Little 500 brings customers, sales to Bloomington businesses
By Ethan Moore | Apr 21, 2022 6:49 pmLittle 500 weekend is one of the busiest weekends all year for local businesses.
Ethan Moore is a Fall 2021 Visuals Editor. He’s previously worked as a photographer and a videographer at the IDS. He is a sophomore studying journalism.
Little 500 weekend is one of the busiest weekends all year for local businesses.
After 97.8% voted in favor of authorizing a strike, IU graduate and undergraduate students began picketing Wednesday.
The lineup includes sets from all seven student comedy groups.
The 28th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival took place last weekend in Bloomington.
Pridefest returned to in-person festivities Saturday after last year's festival was held virtually.
Bloomington Delta Music club hosted a six-hour concert Thursday at Dunn Meadow.
A graduate walks across stage with her doctoral hood in hand May 6, 2022, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU President Pamela Whitten and Provost Rahul Shrivastav spoke at the ceremony.
Graduates look up at the screens above the court May 6, 2022, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as their degree is announced during the graduate commencement ceremony. IU President Pamela Whitten and Provost Rahul Shrivastav spoke at the ceremony.
A graduate receives his doctoral hood May 6, 2022, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Spring 2022 commencement did not have any COVID-19 testing or masking policies.
A group of graduates laugh while heading back to their seats after walking across the stage May 6, 2022, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. While all graduates walked, only doctoral degree recipients had their names announced.
IU President Pamela Whitten addresses the graduating students May 6, 2022, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Whitten became president of IU in summer 2021.
A graduating doctoral candidate holds up a sign for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers strike while walking across stage May 6, 2022, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The IGWC-UE is striking to push the IU administration to recognize them as a union, according to the organization’s website.
A woman boards a Bloomington bus Feb. 22, 2022, at the transit center. The Bloomington City Council approved a 0.69% increase in the local income tax rate Wednesday, with the largest chunk of the new revenue going towards climate change preparedness and mitigation efforts such as improving public transportation.
Demonstrators picket April 29, 2022, in front of Ernie Pyle Hall. The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers chose to picket in front of the Office of Admissions Welcome Center to share its goals with prospective students, accordinng to its Instagram account.
Demonstrators on one of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers’ “disorientation tours” hold signs April 29, 2022, on North Forest Avenue. The organization held these tours to share its goals with prospective students, according to its Instagram account.
North Eagleson Avenue is seen Nov. 4, 2021. IU placed its chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha on cease and desist Thursday.
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