The Pad

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to weareiu.com. This is where I'm going to say a little bit about myself so readers can get acquainted with me and what I'm like. I don't really know what to say so I'll start with the basics:  My name is Jesse Bielasiak and I'm a freshman from Bloomington so you...

Alas, the year is coming to a close and so many things are going on. It's dead week now (the week before finals where projects/tests are supposedly non-existent) and everybody is pretty, well, dead. Little 500 is over, and the student body is tired--of school, of partying, of everything. My freshman...

There’s something great about big, state schools like IU. I think this is important to realize for both students and alumni who may take the joy of IU for granted, as well as for prospective students who may be considering lots of different types of colleges and universities. When I was applying to...

As a freshman, and a college student in general, you are bombarded by people who want to know what you are studying and what you want to do with your life. For both college and high school students, this is often a point of anxiety and intense worry--but it doesn't have to be. I came into college...