By: Grace Shymanski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, French and History, Bloomington The WRA Era, Extramural Era, and Association Eras Women’s Basketball continued to progress as a game and as the preferred pass time for collegiate women at Indiana. Organizations such as sororities, dormitories, and other unorganized groups of women continued to compete in basketball… Read more »
By: Grace Shymanski, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, French and History, Bloomington The inventor of basketball Dr. James Naismith once said: “Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport”. Hoosiers have loved basketball since it was brought to the state by Nicholas McKay in 1892, a year after its… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington After spending the first few months of my Mini 500 project deep in primary sources, at the start of the fall semester I decided to work toward placing my story in its larger context. This included reading about women’s experiences in American colleges since… Read more »
By: Jordan Siden, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2017, History, Bloomington I was after a story that would show me what life was like for former students at IU, how they related to the University, and how they related to each other. When I first proposed my topic to the IU Bicentennial department, the Mini… Read more »