JennaOlson

Hey all!  I'm Jenna Olson, a recent IU alum!  I proudly hale from St. Louis, Missouri; the city with an arch, the Cardinals, and a high crime rate.  I spent the last three years of my life in Bloomington, where I double majored in Legal Studies and Technology Management at the Kelley school, and...

As May was nearing, I paid close attention to the Graduation Checklist I received in the mail.  Officially having graduated, I can frankly say that graduation checklist was not comprehensive enough.  There were a few things left off... a few things that would have been really great to know... Get...

I feel like I really have this college thing down, after all it's my last year so it's probably about time.  I have a secret though--I was a totally incompetent freshman.  I arrived in Indiana having no idea where Bloomington was actually located within the state, how to use my meal points to avoid...

In most situations, front-row seats are desirable... not at the opera.  I may have accidentally purchased front row tickets to Candide.  Thank goodness it was in English, because otherwise I would have been looking straight up at the super-titles for three hours.  Instead, I got an up-close and...

As my last semester at Indiana is rapidly coming to a close, I can't help but reflect on all the spectacular times I have had here; from living in the dorms freshman year, basketball games, the annual Hutton Honors Ball, Little 500, ICore, to attending roommates' dance recitals--all of those...

It seems appropriate on the eve of the first Hunger Games movie to reminisce about the previous magical novel adaptations that were also eagerly anticipated by crazed fans.  No, I am not talking about Twilight, as dreamy as Edward may be.  I speak of Harry Potter.  There was something so wondrous...

American poet, Maya Angelou once stated, "I believe that every person is born with talent".  I wholeheartedly agree. However, when it came to distributing musical talent, the talent fairy skipped right over me.  I have a fair amount of talent: I am really good at making vegetables taste good,...