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CrimsonCard now accepted at Blaze Pizza, with a catch

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu With a swipe of a CrimsonCard, students can now purchase Blaze Pizza, but there is a catch. CrimsonCard purchases outside of campus dining can only be used with money already deposited in a student’s CrimsonCash account. Dining dollars are not CrimsonCash. Instead, dining dollars only can be used on […]

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Performing Media Festival brings art and technology together

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer Art, music and technology combine together to create a technicolor wonderland for the Performing Media Festival. The Performing Media Festival kicked off in the campus Art Gallery this past Thursday night. The weekend-long festival celebrated New Media artists from around the world and within the community and showcased Integrated New […]

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Campus comic book panel features faculty, student work and theory

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The English and Fine Arts department are teaming up to bring a comic book panel to campus on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. in Fireside. This event is the brainchild of Kelcey Ervick, professor of English and Creative Writing. Ervick teaches Creative Non-Fiction Writing, where one of the […]

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Local transgender activist to speak at next QSA meeting

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu An opportunity to ask questions and show support to the LGBTQ+ community is coming once again to campus. Meghan Buell will be the second speaker of the Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) speaker series on local LGBTQ+ professionals. Buell is the founder of TREES, Inc. (Transgender Resource, Education And Enrichment […]

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The Quarry providing startups IU wide

By: Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The Quarry has recently been launched to IU South Bend. The program seeks to provide faculty and students with funding from the IU Philanthropic Venture fund and support with their startup ventures. “The Quarry is a support tool to help get IU intellectual property into the world and off […]

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Polar Vortex hits Potawatomi Conservatories

By: Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu As temperatures dropped to negative 20 degrees with windchill, the majority of those living in the Michiana area were affected by the aptly named “Polar vortex.” The majority of the new projects Emily Bradford, director at the Potawatomi Conservatories, had started, fell victim to the winter weather. The losses […]

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More student artwork to be put on campus

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu Josh Miller, gallery director for IU South Bend, is looking to spruce up the campus with current student work. The artwork will be placed over the summer, but Miller is currently looking for Fine Arts students to submit their work to be put on loan at IU South Bend. […]

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Bill Tourtillotte: For the love of print

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu Printmaking is an art form where almost any idea seems valid due to the political and social history the art has made throughout the centuries. Bill Tourtillotte, the professor behind printmaking at IU South Bend, has continued to nurture the many ideas students have while in the shop. Tourtillotte […]

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Deadlines approach for studying abroad during summer months

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The university is offering 10 study abroad trips for the summer. The deadline of Feb. 1 is quickly approaching. “Students need to apply by the deadline because we are making plane reservations. We are making reservations for accommodations. Also, if we don’t have enough students, we are not able […]

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Double or nothing: students taking on double majors

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu Double majoring is not a common choice for most students at most universities, but for some, the work that comes with it is worth it in the long run. Most students at IU South Bend who choose to double major are commonly in the Judd Leighton School of Economics […]