Greeks choose to leave houses for chance to live on their own
Weekend parties. Provided meals. Sixty of your close friends.
Weekend parties. Provided meals. Sixty of your close friends.
College is the time when students begin thinking about the rest of their lives. Degrees. Careers. Marriage. Kids. Golden retrievers. White picket fences.
As the housing fair approaches, many students are looking for places to call home next fall. Choosing a residence can mean making a lot of choices one never thought about before.
There are two distinct areas when it comes to how students eat when they are away from home.
After freshman year, 64 percent of students opt to live off-campus, according to IU’s Common Data Set report. John Sacchini, owner and operator of Energy Design Home Inspections, Inc., is an Indiana-licensed home inspector. He said student renters don’t need to worry too much about construction and the structure of a home, but should keep a few essentials in mind.
How would you describe yourself? Attracted to the dazzling city life? Eager to pop a top while looking out at Memorial Stadium from your front step? Longing to stroll down the brick-covered streets of central campus?
The dreaded “freshman 15” is a concept well-known to college students. But the perils of the 15-lb. weight gain can extend beyond the first year of college.
Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson is having an open house for the new dean of students today.
You’ve changed all of your light bulbs to those energy-saving twisty kind, you faithfully recycle your newspapers, glass and plastics, and you’ve even installed a low-flow toilet.
With three meals a day, a house full of girlfriends and a peaceful place to sleep, Kristin Burt said she has it made as a resident of her sorority house, Phi Mu. “No living situation is going to be perfect, but I feel like I have the ideal situation,” Burt said.
Students looking for apartment style living but wishing to stay on campus have a new option with the planned completion of the new Ashton Housing Complex on 10th Street.
Lions, tigers, bears and a DJ were just some of the things at IU’s Biggest Halloween Party, put on by the Residence Halls Association Programming Board.
INDIANAPOLIS — Secretary of State Todd Rokita says Indiana residents voting in upcoming special elections will still be subject to the state's Voter ID law despite a recent court ruling.
IU alumnus and Bloomington native Deren Abram will release his documentary “ClarkWORLD” on DVD tomorrow. The premier event for the film is in Denver and proceeds will benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
This weekend the IU rowing team raced in a scrimmage in South Bend, where it competed against Big Ten foes Iowa, Michigan State and Notre Dame.
The seventh-annual Zombie Parade, a loosely organized Bloomington tradition, attracted all kinds of students and residents. Chants of “brains,” blood-stained clothes and torn limbs were seen and heard Friday as a mob of zombies marched down Kirkwood Avenue.
Dia de los Muertos is celebrated each year on Nov. 1 and 2, when the veil between the living and the dead is believed to be the thinnest. On these days, it is believed the dead are most receptive to messages from the living.
As a stunned IU soccer team hung its head, its opponent celebrated the overtime victory as Ohio State beat IU 1-0 in the first three minutes of extra time. The Hoosiers are now 1-3-1 in overtime play.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will speak at IU Winter Commencement on Dec. 19 at Assembly Hall.
After a bill was passed to reallocate surplus funds, Wright Quad lost almost $11,000, which Ben Siebert, vice president of finance for Wright student government, said was going to pay for a 60th anniversary party.