Allison: From small town to Btown

Hi Everyone! I'm Allison and I am  a Sophomore in the class of 2015. I'm from Zionsville, IN a small town an hour north of Bloomington. I am majoring in Tourism Management with a minor in Spanish. I'm excited for this year and all of the new opourtunities and adventures it will bring!  I have...

Wow I can not believe that I am already done with my sophomore year of college! Time really does fly by fast! This year brought challenges, changes, excitment, and fun. It had its ups and downs, but many more ups than downs. I made new friends, experienced more of Bloomington than just IU's campus,...

You might hear about the "typical" college spring break to beachy, sunny places like Florida, Mexico and Texas, but there are all kinds of ways to do spring break and its just about what you make of it and chose to do. I did something a little different than most people and went on an alternative...

I went on an official IU campus tour during my junior year of high school and I had been to IU many other times to visit friends so I felt like I knew the campus well and didn't need/want to attend one of the Red Carpet Days. I wish I had though because it sounds useful and fun and hey you get to...

It's 2013, y'all. Whether or not you believed the Mayan prophecy, that the world was going to end on December 21, it didn't and now it's back to the real world. A new semester of school brings new classes, new people, new activites, lots of new changes! I like the beginning of the semester because...

What would you like to see in a care package from home? What are your all-time favorite things that you have either received, or would like to receive, in a care package? This question was posed to us recently and I definitely want to respond to it! In a bunch of materials for parents about what to...

This Saturday (Oct 20), is Hoosier Hysteria and if you don't know what that is, its basically a big pep rally to honor, celebrate, and get excited for the start of men's and women's basketball season. There's special performances by the team, player introductions, and other special surprises.  It...

Homecoming week is coming up next week, it officially starts on Monday (Oct 1st), and besides the big football game against  Michigan State on Saturday the 6th, there are also a lot of other events happening throughout the week. Many organizations like UNION BOARD and the STUDENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION...

I've found that when I go back to my room between classes, I'm not that productive. Sure, I mean to do homework, but my bed looks so cozy and I'm so tired..... so yeah that homework doesn't get done until later.  This is especially bad on Mondays and Wednesdays because I have one class at 9:30 and...

Yesterday at the Student Involvement Fair in Dunn Meadow, you might have seen me or my fellow student authors at the WeAreIU.com table. By the time I left the fair at 1:00, we had over 150 people who were interested in being a student contributor, and many more people who had heard of the website...

I made this video to give some advice about dormlife and the dining halls at IU. If you have any questions about a specific dorm or anything else, feel free to leave a comment! I promise to respond. You can also follow me on twitter @ally_lilly24. I tweet alot about IU, especially IU basketball! I...