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Under the influence of fun

By Jordan Zaslow · Friday, May 23,2008 11:20 p.m.

As soon as students arrive on campus for Welcome Week, they are subjected to alcohol, whether they’re drinking it or not. Many celebrate their newfound freedom from high school administrators and their parents’ authority and “crack open an ice cold Bud Light,” as the commercial instructs. A few drinks later, incoming freshmen are drunk and ready to make new friends they may or may not remember befriending in the morning. Welcome to college, class of 2012. For many, there will be a lot of drunken fun. For others, there will still be fun – just not the drunken kind.

Ted Somerville

Collins, a love note

By Allie Townsend · Friday, May 23,2008 11:17 p.m.

Before I came to IU, I remember being told that Collins dorm was the place for lesbians and stoners – and you know what? It is. It’s also a place for people who love to read, dance, laugh, skip class, take naps, watch ridiculous reality television with 10 other people packed on their bed, go out, stay in and enjoy college. If that doesn’t scream “Freaks!” I don’t know what does. I moved into Collins in October of my freshman year after a not-so-enjoyable experience in a dorm that shall remain nameless, and I never looked back. I was amazed at how different living there could be. I no longer had to deal with intoxicated freshmen stumbling in at all hours of the night. Instead, I got to know people almost right away. They were friendly, smart, interesting and fun. I felt comfortable instantly. And as far as the freaks go, I’m still searching for them.

Fountain Park Apartments, 3209 E. 10th St., is located off campus and provides 24-hour gyms and tanning beds for residents.

Off-campus living brings freedom, responsibility

By Deanna Krinn · Friday, May 23,2008 11:14 p.m.

A great debate after the freshman year of college is whether or not to keep living in the dorms. Sure, everyone might have heard the horror stories that are caused by living in such close quarters: the roommates who leave stale food out for weeks, the floor neighbors who blast their television until 4 a.m., stumbling in on a roommate and his or her “guest” at the least opportune time – these are only a few examples of the tragedies of the dorm experience. However, living in the dorms is also a great experience in bonding.

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Hovering helicopter parents shadow students

By Chip Cutter · Friday, May 23,2008 11:12 p.m.

When Amanda Shettlesworth sent the School of Public and Environment Affairs’ students a mass e-mail last year describing a competitive internship opportunity, she got an unlikely reply – from a student’s mother. “She called me up and asked that her son be given a leg up in the process,” Shettlesworth said. Confused by the mother’s involvement, Shettlesworth, an assistant director in SPEA’s career services office, said she couldn’t do anything to help. “This is your son’s responsibility,” she told the mother, “and hopefully he will write the essay well and apply.” But the mother fought back, arguing that the school should help him get ahead. “It’s almost like she didn’t hear me at all,” Shettlesworth said. Some say her situation underscores a growing trend across the country.

Dorm decor

Dorm decor

By Whitney Mitchell · Friday, May 23,2008 11:10 p.m.

The move from home to the shared dorm room is often a major downsize in space for IU students. Managing to store everything and decorate without breaking Residential Programs and Services rules is challenging, yet every year IU students manage to transform their 10-by-13-foot rooms into homes that reflect their personalities and interests.

Daniel Herman

Join the Club

By Allie Townsend · Friday, May 23,2008 11:07 p.m.

Members of the IU Men’s Club Soccer Team don’t need to be called “varsity” to be a real team – and neither do the other more than 80 club and intramural teams on campus. For many students, the dream of athletic sportsmanship seems to end with a high school diploma, but IU Recreational Sports has proven otherwise.

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Career Development Center: Use Facebook with caution

By Gina Phillips · Friday, May 23,2008 11:04 p.m.

Word has been circulating around college campuses across the country that employers are checking prospective employees’ Facebook profiles before making hiring decisions. Pictures of students drinking or partying could potentially damage their chances of gaining employment. Job search companies have admitted to routinely doing “Facebook checks” and reporting inappropriate photos of prospective employees, according to the IU Career Development Center. So is there any truth to Facebook screening or is it just there to scare college students?

Religious organizations provide spiritual outlets for students

By Theresa Bradtke and Martin Coyne · Friday, May 23,2008 10:56 p.m.

Higher education is a way to enrich the mind, body and soul. Leaving home allows for more independence and a greater emphasis on students’ personal choices. IU is home to many religious organizations that enable students to interact and support one another in a common faith. FaithFest, held during move-in and Welcome Week, allows religious organizations on campus to get together and show the students on campus what their ministries are about.

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Choosing the right meal plan

By Bryan Payton · Friday, May 23,2008 10:37 p.m.

When freshmen begin their college careers in the fall, they’ll have a new way to do business with their dorm food courts. Beginning in the fall of 2008, meal points will become “I-BUCKS.” There will be two different categories of meal plans: the Cream plan and the Crimson plan. Sandra Fowler, Residential Programs and Services director of dining services, said new students may choose one of three different meal plans within the Cream plan, which are: the “Max” plan, which will give students 1,920 I-BUCKS that equal to $3,600; the “Plus” plan, which gives students 1,520 I-BUCKS that equal $3,200; and the “Standard” plan, which gives students 1,120 I-BUCKS that equal $2,800.

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Fighting the freshman 15

By Rachel Skybetter · Friday, May 23,2008 10:26 p.m.

When I first arrived in Bloomington in August 2005, I was fresh off soccer season and 18 years of balanced meals. In my svelte, toned mind, I was invincible. My metabolism chuckled at the threat of weight gain. I’d managed to glide through the first semester of my freshman year without any substantial weight gain, despite the late night pizza and junk food galore. I thought I had won. The myth, the legend, the tall tale that is the Freshman 15 had not struck me ... yet.

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University offers academic services to help students

By Sarah Payne · Friday, May 23,2008 10:24 p.m.

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. “A typical semester’s worth of classes requires students to be in class only about 15 hours a week,” University Division Academic Advisor Jay Showalter said. “You can’t believe how much potentially productive time during the daylight hours leaks through the cracks of most students’ days.”

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University offers academic services to help students

By Sarah Payne · Friday, May 23,2008 9:12 p.m.

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. “A typical semester’s worth of classes requires students to be in class only about 15 hours a week,” University Division Academic Advisor Jay Showalter said. “You can’t believe how much potentially producti

Rock music professors Glenn Gass and Andy Hollinden wait outside the Bluebird nightclub on Dec. 6, 2007, where they played their first show in over a decade.

Classes that ROCK

By Whitney Mitchell · Friday, May 23,2008 9:10 p.m.

Anyone who’s flipped through the IU undergraduate course bulletin can testify to the overwhelming number of classes available to students. With classes on topics from astronomy to human sexuality, rock history to bowling, it can be tough to decide on a schedule. But some classes at IU have become student favorites during the years. IU’s renowned Jacobs School of Music offers a number of rock history courses that quickly reach capacity each semester. Professor of Music Glenn Gass, who created one of the country’s first rock history classes a few decades ago, teaches the semester-long course Z202 “Rock History II: The 1960s,” among others. Andy Hollinden, a music professor, teaches the next phase in rock history in his class Z301 “Rock Music in the ’70s and ’80s.”

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High school sweethearts go sour, college to blame

By Allie Townsend · Friday, May 23,2008 9 p.m.

You’re 18. College is exciting, friends are new and your significant other is 100 miles away. You spend two hours a night on the phone, make it a point to avoid members of the opposite sex and still all you hear is “What were you doing? Who were you with?” Right now, I know what you’re thinking. That would never happen to you. Your sweet pookums-babycakes is the most amazing girlfriend/boyfriend there ever was and you just know the two of you will live happily ever after. Allow me to introduce you to reality. Most likely, you won’t.

Students work out at the SRSC

Let's get physical

By Rachel Stark · Friday, May 23,2008 8:56 p.m.

Meeting new friends. Surviving college classes. Sharing a room with a complete stranger. College life is a scary endeavor. Many of these common freshman fears must be overcome on one’s own, but luckily for IU students, the University plays a big hand in helping students avoid the dreaded Freshman 15. IU Campus Recreational Sports offers students a wide variety of ways to exercise their bodies. A student ID card allows free access to both campus recreational facilities, tennis courts, Woodlawn Field, Evan Williams Field and the North Fee Lane Outdoor Recreation Complex.

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Love in the time of Facebook

By Rachel Skybetter · Friday, May 23,2008 8:53 p.m.

I remember my first introduction to the notion of Internet flirting. I was in sixth grade, and I was innocently perusing a Hanson chat room when I was singled out: “Hey GoalGirl42, A/S/L?” (Age/Sex/Location, for those of you not fluent in chat pick-up lines). I don’t remember my response, but it was probably an exaggeration. “A/S/L?” has since given way to AIM, Xanga, MySpace and obviously, Facebook. We are both the leaders and victims of the Internet generation – and what may be the end of romance entirely.

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Making a major decision

By Todd Taber · Friday, May 23,2008 8:49 p.m.

With more than 130 undergraduate degrees and more than 320 other degree programs, the possibilities for majors at IU are nearly endless.

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