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[carrotsandfeminism]

I am currently watching the Little Prince on Netflix, and got swept back to Welcome Week Freshman year (the book version was the theme) 

This story will always have a special place in my heart. It was my introduction to Collins LLC, and marked the first chapter in my adventures in Bloomington. 

The movie itself is fantastic (nostalgia aside) and I highly recommend y’all check it out. 

[the-starshiptrooper]

My dorm is seriously what it would look like if that stupid fucking tumblr university thing was true. 

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Collins LLC in World War II

Okay, so you’ve probably seen the pictures of sailors, both men and women, hanging out around Collins, or what was then known as the Men’s Residence Center. But if you’re like me, you have pretty much no idea what the Navy was doing around here. What did this University look like going through a war? And what the heck is a WAVE?!

Well, I’ve written a (quite lengthy) research paper about the USS Bloomington, and what a college education was like in the 1940s. If you care to flip through it (it’s got pictures!), I’ve posted it in Evernote, where you can view/download it without an account.

Here’s the link.

And thanks for reading - Jeneva, an old Collins historian

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“Sittin’ In”

“The Center of the Universe,

the Jens, Johns, Heathers, Stephs and

other assorted individuals in

tiedyes and black, hooped earrings and

draped cloth laugh in circles

of thoughts on gods, emotions,

measles and dance breaks out

to the music and telephones from

the windows near the library up high.

Monty intensely discusses knees with

cicadas adding an octave of closure

and safety to the bank of trees

that protect our thoughts and

connectedness to the concrete and

limestone slabs covered with

cigarette butts, poison ivy and

PUCK desert we call home.”

by Dan Rice

from the Collins Columns October 9, 1989

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Please don’t forget our old Brown and Greene Halls on the Hill. Built in the 1950s, named for the counties surrounding Monroe, became part of Collins in the 1980s, and closed in 2014.

Some photos from Collins yearbooks, a flyer from the Collins collection at the archives, and several photos are from an alumni’s Flickr page.

-Jeneva, the old historian

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Once upon a time, school started significantly later than it does now. Not only did classes start late in September, but registration for classes did not begin until what is now called Welcome Week, that week or so before classes. Sure, freshmen students applied and were accepted to IU months before, but you were not an official student until you physically showed up on campus and officially registered for classes. And, of course without the internet, paying your tuition and fees often involved long lines outside the registrar’s office.

Any freshmen out there? Not so long ago, you would have been expected to buy and wear green beanies, as a marker of your class. It was a common style on college campuses across the country, and a (perhaps) mild form of hazing.

Registration took place in the Men’s Gym/fieldhouse, now known as the SRSC/HPER gym, right across Woodlawn Field from Collins. Sometimes it also took place in the IMU or the IU Auditorium, also quite close to Collins.

All photos are from the IU Archives, as usual.

Have an awesome Welcome Week! -Jeneva, the ex-historian

[androidsfighting]

ok i was going through the collins tag and found your blog and im gonna live there next year and was just wondering if you think the rooms are nice? or if there are any problems or junk. thank you so much!

Hi sweetie! Sorry if this message is hella old, I only just saw it. The rooms in collins are really nice, especially the ones in Cravens and Edmondson. Every room has its quirks but they’re all pretty nice. The layout in smith is a little different and the closets are different as well, but storage space is fairly spacious and some of the rooms have bay windows which adds a little space. I’m sure you already know this but the one complaint that most people have is that the rooms don’t have air conditioning, and the radiators can be noisy, but other than that I really don’t have any complaints. Let me know if you have other questions and feel free to come off anon and chat!