The Preface

Staff Profile: Amanda Barnett

AMANDA BARNETT • April 14, 2015

By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer [email protected] ¡Hóla, estudiantes! I’m a writer, bicyclist and adventurer. I believe that travel is crucial to fulfilling the human spirit. We live in exciting...

Adults play the roles of children in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

AMANDA BARNETT • March 30, 2015

By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer [email protected] The IU South Bend theatre department is buzzing with excitement as they prepare for the annual spring production. This spring, the IU South...

New York, New York for the first time

AMANDA BARNETT • March 30, 2015

By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer [email protected] New York City is a place of bustling beauty, architecture, trash, traffic and getting stuck in elevators. It is a place that everyone should...

Stuck in an elevator

JORDAN RAE • March 25, 2015

The Preface takes Manhattan By: JORDAN RAE LUCAS Columnist @JordanRae017 I have said it before and I’ll say it again: pop culture prepares us for life. Movies and television, books and music all...

IUSB Professor lands his bottled water in 2015 Oscars gift bags

AMANDA BARNETT • March 3, 2015

By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer [email protected] It was a 500-foot walk down the red carpet at this year’s Academy Awards, one likely littered with flurries of flashbulbs and flattery. Yuri...

Civil rights and African American history mini-museum an online research tool for all

AMANDA BARNETT • February 24, 2015

By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer [email protected] IU South Bend is branching out into the community by helping to offer a website for everyone interested in local civil rights and African American...

Molly: The old drug with a new name

AMANDA BARNETT • October 9, 2013

Anonymous IUSB students talk about their experience with the drug By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer A drug known as “Molly” has been popping up in popular culture lately, referenced in songs...

Study abroad spotlight: Spring break in Costa Rica

AMANDA BARNETT • September 25, 2013

By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer This coming spring IU South Bend students have the opportunity to spend their spring break in Costa Rica. The theme is seeking sustainable development and wellness....

Student profile: Ambrosia LaFluer, roller derby girl

AMANDA BARNETT • September 18, 2013

By AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer Ambrosia LaFluer, 25, is a psychology major at IU South Bend, as well as an A-team roller derby girl. On the rink and by her fellow derby girls, she is known as Ginger Snapped.