By: REBECCA GIBSON

As I move steadily toward graduation, I reflect on why we are here at IU South Bend. Eventually, we all have to move on to other things, such as getting a job in which to use the skills we learned here, or in some cases, to pay off our student loans....

By: KRISTINE BAILEY

You can’t get experience without getting a job, and you can’t get a job without experience....

By: REBECCA GIBSON

The third performance of the Michiana Monologues this past Saturday marks the second and final year of my participation in this wonderful show. I plan to graduate in December, and after graduation my plans will hopefully take me far away, rendering me ...

By: Joseph Jackmovich

Student housing is in its second year at Indiana University South Bend, and it already seems hard to remember what it was like without it....

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I was disappointed by the 17 February article encouraging readers to not idle their vehicles. There was a glaring error that made me read the article twice over to try to spot any other mistakes, and ruined the credibility of the author in my mind....

By: JENN ZELLERS

Two week ago, I boarded a plane for Los Angeles, CA to do two things. The first was to confront my fear of amusement park rides. And the second was to make an annual trek to one of those fan conventions. Yes, I’m not afraid to admit my inner geek...

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Two new people are now involved with the operation of the River Crossing residences. On December 1, 2009, student housing at IU South Bend was transitioned from Administrative and Fiscal Affairs to Student Affairs and Enrollment Management....

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New on-campus student housing at IU South Bend opened in the fall of 2008 in the form of the beautiful River Crossing residences. Ever since, the campus has been integrating student housing into student life activities and programs for academic success. P...

By: REBECCA GIBSON

As emotions fly as high as Santa’s reindeer this season, thoughts do not automatically turn to being polite. However, etiquette is there to make sure that we all enjoy ourselves. Here are five handy tips to make this season bright:...

By: KRISTINE BAILEY

Reduce, reuse, recycle and rot: these are the tips the folks at earthteam.net encourage holiday shoppers to remember. Sounds pretty glamorous, eh? Consider the alternative…...

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This is my final semester as student and editor at IU South Bend and it is both happy and sad for me. I have made so many friends here that I know I will keep in touch with for many years and I have been able to do so many great things because of working ...

By: KRISTINE BAILEY

Although this is a campus paper that speaks to campus issues, it is time to take this page global, if only for a week. In the spirit of thinking globally and acting locally, one upcoming event definitely fits. Just as knowing, how things were different in...

By: JENN ZELLERS

Getting up at 4:30 a.m. is literally, for the birds. As I dreamt away my Thanksgiving dinner, hundreds of hurried shoppers, honking cars and fender benders staked their chairs (and tents) outside popular brick-and-mortar stores....

By: KRISTINE BAILEY

It’s that time of year, when the parties begin. Thanksgiving, the feast of all feasts, is coming up fast. Soon after, the semester ends, and then the winter holidays. Celebrating to keep warm and well lit, as the days grow shorter and darker, really...

By: REBECCA GIBSON

Whether you are in IU South Bend’s River Crossing Apartments, or in any of the other local apartment complexes, you have probably encountered your share of bad neighbors.  ...

By: Jay VanderVeen

Every semester, I tell the students in my Human Origins course that they will see a front page story in the New York Times on some aspect of archaeology or paleoanthropology.  I am able to do this not because I can predict the f...

By: REBECCA GIBSON

Many times I have caught myself thinking, “I’ve paid for this computer lab time out with my technology fee. I’m going to get my money’s worth!”  I’m sure I’m not the only one who has this thought, especially ...

By: BRANDI MILLER

Travelling several years ago, at the Houston airport on my way to California I walked past the gift shop and noticed  several shirts, hats, mugs, and other  items that had BUSH on them. It was something I have never seen before, but since I was ...

By: REBECCA GIBSON

“When someone says, ‘I’m not a feminist, but…’ what they really mean is that they are,” said Susan Douglas, at the annual Ana Plamondon Lecture at St. Mary’s College.  ...

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  I would like to begin by thanking you for the article on the re-organization that lead to the establishment of the College of Health Sciences at IU South Bend.  I appreciate your interest and attention to the health professions, particularly s...