Orientation

At orientation, we all received a "Must Do at IU: A Bucket List for the True Hoosier" with a list of IU traditions, big and small, to experience before graduation. As my first year comes to an end (where did the time go?), let's look at some items I can cross off my bucket list.  Go on a late night...

E.E. Cummings once wrote, "Be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else. It means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."  I was reading one of the other blogs that was written by Chelsie and I...

My first day of orientation this summer was not a particularly good day. It was hot, I was finally realizing that coming to IU meant leaving my best friends, and my English muffin at the Hampton Inn that morning had been particularly dry. So when the orientation leaders corralled us into the IU...

Hello yet again my wonderful blog fans. I have now been in Peru for about two weeks and must say that thus far it has been a wonderful experience. If any of you have interest in a study abroad program, I would highly recommend pursuing it. I spent the past week getting oriented to the new school and...

(This is a long post, but it's very important!) What’s the fastest, least painful way to remove a band aid? You rip it off quickly and soon forget about the “Ouch!” it leaves behind. I don’t mean for this to sound harsh, but going to college is the exact same way. Constantly visiting home is one of...

Woo! So the time is finally here--we're in the midst of Welcome Week, and the last full week of relaxation and no responsibilities! I'm trying my best here at Willkie South to feel at ease and happy about this last week.  So far I've been watching movies, hanging with friends, and generally sitting...

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 remember very vividly the summer before my freshman year of college. Sitting in my room one night I thought to myself, "things are never going to be the same." I know...that's some deep stuff right there! It was very true though. This is a big change. I mean, being a college freshman...that's...

As the countdown to move-in day winds closer to single digits, empty boxes are going to need to be filled for your new home on campus. You’ve got your extra-long twin sheets, enough highlighers to last until graduation, and bulletin boards ready to be covered in first-year memories. However, there...

Well...it's that time of year again! Thousands of new students are getting their fall housing assignments. Some are elated! Their room isn't on the very top floor and, judging by their random roommate's Facebook page, they won't be living with a psycho! Others aren't worried about their roommate...