Hello everyone! It’s been awhile since we’ve ‘seen’ each other, but the blog is back! Now that the summer break is over and the semester is in full swing you’ll begin seeing more posts crop up. Have something you want to write about and share? Email your idea or post to me at… Read more »
“Self-Care” by Toby Huter
College in a pandemic. Adjusting to a new normal. Living through history. Will you please put your mask over your nose? These are just a few of the things we are all hearing on a daily basis if not multiple times per day. While this year has proved to be better than last year in… Read more »
A&H Council Interns: What is one thing you are looking forward to this semester?
For many of the interns they’ve, like most of us, spent the last two years indoors and finding themselves innovating on how to continue on with their daily life as normally as possible. With a new year comes new goals, aspirations, and hopes. While we will likely have to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic for… Read more »
“What is the Place for Prison Education at the University Level?” by Oliver Nell
Prison education, especially entire degree programs, can be a polarizing discussion. For one, there are states in which these educational offerings are funded by taxpayer dollars—many rightly ask why they should be paying for the education of convicted criminals. And furthermore, of all people to be given a free education, should it really be those… Read more »
Cabinet of Curiosities: An Interview with Su A Chae
As part of the Spring 2022 Korea Remixed festival, “Cabinet of Curiosities” is the current exhibition (January 4-28, 2022) in the Cook Center Gallery featuring paintings by Indiana University alumna and adjunct professor of painting, Su A Chae. Chae received an MFA in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington and an MA and a BA in… Read more »
Call for Submissions
The Arts & Humanities Council is pleased to announce a call for submissions to its Student Perspectives blog, a space for student thoughts, reflections, and recommendations. We are particularly interested in highlighting a variety of opinions and experiences from within the IU community. Please refer to the following list for potential topics: A day in… Read more »
“HUSA” By Corey Jones
The History Undergraduate Student Association, or HUSA for short, is a place where students who are interested in history of any form can get together to share this interest. The club’s overall goal is to foster a greater sense of community between history students and faculty. Events at HUSA typically happen about twice a month… Read more »
“Academic Robes” by Corey Jones
For this upcoming First Thursday, tomorrow Nov. 4th, I was assigned to do research on the history of academic robes in light of the inauguration of IU’s new President, Pamela Whitten. First things first, academic robes have their earliest roots in the church. In early Medieval Europe, during the eleventh and twelfth centuries when the… Read more »
“Focus” by Oliver Nell
After graduating with my undergraduate degree in 2020, I took a year off from school. I had always wanted to go to graduate school at some point, and because of the pandemic and its effect on the economy, I figured now would be the best time. I have loved it so far. One thing I’ve… Read more »
Bringing Back the Bison
With the recent news that Indiana University is reviving the old Bison mascot for the College of Arts and Sciences, I thought that it would be interesting to research the history of mascots at IU. For the longest time Indiana University has been known as the Hoosiers, but what has represented the Hoosiers has long… Read more »