"Folklore of Student Life" holds the accumulated wisdom and wit of several IU undergraduate classes and of a good many IU undergraduates, all focused upon the folklore -- those shared avenues of creativity and expression -- that is part of the college experience at Indiana University. This website is a joint production of Prof John McDowell and his students in a number of undergraduate classes
Item 2: Sharpie mural created on student’s living room wall Date: 2007-2008 Location: Student Apartment The art mural was created by an unknown number of students. Dry erase board was tacked onto the wall in the living room of a Continue Reading …
Game 2: Flip Cup Date Collected: April 10, 2008 Flip Cup is another non-official game/sport played among college students. This particular game I only observed, but was informed that there is pretty much one standard set of rules. From watching Continue Reading …
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Item 2: Party invitation This picture was created by Dane Hoover using the Facebook.com application Graffiti. The application works a lot like a computer paint program using a computer mouse to draw. Creative expression is used here, and with the Continue Reading …
Item 4: Pizza Box Drawings at Baked Location: Baked on 7th street. Context: This was a really cool piece of folklore art. When walking into Baked on 7th street, you can’t help but notice the wall-to-wall covering of pizza boxes Continue Reading …
Collected from an article written by Natalie Huffine, an IU student from at least 3 years ago. The article was written for The Tab, a tabloid-style publication tailored to college students. This particular branch of The Tab is written by Continue Reading …
Item 2: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201099269&ref=nf Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Text: What does it mean to be a Zeta? It means excellence, courage, and love. It means purity and peace. For Zeta is truly like a dove. Continue Reading …
John’s Xanga sites Item 1: Xanga Personal Blog Xanga is a website similar to Myspace and Facebook. A good way to think about blog sites is that they are like the doors of a dorm room. In college, students decorate Continue Reading …
Text 7 A social worker asks a colleague: “What time is it?” The other one answers: “Sorry, don’t know, I have no watch.” The first one: “Never mind! The main thing is that we talked about it.” Context: From David Continue Reading …
Texts 8-11 Doctor jokes “Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the operation?” ”Yes, of course…” ”Great! I never could before!” “Doctor, Doctor, You’ve got to help me – I just can’t stop my hands shaking!” Continue Reading …