"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
Picture 4: Title: Radio Station Art Collector’s Name: Unknown Collection Location: IU Folklore Archives in the IU Archives in Wells Library. Date Collected: 1990’s (?) Genre: Music party art Context: A WIUS flyer about a get together every Wednesday night Continue Reading …
Picture 5: Title: Radio Station Art Collector’s Name: Unknown Collection Location: IU Folklore Archives in the IU Archives in Wells Library. Date Collected: 1990’s (?) Genre: Music party art Context: This flyer is an WIUS product about a sponsored daily Continue Reading …
Item 4: Sashi’s College Dictionary – “Wambamslam” In this issue Aveh Sile, the artist, is defining the word “Wamblamslam” as the feeling you get when you walk in on your roommate having sex.
Item 4 Comic created by Emily Hartsay, 1990s. This is a comic strip from a student zine. The creator of this comic was Emily Hartsay. The collector’s name is the Collins Column. This comic could have started out as a 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 …
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 …
Rafael’s musical folklore Text 1: ”Unbeweavable” Here is a link displaying one example of student folklore music distributed in the cyber realm. This video was performed by the Gamma Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. It was posted Continue Reading …
Text 2: “Trapped In the Closet Greek Style” Here is a link displaying an example of student folklore music distributed in the cyber realm. This musical video was made by the Gamma Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Continue Reading …
Text 2 Toast from Delta Delta Delta Now we ask, O God of might Keep our crescent over bright; Help us our noble aim to keep, And bless our friendship bond so deep Context: This song emphasized that members of Continue Reading …
aymi’s frat songs Text 1 Original Collector: Marti Neal Title: “There are No Chi Omegas at Purdue” Year: September 24, 1968 Oh there are no Chi Omegas at Purdue Oh there are no Chi Omegas at Purdue So the Beta Continue Reading …