Hoosier Lyss

Hello!! I'm Alyssa Andrews, a sophomore at the greatest school ever, Indiana University.  You Might know me as Hoosier Lyss.  Before I got here, I went to Center Grove High School.  My hometown is Greenwood, and let me tell ya, it's the best place to come home to.  Nothing beats 135.  I thought I'd...

What?! Absolutely not.  The truth is, Indiana University has the toughest rushing system as far as the ladies go.  That’s okay, it’s part of what makes us special and top notch.  While I LOVE all my best friends in sororities, you shouldn't feel like it is the only way to survive the social world of...

  I call these the infamous four.  Whether we’re guilty ourselves of making these statements or it comes from the mouths of students around us- it’s nothing we haven’t heard before. Normally, it’s my style to explain what I have to say through lengthy, yet well-thought-out paragraphs that combine...

  When I was younger, I could sit through a wedding and not cry.  When I was younger, I would laugh if an adult yelled at me.  When I was younger, I needed my daddy to check my closet before I could fall asleep…  Because when I was younger, my third-grade heart wasn’t yet equipped with the emotional...

Welcome Week wasn’t everything upperclassmen cracked it up to be, nor did it make your wildest dreams come true?  Lost yourself in the shuffle the first couple weeks of classes?  What if we could hit the restart button? The good news is, you can hit that button; your Welcome Week experience will be...

10 defining moments.  7 critical choices.  5 pivotal people.  These are the three types of external factors you use to trace who you have become in this life, according to Dr. Phil.  I’ll never say I’m not much of a sap-artist.  Because I am… and I also just made that word up. Why not?  It’s a...

The good news is, if you have a question, the kid next to you is probably wondering the same thing.  And the better news is, if you ask me, I’ll tell you everything I know.  Lately a lot of 2016 freshman have been asking for my opinion on dorms.  This is not the freshman orientation version of the...

The good news is, no matter who you were up until senior year of high school, college is your place to start over!  It’s not too often in life we get redos, but your freshman year is specifically reserved for that. Get ready to let go :) I’m glad you were the captain of your state winning football...

I know we graduate a lot of talented, successful, innovative students from IU every single year, but the good news is- WE ADD THEM EVERY YEAR TOO!  The class of 2016 is on fire with Ian Johnson of Ohio and Quentin Purtee-Jamerson (from my hometown, Center Grove).  Can you say HELLO PARTY...

Starting something new today, and from this point on- All of my blogs will begin with good news... that isn't followed by bad news or some cheesy pun with subliminal advertising lol... SO! The good news is today is a new day!  Yesterday is behind you.  Take advantage of the new day and do something...

I remember the first time I made cereal.  It was for my daddy, and as a little girl, I was pretty impressed with myself.  A little later on in life, he tells me the story of the time I made him Lucky Charms.  Little did I know, I mixed those miniature marshmallows in water, not milk.  I went to...