IMU 'Hat Lady' sports different crazy cap every day
Mary Frohliger, more commonly referred to as the “Hat Lady,” has shown up for work in the Indiana Memorial Union Market sporting a hat every day for the past 10 years.
Mary Frohliger, more commonly referred to as the “Hat Lady,” has shown up for work in the Indiana Memorial Union Market sporting a hat every day for the past 10 years.
When former IU coach Bob Knight made his first preseason address to fans in 1971, he stood before 50 people in a cramped room of the Indiana Memorial Union.
This autumn, only leaves are falling in Bloomington. But it wasn’t too long ago when the crunch of foliage and the smacks of an IU quarterback hitting the ground were synonymous.
Tennis, by all accounts, is a global sport. After all, the top eight professional players ranked by the Association of Tennis Players come from different countries. It should come as no surprise, then, that no player on the IU Men’s Tennis team lives within 400 miles of Bloomington.
After devoting their summers to serving the youth in their communities, four IU students won the Marion County Excellence in Summer Service Education Award.
Students unable to cope with the transition into college can now seek help in residence halls.
A committee hopes to find a new chancellor of IU Northwest in Gary in time for the 2010-11 school year.
The IU Sports Journalism Center at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis created a Web site featuring sports and sports media news. It features 3 national sports writers as columnists.
The second annual Retail and Design forum, presented by the Retail Studies Organization, brought high-profile figures from top industry companies to address and advise students eager to follow in their merchandising footsteps.
Astral Project dazzled audiences Tuesday evening at KRC Catering. Jazz from Bloomington President Monika Herzig described the group as a “fabulous jazz band from New Orleans” and said she was happy to have them play for Jazz from Bloomington’s 10th season of performance.
On Saturday evening, I found myself walking down Kirkwood to do some much-needed shopping with a friend. After stopping at Urban Outfitters, we continued to walk down past Kilroy’s to stop at Cactus Flower.
I wanted to avoid album reviews as much as possible, but this beautiful “break up” was just too hard to resist. Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s “Break Up” was released earlier this month and so far, I have not heard much hullabaloo about the project.
You’ve seen the chalk. Pastel blue-and-pink markings on the steps of Ballantine Hall, Herman B Wells Library, Jordan Hall and other concrete fixtures encourage students to give IU band South Jordan a listen.
NASHVILLE, Ind. – Business owners in southern Indiana’s Brown County are worried about a loss of visitors following the fire that destroyed the Little Nashville Opry concert hall.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The city of Lafayette is getting nearly $2.2 million in federal stimulus funds to install wind turbines that will power its bus maintenance garage complex.
At 7:45 a.m. on Friday, a person entered a house on 11th and Lincoln streets through a bottom-floor bedroom window, stole numerous pairs of female underwear and condoms and then left through a side door, Bloomington Police Department Lt. David Drake said.
The aroma of Bloomington’s independently owned restaurants and fresh kettle corn filled the air for the Be Downtown Bloomington Campaign and the Tuesday Lunch Concert Series in People’s Park. Bloomington Parks and Recreation, the Office of the Mayor and Downtown Bloomington Inc. put on the weekly event.
Since 1933, a small brown building adorned with a lighted moose head has drawn Bloomington crowds for homemade ice cream served through a window. The Chocolate Moose attracts lines of customers every year, and seeing Bloomington residents lined up for hand-dipped or soft-serve ice cream any night of the week is to be expected.
Last week, former President Jimmy Carter smacked the five-ton elephant in the room square on the ass. Ever since Barack Obama was elected president, some have naively suggested that his election was the sign that America had finally moved past its race issues.
Columnist Matt Straw recently wrote an article in support of former Green Jobs “czar” Van Jones. Straw mentioned that the main reason why some in the media pressured Van Jones to resign: He called Republicans “assholes.” But that was only one of many controversial comments Van Jones has made.