"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 Source: This was collected by me (Elise Suarez) in an informal Zoom interview with my friends and fellow IU students: Emilyann (Emily) Long, Cassie Ruch, Allyson McBride, and Harrison Sutton. The interview took place on Sunday, March 21, Continue Reading …
Item 3 Source: This was collected by me (Elise Suarez) in an informal Zoom interview with my friends and fellow IU students: Emilyann (Emily) Long, Cassie Ruch, Allyson McBride, and Harrison Sutton. The interview took place on Sunday, March 21, Continue Reading …
Text #5: Drunk Jenga (i) Source: Contributor: Molly Fagan Informant: Jacob Semester/Year: Spring, 2021 IU Bloomington MF: Okay, so I really don’t party very much so I’d consider myself out of the loop, besides beer pong or Cards Against Humanity Continue Reading …
Item 1 Source: This was collected by me (Elise Suarez) in an informal Zoom interview with my friends and fellow IU students: Emilyann (Emily) Long, Cassie Ruch, Allyson McBride, and Harrison Sutton. The interview took place on Sunday, March 21, Continue Reading …
Text #4: Zoom Room Blues (i) Source: Contributor: Molly Fagan Informant: Jacob Semester/Year: Spring, 2021 IU Bloomington (ii) Text: MF: So of course we’re all quite familiar with Zoom by this point, unfortunately [laughing], so I was wondering, have you Continue Reading …
Text #3: The Dumb Roommate (i) Source: Contributor: Molly Fagan Informant(s): Akilah R. and Kinsey H. Semester/Year: Spring, 2021 IU Bloomington (ii) Text: MF: So, I heard you mention this earlier, and it made me curious. Who’s Becky? KH: Okay, Continue Reading …
Text #2: “Talking Joe” (i) Source: Contributor: Molly Fagan Informants(s): Akilah R. and Kinsey H. Semester/Year: Spring, 2021 IU Bloomington (ii) Text: MF: So were you guys part of any clubs, or student organizations or anything? I’m just curious, because Continue Reading …
Text #1: The Kinky Professor (i) Source: Contributor: Molly Fagan Informant: Ashley Bochner Semester/Year: Spring, 2021 IU Bloomington (ii) Text: MF: Have you ever heard any funny, or crazy stories out there? I know that’s super general, but it could Continue Reading …
The Copypasta Meta On November 8th of 2020, Tumblr user violetsandshrikes responded to an ask from an anonymous user revolving around jokes about a popular character pairing of two characters from the show Supernatural known as Destiel. The user assumed Continue Reading …
Interview with Purdue Student Interview was collected from Purdue Senior Trent, 21. Trent has lived in Indiana for his entire life and has attended Purdue for his whole undergraduate career. Interview was conducted via Zoom. Full interview: Selected quotations “The Continue Reading …