Student life through the years
You’ll study a lot, but there’s much more to being a Hoosier. Here are some experiences of those who came before you.
2013 Students reach for packets of brightly-colored powder during a Holi celebration in the Collins Living-Learning Center courtyard. Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates the beginning of spring.
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1976 Now, students register for classes online. But for many years, students waited in line to sign up for classes in person.
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1942 Members of IU’s Women’s Auxiliary Training Corps (WATC) salute Col. Raymond Shoemaker. The group was created to train women for future roles in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) or the Naval Auxiliary Women Appointed for Volunteer Services (WAVES). during World War II.
1973 Students frolic in the rain in the Campus River that runs through IU’s campus. ARBUTUS FILE PHOTO
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2007 Senior Shannon Shields and Cesalie Black, whose brother is a patient at Riley Hospital for Children, dance to raise money during the Dance Marathon. Students participate in the annual event on the IU campus.
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2018 Senior Zixuan Wang plays the Pipa, a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument that sometimes called the Chinese lute during an event organized by Chinese Calligraphy Club at the Mathers Museum.
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1910 Arthur “Cotton” Berndt is the only IU athlete to have captained three different teams — baseball, basketball and football. He was inducted into the IU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.
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