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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Get to Know Me
I'm 20 years old and currently a sophomore undergraduate student studying Journalism and Business. On campus I report for the Indiana Daily Student newspaper and have been an intern at WFIU/WTIU for the past two semesters. This summer I'll be taking the biggest leap yet and interning with a media...
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Ways to Celebrate Halloween All Week
Even though I'm sure we're all still recovering from the crazy stress of midterms, don't forget that Halloween is coming up! There's just one weekend left to celebrate the holiday, and taking a break from homework/projects/tests/papers in order to get in some Halloween fun is a great way to...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Japanee Fire Footage From WTIU
For many Hoosier students, Japanee is a beloved sushi restaurant in downtown Bloomington. It's right on Walnut and across from Kilroy's, and a regular hotspot for dinner or late-night bites. Monday morning, there was a devastating fire at Japanee that closed down part of the street for a couple...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Sustainability and Composting at IU
The weather this week has been feeling more like fall than any other, and I got the chance to spend an afternoon outdoors enjoying the new cool temperatures and learning all about sustanability and composting at IU.  I met with Sara Swan, garden coordinator and a junior at IU, at Hilltop Garden...
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Making the Most of Your Classes
It's that time in the semester when classes are starting to get real. We're past the first few basic lessons and approaching test day, where I suddenly have to remember how to study after not prepping for an exam in over 3+ months.  What's great about this semester is that a lot of my classes relate...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
E-Texts Being Used More and More at IU
Last spring, after several semesters of pilot studies and trial periods, IU launched its E-Text Initiative, a program that provides digital versions of textbooks that are available to students online. Professors can choose to provide an e-textbook for their course as an option, and it seems more and...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Weekend Fun: Bloomington Farmers Market
Now that the semester has begun, most of us are busy going to class and meetings on campus during the week. This leaves the weekends as a great opportunity to get out in Bloomington and explore some of the local places, and that's exactly what I did this Saturday.  While many of us have just...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Incoming Freshman: Welcome to IU Bloomington Your Second Home
I've just returned from 8 weeks abroad with the journalism school's program, Summer in London. While away, I got the chance to visit Bath, Stonehenge, Canterbury, Dover, Oxford, and even Paris. But I'm here to tell you that no place compares to Bloomington.  As an incoming freshman just two short...
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Across the Pond: Studying Abroad at IU
  You will hear this a million times as a college student, and I will join the chorus that tells you: STUDY ABROAD. It has been nearly a week since I got to London and so far I am loving it. Despite the challenges of settling in, (like how to work the stove…where to buy food…how to work the bus...
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Saying Goodbye To Bloomington
The last roommates' dinner has been had...(Crazy Horse, a place downtown!) The boxes have been packed...(lots, and lots, and lots...more than I ever remember moving in!) Finals have finished...(and I survived and am officially a junior now, so strange) And now the only thing left to do is: Leave for...
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Monday, April 23, 2012
5 Ways To Do Little 500
I heard about Little 500 long before I set foot on campus. In fact, I heard about Little 500 before I even considered going to college at IU. (Granted, I am from Indiana so that's not hard to believe.) There's a movie about it (Breaking Away), so people all across the country are familiar with the...
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About The Author

Rachel Hartog Journalism Major, Class of 2014, Georgetown, IN

I am a journalism major and business minor and plan to graduate in May 2014. Some of my best experiences in life have been because of IU, including studying abroad, meeting great people, and having an awesome internship. 

After I graduate, I hope to get into the broadcast journalism field, either traveling as a field reporter or getting to cover local events. I'm still exploring what specific area interests me but am open to just about anything!

I am looking forward to sharing all of my experience and everything that makes IU such a great place to be on this blog!

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