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Freshman year 2.0

Computer trouble? We’re the Internet generation, but sometimes technology still gets the best of us. Here’s where to turn:



This exhibit inside The SoFa Gallery focuses on positive aspects of travel rather than the negative connotations often associated with flying in the post-9/11 world.

Art on location

Trash the brochures and snooze-inducing tour guides, and wake up to Bloomington’s local art scene.


Ben Pond works in the SoFa gallery putting up the tags that identify the name of the piece and the artist.

Forget “student admission.”

The SoFA Gallery is a showcase of IU faculty and fine arts students’ work, with three gallery spaces, one of which displays different collections each week.

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Don't worry

Obsessing over the small stuff? You’re not alone. Starting college can be scary, but here’s the good news: We’re breaking down the most common things new students worry about, but shouldn’t.


Linzy Anderson, a junior from Princeton, N.J.,
while she studied abroad for a semester in Paris.

Far and away

If you’re interested in studying abroad, your first stop should be Room 303 in Franklin Hall at 4 p.m. on a Wednesday. Once there, you’ll listen to the Office of Overseas Study’s weekly information session which overviews the overseas programs: how they work, how much they cost and how to apply.


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Q&A with Marie Howison

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Marie Howison knows you don’t have to leave behind the activities you loved when coming to a large university. She transferred her high school student government invovlement to her experience at IU.


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Q&A with Allison Anderson

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Allison Anderson says planning is the best way a prospective freshman can get through his or her first year. Oh, and a shower caddie.



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Dorm room decor

Interior designer Meredith Echols is the owner of the Spire Design Group. Here’s what she had to say about getting the most out of a small space.


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Q&A with Lauren Mudd

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Lauren Mudd trained hard to participate in IU’s biggest tradition, the Little 500 bicycle race. She rode for her sorority Alpha Omicron Pi, which she joined this year.


Love music? Pop into TD's CDS & LPS. They've got tons of it.

Shop class 101

Bloomington is littered with great places  to spend. Here are a few of our close-to-campus favorites.




Late football coach Terry Hoeppner and his Hoosiers march onto the field prior to kickoff at Memorial Stadium.

Love sports?

Everything about being an IU fan that you should know before you apply the face paint.



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Hoosier Traditions

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At midnight following graduation day, seniors storm Showalter Fountain outside the IU Auditorium to go for a late-night dip. Why? It’s tradition.


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Alumni to know

These Hoosiers have won Academy Awards, held federal office and made millions from the Internet.


Each fall, hundreds of new recruits tour sorority houses during the annual 19 Party.

Going greek

There’s so much more (or in some cases, less) to campus greek life than you see in the movies. About 17 percent of IU students go greek in one of the country’s largest and oldest greek systems made up of 22 fraternities and 23 sororities.


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Q&A with Alec McNees

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Alec McNees joined a fraternity at the beginning of his freshman year, but later decided greek life was not for him. But he had no problem finding friends in his dorm.