The best way to eat kosher on campus.
The best places to eat in the dorms.
Lamine Sylla travelled nearly 4,500 miles from his home in Africa to IU’s campus for his freshman year of college.
Jordan Goldklang spent much of his childhood mesmerizing friends and family with tricks and optical illusions. In middle school, he’d grab a deck of cards or a fistful of coins and spellbind his classmates whenever he got the chance. Teachers begged him to stop, saying the magic was disruptive. They confiscated his cards, told him to put the coins away and even called his parents pleading for help, but nothing worked. School was the ultimate testing ground for his tricks, he said, a place where he could both perfect his art and connect with his peers. When he arrived at IU four years ago, he thought he’d have to give up his beloved hobby to study “something serious.” But in an ironic twist, the 22-year-old just graduated with a degree in magic, after taking a range of classes to both hone his performance skills and develop an understanding of the psychology behind the age-old craft.
From 1938 until 1962, Herman B Wells served as University president. During his 25-year presidency, IU expanded to include the streets, buildings and student population that make it what it is today.
We won’t try to talk you out of drinking on a Friday night. No one else will, either. College is about making decisions for yourself, and who are we to tell you how to spend your time, right? We just want you to be safe.
Please! Step away from the vampire romance novels.* For many, reading is a scary experience, or, one that only involves the worlds of wizards or vampires. But Potter-only-lovers beware, muggles aren’t always great reference points in the academic world. Here are some suggested books and authors that will prove invaluable when your professor makes yet another Beat reference. *Don’t worry, you’ll be able to pick them up again. We just want you to embrace variety.
Olivia Stidham said even though IU is in the middle of the country, she still has a lot of good opportunities to travel to other places to hone her skills. She also likes living a short distance from home.
The Statehouse is a rented house-turned-basement-venue that has become a hip concert scene for local bands, touring artists and college students looking for a hangout.
The IDS editor-in-chief and Orienter editor interview one another about their first year at IU.
The best places to eat on campus.
Most people would assume the Tour De France is the biggest bike race in the world. Those people didn’t go to IU. Now going into its 60th year, the Little 500 race is the biggest college bike race in the world. Thousands of visitors pour into Bloomington to be a part of the weekend.
The transition from high school to college can be both fun and difficult. Perhaps the biggest difference between the two is the amount of free time students will have. Although loads of free time might sound refreshing, it can lead students to fall behind with schoolwork.
