Indiana Alumni Magazine
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Reconnect with IU and your classmates with these articles, some of the most popular we've published in the Indiana Alumni Magazine.
- Favorite IU Places: What brings back cherished memories of one's college years more than that favorite spot on campus? Where is your favorite IU place? We asked, and you responded. (Jan/Feb ’08)
- What's a Hoosier?: Historians, poets, folklorists, politicians, and plain ol’ Hoosier folk have offered plenty of theories about the definition of Hoosier. But it's likely nobody knows what the term “Hoosier” means. Many of the tales of its origin are colorful but unlikely, and the modern-day connotations vary widely. (July/Aug ’92)
- A Rush of Hope: “I realized something beyond hell was happening,” says Dr. Joe Mamlin, Indiana University School of Medicine professor emeritus, who moved to Kenya upon his retirement in 2000. “I knew AIDS was everywhere, but to realize everyone was dying in enormous numbers gave you the feeling, ‘This is something historically very horrible going on.’” (March/April ’07)
- Pedaling Through 50 Years of Little 500 History: While entertaining guests at his home, Howard S. “Howdy” Wilcox heard roars from nearby Hickory Hall. When he walked over to investigate, he found a bicycle race in progress between the Hall's west and east wings—the six-day, 500-mile Hickory Hall “500.” The Hickory riders never completed their marathon race, but another race began to take shape in Wilcox’s mind. (March/April ’00)
- Living Memorials: Dedicated trees around the Bloomington campus are living memorials. They—like the generations of students who pass by—will always be the same age. (May/June ’10)
- Hoosier Diner: Ahhh, good tenderloin. What could be more Hoosier than that? Beyond tenderloin, though, is there such a thing as “Hoosier food”? (Nov/Dec ’05)
- Bond Beyond Life: Every year, thousands of people donate their bodies to science. The story of what happens at Indiana University Northwest, where Dot Purcell’s body ended up, is quite unusual. (May/June '11)
- Conflict & Conciliation: With today’s students more focused on résumés than revolution, many activists of the ’60s and ’70s still ponder those days of rage, when the ideas of alternative lifestyles, participatory democracy, anti-imperialism, and racial, gender, sexual orientation, and class equality blossomed. What does a generation of IU activists have to tell us about the importance and legacy of that era? (March/April ’06)
