In-State Students

This is my first blog post!! So I'm just gonna talk a little bit about myself... I'm Audrey. Freshman. Indiana native. and super excited to be here at IU! Some real quick Audrey Facts: I value coffee almost as much as oxygen. almost. eyeliner, nail polish,and glitter. all great things. puppies,...

At the beginning of this semester, I was hired as a Student Ambassador to write content for Freshmansupport.com, a website geared towards helping students like you learn more about prospective colleges. Over a two-week span, I spent over 20 hours researching and writing about IU. On this website,...

The Hunger Dating Games are brutal at IU. Dating at IU is nearly impossible. Not fully impossible, but it’s hard. My high school sweetheart of three years broke up with me in early October of my freshman year (October of 2009, I’m old) and it took me two years to get over it (until October of 2011)....

So I missed Welcome Week because I moved into my apartment Thursday and Friday (boo). That means the first week of classes (which ended today) was my Welcome Week. I'm so glad to be back on campus. I had a great and busy summer but I've missed Bloomington. The first weekend back in B-Town I had the...

    Hi everyone, hope your first week of classes are doing great!  I'm in the Kelley Living Learning Center and on the day before the official move-in date, we took a tour of Assembly Hall. When we got to the area where they hold all the basketball trophies, Tom Crean came out and surprised us all...

Hey guys! These are just a few of my suggestions to make your fall semester great! Whether you do one of these activities, all, or none, take it all in, explore, enjoy, and celebrate the fact that you now live in one of the coolest places on Earth! 1) Connect with a professor in office hours—they’re...

My freshman year, I spent Monday-Friday from 9am to 9pm on the blue-lined Marching Hundred Practice field located in Assembly Hall's North parking lot. I missed almost the entirety of Welcome Week and only made it to things that happened after 9 pm that I wasn't too exhausted to go to. That being...

I don't know why I titled the end of this "4 Lyfe", but I figured I'd be stupid and misspell something and use a number to make it look cool instead of a word. Anywho, the Indiana Promise is a commitment incoming freshman (and subsequently, transfer students) take during the Freshman Induction...

I know, we have all been there; boxes line the walls of the bedroom lived in for the past 19 years old, your mom cries each time she sees the bare walls and empty picture frames, and your younger sister plans out where the couch goes for her "special her room." Packing is a painful, sad, and...

Hey guys! It can be quite a challenge balancing work, school, friends, and student activities, especially during the beginning of something as new as college. As a fellow student with a very hectic schedule, I've jotted down a few tips here that I myself use to keep my life a bit more organized--...