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My favorite Btown eats!
Making myself extremely hungry as I write this...Bloomington Bagel CompanyLocation: Dunn Street off KirkwoodI LOVE BAGELS. BBC is the place to get bagels in Btown. You can choose from a plethora of...
View ArticleFive Strategies To Be More Productive In College
Productive. That is one adjective that almost all college students wish they could use to describe themselves on a daily basis. Maybe you don’t even need to be productive on a daily basis. Maybe you...
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Affording your four years at IU: Tip #1
College is expensive. From tuition to housing to meal plans, the costs just keep racking up. After spending four years at IU, I've learned a few things about getting the most for your money and saving...
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My senior year bucket list
Every year before school starts I make a list of all the things that I hope to accomplish before summer comes again. This year for me is especially important because I will be a senior! That means I...
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Why LAMP should be on your radar
Are you majoring in liberal arts, but worried about marketing your skills to employers? Are your favorite courses discussion-based? Have any Kelley credits under your belt, but not sure what to do with...
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Affording your four years at IU: Tip #2
My dad always told me that with each year comes more responsibility. Meaning: I would work more, pay for more and plan more. This was his way of nudging me out of the nest. My dad was a huge advocate...
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Do you have a portfolio?
A portfolio can be made of physical content and photographs, or it can be completely digital for everyone's access. Online portfolios are becoming more and more common, and it's a great way for you to...
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Summertime blues: 5 things to do when you're missing IU
I'm what they call an "out-of-state" student. I was born and raised in a small town in northern New Jersey and when I decided to go to college far away from home, I never thought I would fall in love...
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What if my roommate isn't my best friend?
I was coming into IU from out of state, with no possibility of weekend trips home, no preparation for the unpredictable Indiana weather and no friends. So I felt pressured to find the perfect roommate....
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Affording your four years at IU: Tip #3
I graduated from college debt free thanks to my parents. They opened a 529 plan for me when I was just a little girl. Bonds were bought in preparation of my four years, checks were written specifically...
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Affording your four years at IU: Tip #4
The eats at IU. Just in time for the August 1st deadline to change your meal plan. Go standard. For those of you who are moving into the dorms, it's obviously essential that you have a meal plan. My...
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Affording your four years at IU: Tip #5
Utilize your student activities fee. Every semester you pay $101.79. This fee allows students to take advantage of opportunities all over campus for little to no cost. Yes, adventuring off campus is...
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Digital Literacy: Create and Communicate
It's your turn! The last post in this series on Digital Literacy was about evaluating digital information sources. This post is about creating and communicating information in the digital world....
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The What's and Why's of Schools App
Of all the emails you receive as an incoming freshman to IU, one you should pay close attention to is the link to the mysterious “private community”. With all the other forms, links, and things you...
View Article4 songs that will make you proud (& pumped) to be a Hoosier
As Stevie Wonder once said, "Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand." Music brings people together and expresses things that sometimes, words just can't. Since I've been...
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Making the Most of My Senior Year: My Promise
This is officially the first week of my senior year and this past month I have excessively thought about how I wanted to make it the best year I have ever had in Bloomington. Many of my friends, that...
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Get to know Canvas
IU's online learning environment, Oncourse, is on its way out. It might, in fact, be gone by the time this post is published. Canvas is already here!First, if you've used Oncourse in the past and have...
View ArticleCollege Advice from a Recent Graduate
I stepped foot on Indiana University’s campus in the fall of 2011 a shy, intimidated and wide-eyed 18-year old. I ventured away from my hometown of St. Louis, and I knew exactly two people on campus....
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Building a Website on a Budget
Last month I talked about why you need an online portfolio, and all of the tools available to you in order to create one. However, this month I wanted to expand on these tools. Not everyone is...
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Ultimate Residence Hall Guide: Eigenmann
Welcome to Eigenmann!Get ready for the best year of your life. Living in college dorms is truly a once in a lifetime experience. No matter which IU neighborhood you end up in you will have roughly 50...
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