By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer amandakayeleanor@gmail.com ¡Hóla, estudiantes! I’m a writer, bicyclist and adventurer. I believe that travel is crucial to fulfilling the human spirit. We live in exciting times where instead of deeming ourselves Americans we can call one another people of world. I started writing creatively at a young age – mostly poetry
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By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer amandakayeleanor@gmail.com The IU South Bend theatre department is buzzing with excitement as they prepare for the annual spring production. This spring, the IU South Bend Theatre and Dance Company, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Theatre Justin Amellio, will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Performances will
By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer amandakayeleanor@gmail.com New York City is a place of bustling beauty, architecture, trash, traffic and getting stuck in elevators. It is a place that everyone should experience in their lifetime. I recently ventured to New York City for the very first time with the good company of my fellow writer Jordan
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 play a role in forming our expectations for certain everyday experiences. Take the classic trope of being trapped in an elevator. We
By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer amandakayeleanor@gmail.com 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 Cataldo had celebrities hydrated for every awkwardly posed step. Cataldo, an IU South Bend visiting lecturer in scene design, owns IndigoH2O, an artisanal line of
By: AMANDA BARNETT Staff Writer amandakayeleanor@gmail.com 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 history, michianamemory.sjcpl.org. The St. Joseph County Public Library has had the website available to the public since last spring. The new collection, which was
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 by Miley Cyrus, Kanye West and Madonna. “Molly” and “Ecstasy” are both forms of MDMA or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Molly typically refers to MDMA
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. The program is ten days long and lasts from March 14 to 23. Scott Sernau, a professor of sociology, is leading the trip. He
