action.The Strivers Row poets encouraged enthusiastic responses in lieu of traditional snapping.“We need you to be a little more turned up,” Bennett said.Many verses were met with sounds of agreement from the audience.Vice President of the Black Student Union Janelle Jones was especially enthusiastic about the Strivers Row poets. She said she has wanted to see them perform live for three years.“The two artists coming tonight are creative geniuses,” Jones said.The Strivers Row poets are known to promote social justice and awareness, Jones said. According to their website, Strivers Row poets are a group formed from the “collision of passion and page.”“It’s not necessarily your standard poetry,” Union Board Director of Films Trevor Smith said. In his introduction, Hodges said the spoken word could be thought of as a social space. “We are here with our stories on our backs to come share with you,” he said. Similarly, Bennett said he considers every time he sets foot onstage as a historical interruption.He said he performs spoken word partially because of his hatred for Thomas Jefferson’s idea that slaves were not capable of love, and means to change the stereotype of his heritage.In a poem praising his students at Princeton University, he said, “May your voice be atmospheres imploding.”Smith said the Board collaborated with the BSU to sponsor this event with the goal of reaching a more diverse audience.One member of the audience, senior Jason Schmidt, said he had not had much exposure to spoken word poetry. As a member of the BSU, Schmidt said he came to support his peers.“I’m probably just here to take it all in,” he said. “I don’t get inspired very easily.”Kristian Patterson, sophomore, said she expected a heartfelt performance from the poets.“A lot of people speak from their heart when it comes to spoken word,” she said. “You definitely get a lot of insight about their feelings.”Sophomore McKayla Bull said her piece “Bask,” or “The Story of the Lost,” was inspired by her own experiences and the idea of wanting relationships to be something they once were.“I think this is a piece everyone can resonate with,” she said.Bull said she had never performed spoken word before, but felt the urge to perform.“I knew in my heart I needed to audition for this,” she said. “I just want to be able to jump into it.”Smith said BlackBoard Poetry Night was an opportunity for student performers to gain exposure to spoken word.“It’s exciting for students to be able to open up for people who have name recognition,” he said. “These are important issues, and it’s nice to see students be able to get that exposure for a big audience.”During the performance, Schmidt sat, attentive and quiet. Eventually, he said he was very impressed.“It’s unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed,” he said.Jones said she hoped students witnessing spoken word for the first time would be open and feel the joy it can bring.“I hope that people in the audience tonight get new perspectives, whether they’re black, white, any race,” she said. “Everyone’s going to leave this show being moved.”
Stand-up comedian and actor Adam DeVine will perform tonight at the IU Auditorium. The comedian is widely known for his role in the Comedy Central television series “Workaholics.”
Gaby Morales stood at the microphone as 11 participants released their bowling balls down the lanes of the Indiana Memorial Union Bowling and Billiards alley at 6 p.m. Monday.
Students in residential life now have the opportunity to live across the gender and sexual spectrum as one community.
Union Board will sponsor a Habitat for Humanity spring break trip to Winter Haven, Fla., this year for students looking to serve instead of surf. The trip is March 14-21.
Student volunteers confronted their peers with the truth about recyclables during the Recycling Blitz on Tuesday.
Students are advocating to use meal points at dining areas in the Indiana Memorial Union through an ?online petition.
Argenta Perón scanned the crowd.
Sophomore Tyler Rodino, a guitarist and vocalist for the band Postcard, stayed calm as he checked the equipment onstage a mere 20 minutes before their performance.
In preparation for comedian Adam DeVine’s performance Feb. 25 at IU Auditorium, Union Board has revamped its advertising strategies.
PBS NewsHour’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talked about the “New World Order” Monday night at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
The Indiana Memorial Union launched their new program, IMU Late Night, on Friday.
Every year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana awards an IU student volunteer the IU Big of the Year award. This year’s recipient is senior ?Alyssa Gurreri.
Union Board approved the Canvas magazine committee’s proposed budget of $8,000 on Jan. 22.
Gregory Ang, a sophomore exchange student, said he felt terrified before performing his ukulele set at Willkie Residence Center’s Coffee House Open Mic Night on Thursday.
The dining facility El Bistro at Read Residence Center has been relocated and ?revamped.
Volunteers diligently worked to provide the New Hope Family Shelter with an abundance of care packages and no-sew blankets ?Monday.