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IU-Bloomington Alumni ... Official "Reminisce" Thread!

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Some of the chatter in other threads got me thinking. I'd love to know what other IU alum (or even those who started at IUB but finished elsewhere) enjoyed the most about their Bloomington experience.

I was a Freshman in the fall of 1990, lived in Teter on Thompson 5.  Yes, THAT floor, the one that was notorious for lighting a couch on fire and shoving it out the window every year.  Well, it did happen again that year, but the mental midgets that did it failed to account for the fact that the new couches were actually too big to fit out the window.  They didn't realize that until after the couch was already propped up in the window and ablaze.  Good times.

Anyway, things I loved:

--Warm-and-Sticky's from Brad's (a desert for $3 that was loaded with everything you can imagine...and aptly named)

--Hoosier Hoagies from Dagwood's

--A Yard and some Leprechaun Wings from Irish Lion

--Getting distracted on the way across campus on a warm spring day and never making it through the arboretum

--The Walk of Shame from Forest, back when Forest was NOT Co-Ed

--Crossing those tracks behind Brownstone Apts every day for three years without fail, until the one day two honeys were walking behind me and I tripped and fell, sprawled across them (the tracks, not the honeys)

--Getting to rush down to Showalter after some HUGE basketball wins from 1990-1992

--Watching MEANINGFUL Indiana Football games

--Memberships at the IU Tennis Pavillion ... loved it until I fell and starting getting that surface crap under my skin

--Summers in Bloomington.  Period.

 

And others will pop into my head later I'm sure.  Looking forward to reading about your time at IUB!

 

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I worked at Read Dining Hall while I was at IU. One time we all went out, and decided to walk back from the bars through campus.

 

I got separated from my group for about 5 minutes and managed to find out they were near Showalter fountain. I walk up to the fountain and my boss is doing backstrokes and my best friend/roommate is riding on top of the mermaid.

 

My other friend/co-worker comes from behind me with a random bike and chucks it in the fountain. He exclaims "They can't park it here overnight anyways, it's illegal!"

 

Later on the walk home down 10th street, another co-worker picked up a traffic cone and sprinted down the street with the cone on his head. The IUB police then stopped us. The funny thing is, they recognized us from the dining hall and asked us if we worked there! (They came in often to eat). We got let off with a warning and eventually we got back to my apartment. One of the more eventful nights that I can remember at IU.

 

EDIT: The next day, I walked past the fountain and that bike had a pink citation slip attached to it.

 

Also, being at the IU/UK game is pretty close to the top of the list.

 

 

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So many. Drunken walks home from Bluebirds, Kilroys, and Sports.

 

Speaking of.... Rich Hardesty....

 

Intramural sports of all kinds... BB, flag football, floor hockey, volleyball, Euchre.

 

Watching Frat Row wipe out walking down N. Jordan on snowy winter days.

 

Watching "Hells Bells" hazing ritual at SAE.

 

Jimmy Fallon coming to our house, stone wasted, given us life lesson pep talks.

 

Dragon Express, Pizza Xpress, Dagwoods, Avers. Mooching food from girls with meal cards. Lol

 

Concerts....Wyclef Jean, Black Eyed Peas (before Fergie), De La Soul, Counting Crows, Rusted Root, Nelly (lol worst concert ever).

 

SRSC and HYPR pickup games.

 

Freshman year, we were at Frat party at Delta Chi, and 4 of us met a group of girls from Forrest. We were going to "walk them home". We all pit stop on North Jordan for a pee break. Little did I know we were directly across from the police station. I got to meet 2 lovely BPD that night. EVERYONE else ran away. That night went from great prospects to in a quick second.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ultimate frisbee, Bocce Ball, Cornhole in the large grassy area behind Sigma Nu.

 

Watching IU/Maryland 2002 in a packed Assembly Hall

 

Celebrating IU over Duke 2002 on Kirkwood

 

Storming campus the day Knight was fired

 

History of Rock N Roll with Glenn Gass??

 

 

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Natty and I were just texting about his upcoming visit, and the things that changed (and some that are the same in Bloomington).  It reminded me of this thread- wasn't sure if some of the newer posters had seen this :)

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In Bloomington '66-'70. Freshman year in Teter Thompson 2.

Just how darn beautiful that campus is.

The '67 football team and being in Pasadena on New Year's Day in 1968

Little 500 weekends

Crosstown Delicatessen long since gone.

Late night pizza at The Pizzaria on Kirkwood.

Tom Pickett's Music Shop across the street from Nick's and also long since gone

Fake ID's to get in the Pig 'N Whistle (like they ever really looked very hard)

Cheeseburgers and beer at Nick's but very seldom on a fake ID.  (They looked really hard.)

Stealing the Delta Gamma anchor and holding it until we got a DG serenade.

Free concerts in Dunn Meadow

Having kegger parties at of all places the Monroe County Police Lodge.

MIdnight kiss with my future wife in the Well House.

 

 

 

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Was there from the summer of 94 through 97 for my undergrad and then again 2000-2001. Started grad school and then 9/11 had me leave to go play for uncle sam (thanks Bin Laden)!.

Irish Lion for yards of beer

asking for my wife's hand in marriage at Well house.

Bob Knight getting fired and the big farewell in Dunn Meadow.

local bands at all the different venues around town. Bluebird, the upstairs, etc.

Human Sexuality 101 (not the lectures but the labs) :)

Riding my mountain bike all over B'town

Meeting and making friends from all over the world who came to study.

Going to the Operas and musicals.

Summer time in B'town.

Canoeing Monroe Lake and Lake Lemon.

 

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20 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

In Bloomington '66-'70. Freshman year in Teter Thompson 2.

Just how darn beautiful that campus is.

The '67 football team and being in Pasadena on New Year's Day in 1968

Little 500 weekends

Crosstown Delicatessen long since gone.

Late night pizza at The Pizzaria on Kirkwood.

Tom Pickett's Music Shop across the street from Nick's and also long since gone

Fake ID's to get in the Pig 'N Whistle (like they ever really looked very hard)

Cheeseburgers and beer at Nick's but very seldom on a fake ID.  (They looked really hard.)

Stealing the Delta Gamma anchor and holding it until we got a DG serenade.

Free concerts in Dunn Meadow

Having kegger parties at of all places the Monroe County Police Lodge.

MIdnight kiss with my future wife in the Well House.

 

 

 

I didn't realize Pickett's had a music store in Bloomington!  It's in Columbus now. 

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Grew up 40 miles from Bloomington, attended 89-91

Little 5 parties

Getting tear gassed during Little 5 riots

Feeling like a millionaire when I had enough money to spring for Mother Bears

Selling plasma at Sera-Tec to get said pizza money

Chili Bean Taco Company (they delivered Mexican food!)

Pizza Express cups

Having sociology class with Calbert Cheaney

Meeting most of the football team (Bernard Whittington and Steve Perkins lived on my floor- Foster Martin 3)

Walking through the Atrium in the spring

Scrimmaging against IU's rugby team (they destroyed us!)

Going to the Mini 500 (do they still have that?)

Bloomingfoods (the original behind Tracks)

Figuring out where to transfer from Campus bus to Bloomington bus

 

 

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In Bloomington '66-'70. Freshman year in Teter Thompson 2.
Just how darn beautiful that campus is.
The '67 football team and being in Pasadena on New Year's Day in 1968
Little 500 weekends
Crosstown Delicatessen long since gone.
Late night pizza at The Pizzaria on Kirkwood.
Tom Pickett's Music Shop across the street from Nick's and also long since gone
Fake ID's to get in the Pig 'N Whistle (like they ever really looked very hard)
Cheeseburgers and beer at Nick's but very seldom on a fake ID.  (They looked really hard.)
Stealing the Delta Gamma anchor and holding it until we got a DG serenade.
Free concerts in Dunn Meadow
Having kegger parties at of all places the Monroe County Police Lodge.
MIdnight kiss with my future wife in the Well House.
 
 
 

How were the horse and buggy routes before they made roads and had bus routes?


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35 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:


How were the horse and buggy routes before they made roads and had bus routes?


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Wouldn't know.  We rafted down the Jordan River.  :103:

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I spent one final summer in B-town (1991) to finish up my coursework. 
My girlfriend and I walked to the Trojan Horse 3-4 times a week for lunch. Man, I loved that place! 

It’s being renovated now- new owners took over this summer. Love their saganaki!


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Love that this was pseudo-revived this fall!

 

My daughter is now knee-deep in the college search and as much as i had hoped Indiana would be on her radar, sadly it is not.  It's amazing how poorly Indiana sells itself, comparatively speaking.  Her visits to UK and Auburn were INCREDIBLE...IU was ... meh.  To be fair, for what she wants to do Indiana is not a top-tier school, so they had a lot of ground to make up anyway.  But no ground was made up at all, unfortunately.

 

My stories and positive B-town experiences could only go so far with her!

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