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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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Going greek: Is it right for me?

By Sara Amato · Friday, May 23,2008 8:47 p.m.

To go greek or not to go greek, that is the question. But it’s a question I can’t really answer. I did not go greek, and I’m sure for some going greek is one of the most important aspects of college life. And although I’m not sure why students devote so much of their time worrying about rush and other aspects of greek life, I do know that thinking about going greek is not an option that should be taken lightly.

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Going greek: Is it right for me?

By Meg Woods · Friday, May 23,2008 8:43 p.m.

I would give anything to go back to bid day of my freshman year, the culmination of the whole recruitment process. I got off the bus that day feeling nervous and excited to meet the new members of my pledge class who have become my IU family and a support system over the last three years of my college experience.

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Looking past the ‘best four years’

By Michael Reschke · Friday, May 23,2008 8:10 p.m.

I’m supposed to share the things I’ve learned in college with the incoming freshman class in this column. I’m not going to tell you college is going to be the best four years of your life because I don’t believe that. If that was true what would be the point in living after college?

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Brandon McGee dismissed from team

By Aaron Beard · Friday, May 23,2008 5:22 p.m.

IU coach Tom Crean has dismissed Brandon McGee from the men's basketball team. The sophomore guard averaged 1.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 17 games as freshman last season.  BLOG:  Basketblog

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C-SPAN bus visits campus

By Savannah Worley · Friday, May 23,2008 11:31 a.m.

C-SPAN’s Campaign 2008 Bus stopped by campus May 22 after congratulating winners in its nationwide StudentCam contest at Lora L. Batchelor Middle School.

Starbucks on Indiana Avenue.

Caffeine addiction?

By Dion Hazelbaker · Thursday, May 22,2008 1:36 p.m.

When it comes to coffee, students could definitely settle with one of Bloomington’s many Starbucks coffee shops, but why? Bloomington plays host to a variety of local coffee shops.

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