Articles posted in May 2010

Top 10 Indiana University Traditions – #5 and #6
May 18, 2010

by Kent Sterling Indiana University was the sanctuary to which Leonard Bernstein came to compose music in the 1980s.  Hoagy Carmichael composed “Stardust” at the Gables across the street from the IU School of Law.  Johnny Cougar played the bars until 1980 when he made it big nationally as John Cougar Mellencamp.  REM came to […]

Top 10 Indiana University Traditions – #8 & #7
May 17, 2010

by Kent Sterling IU is known for so many things, at least to those who went there.  That little place near Maxwell Hall where co-eds are supposed to have their first kiss to ensure a happy life together (I should remember the name, but a small edifice that that launched so many doomed relationships shouldn’t […]

Top Ten All-Time Indiana University Traditions – 9 & 10
May 16, 2010

by Kent Sterling As a guy who spent 11 semesters at Indiana University without a single advanced degree to show for it, my area of expertise became culture at IU.  That’s not the kind of culture on display in the Union or Museums, but the stuff that kids do to make the days between Summer […]

Big Ten Adding Schools
May 11, 2010

by Kent Sterling There have been a multitude of recent reports, or really just one from a guy in Kansas City – a host from 810 WHB in Kansas City.  The reports are premature. There are nine schools being considered for invitation to the Big Ten Conference, according to a source close to the discussion. […]

Kent Sterling – Recovering Program Director
May 9, 2010

by Kent Sterling An interesting thing happens when you focus your attention on moving in a direction.  The first is that you move farther away from being the person you were before you started moving.  The second is that you get somewhere else more quickly than when you stood in one place.  That sounds elementary […]