Student Life

An Indiana University Residential Programs and Services sign requiring face masks is seen Feb. 24, 2022, in Read Hall. IU will lift mask mandate in classrooms, dining areas and other common areas March 4.

IU Students, faculty react to new mask-optional policy, effective March 4

Feb 24, 2022 6:31 pm

Masks will be optional in classrooms and most campus buildings.

Now a union representative for the biology department, doctoral candidate Pat Wall poses on Feb. 20, 2022, outside of Jordan Hall. Wall has been organizing with the Indiana Graduate Workers’ Coalition-United Electrical Workers Union since the summer, when he found out about the organization's plans to push for union recognition.

IU graduate workers continue fighting for unionization despite tough legal environment

Feb 23, 2022 2:25 pm

Indiana Graduate Workers’ Coalition organizers plan to continue pressuring IU to recognize their union.

Angela Lexmond, Senior Career Coach presenting the "Making an Impact: Careers that Shape Community" session is pictured. The Connect '22 Conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Tree Suites in the Indiana Memorial Union.

Walter Career Center conference to showcase alumni, introduces new pitch competition

Feb 23, 2022 1:46 pm

The conference focuses on students in the College of Arts and Sciences.

IU senior Abbey Krulik holds a sign that says "Capitalism will cost us the Earth during a rally Feb. 8, 2022, by Sunrise Bloomington calling on the IU Foundation to divest from fossil fuels. Representatives from student climate groups met with IU administration Feb. 9.

IU makes no formal commitments after meeting with student climate groups

Feb 16, 2022 9:32 pm

Student representatives were unsatisfied with the outcome of the meeting.

Graduate workers grade papers and prepare for class, sitting on the floor in the atrium of Franklin Hall during a Work-In demonstration on Feb. 15, 2022. It was held by the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers as part of their campaign to be recognized by the university as a labor union.

Graduate workers hold Work-In demonstration for unionization

Feb 15, 2022 10:33 pm

The demonstration aimed to highlight the labor graduate students perform for the university.

Senior psychology major Noelani Edwards prepares to leave a message she wrote on a lightpost in the heart of campus Jan. 17, 2022. Self-care, she says, is more than just a bubble bath. It’s about knowing how to check in with yourself, and how to get your needs met, whether that’s surrounding yourself with people who care or asking for professional help.

GALLERY: ‘Somebody always needs to hear it': IU student leaves encouraging notes for others

Feb 15, 2022 10:05 pm

IU Senior Noelani Edwards leaves inspirational notes around campus.

IU students, professors share opinions on Spotify amid Rogan controversy

Feb 15, 2022 5:10 pm

Some are considering dropping the platform, pointing out issues that precede Joe Rogan.

Senior Noelani Edwards is pictured on Feb. 8, 2022, at the Sample Gates. Edwards has been leaving postive notes and reminders around campus.

‘Love, Lani’: the student behind messages of hope around campus

Feb 10, 2022 4:57 pm

Noelani Edwards has posted inspiring messages around campus and on her Instagram account.

Mallika Khanna, a PhD student in the Media School, speaks at a rally held by Sunrise Bloomington on Feb. 8, 2022, in front of the Harlos House on Tenth Street. Khanna said her parents had recently been forced to move away from their home in Delhi, India, because of the levels of air pollution"But climate change is not just an 'over there' problem," she said.

Sunrise Bloomington holds rally to pressure IU Foundation to divest from fossil fuels

Feb 8, 2022 7:51 pm

Around 140 students, faculty and members of the community attended the rally.

Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition organizer Pat Wall and Core Committee member graduate student Rachel Epplin stand outside the Office of the Board of Trustees on Dec. 10, 2021, at Franklin Hall. IU refused to recognize a union contract with the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers on Feb. 1, 2022.

Graduate workers denied union election, say fight for collective bargaining continues

Feb 7, 2022 5:51 pm

Graduate workers submitted 1,584 union cards to the Board of Trustees in December.

Then-freshman Annetta Itnyre, member of Students for a New Green World, tapes a sign to a pillar outside Dunn Meadow on March 24, 2021. Climate groups such as Students for a New Green World and Sunrise Bloomington plan to organize protests this semester to pressure IU to divest from fossil fuels and create a formal climate action plan.

Bloomington climate groups pressure IU to divest from fossil fuels, create action plan

Feb 3, 2022 5:28 pm

Sunrise Bloomington and Students for a New Green World are holding protests this semester.

Students grabbing lunch at The Mix at the Indiana Memorial Union Jan. 31, 2022 are pictured. Notable IMU dining changes this semester include new restaurant options at The Globe, different Starbucks hours and the closure of the Tudor Room.

Indiana Memorial Union dining introduces new cuisines, changes hours for the spring semester

Feb 3, 2022 2:08 pm

The IMU Starbucks has new hours and The Globe will offer different cuisines.

IU students hold a sign that reads “Shatter the Silence” on Aug. 18, 2018, in front of fraternity houses on East Third Street. Shatter the Silence will now operate as a community organization instead of as a student organization.

‘IU needs to do better’: Shatter the Silence posts letter critical of the university

Feb 2, 2022 7:39 pm

The group reverted back to a community organization Saturday.

Shatter the Silence no longer a student group after pushback

Jan 29, 2022 10:33 pm

The group will instead be considered a community organization.

OPINION: I have not loved college, and that’s okay

Jan 28, 2022 10:54 am

College is not going to be the best years of everyone’s life.

Water flows between the rocks in the Campus River on Sept. 24, 2020. Restoration of the Campus River aims to protect the natural resource and the work is expected to be finished by the end of April.

Project to clean and restore Campus River after heavy rainfall underway

Jan 27, 2022 4:47 pm

The river has suffered erosion due to increased rainfall.

North Eagleson Avenue is seen Nov. 4, 2021.

IU Panhellenic Association will allow paired social events starting Feb. 5

Jan 20, 2022 12:27 am

PHA canceled paired events Nov. 3 amid rising sexual assault cases on campus.

Members of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition protest Nov. 10, 2019, on Jordan Avenue. The coalition wrote a letter to IU administration urging them to make changes due to COVID-19 concerns.

Graduate Workers Coalition send letter to IU administration expressing COVID-19 concerns

Jan 19, 2022 6:14 pm

The letter urged IU to provide KN95/N95 masks and update in-person instruction language.

Members of Pi Beta Phi welcome new sorority sisters during Bid Night on Tuesday at the Pi Beta Phi house on East Third Street. Bid Night was held in person after being virtual in 2021.

‘Such an incredible experience’: IU sororities conduct Bid Night mostly in person

Jan 19, 2022 1:08 pm

Bid Night took place at the sorority houses and other locations this year.

Tabatha Jones Jolivet is seen Jan. 17on Zoom as a part of the Indiana University Social Justice Conference: A Journey Toward True Education. The conference was based on "The Purpose of Education," by Martin Luther King Jr. and featured multiple keynote speakers.

Benjamin Crump, Tabatha Jones Jolivet speak at IU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day conference

Jan 17, 2022 10:41 pm

The online conference focused on King’s article “The Purpose of Education.”