"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 3: Big Mouth Subs Graffiti Artist: Jetene Location: Big Mouth Subs, 2007 Context: This work of Graffiti can be found at Big Mouth Subs on Third Street. This was done by a true graffiti artist. The owner got tired Continue Reading …
Heidi’s AIM art themes Item 1: Art Themes Art Themes allowing the AIM live chat box to be personalized to represent one’s own personality, hobbies, obsessions, artistic ability or lack there of: http://www.picgames.com/perl/scat?cat=Art Using this site along with the two Continue Reading …
Megan’s photos of IU Dance Marathon, 2005: Started at IU by Jill Stewart in 1991 in honor of Ryan White, AIDS victim and activist, and modeled after the Penn State Dance Marathon, this event is the 2nd largest student-run philanthropy Continue Reading …
This is Matt Text 1: “Little 500 Interviews” Collection Location: Day party at Smith and Grant Date Collected: April 11th, 2008 Informant: Josh Pardue. Age 22. IU senior Title: Little 500 Interview Date: April 11th, 2008. What did you know Continue Reading …
Text 2 Original Collector: Tom Geis Title: “Bawdy Fraternity Songs” – Pi Kapp Raiders Year: December 14, 1973 We are Pi Kapp raiders Raiders of the night Dirty son of a bitches We’d rather fuck than fight Singing highty, tighty, Continue Reading …
Text 3 Original Collector: Charles Betz Title: A Collection of Drinking Songs from the Theta Chi Fraternity at Indiana University” – There are No Chi Phis at IU Year: October 27, 1971 There are no Chi Phi’s at I.U. Yes, Continue Reading …
Item 3 Kappa Sigma Idea Bank Link: http://brotherservices.kappasigma.org/php-bin/threads/ This is a webpage that is used entirely by Kappa Sigma members to voice ideas they have concerning most everything about their chapter. This page is used by many Kappa Sigma members Continue Reading …
Item 3: “Fxck Censorship” Collector’s name: Oliver Evans Collector’s location: Nicks English Hut in Bloomington Indiana Date collected: 1968 Genre/ subgenre: Political Graffiti (This is a recreation of the graffito, in the original collection.)
Item 3: Graffiti Date: Estimated 1990-Present Location: Railroad Tracks Graffiti Bridge is interesting because it, like the board and the mural, is a collaborative effort. And what is unique about this specific graffiti spot is that it is mostly done Continue Reading …
Picture 4: Date Collected: April 9th 2008 Location: Forest Center Building This piece of art work was created for informational purpose for residents. It seems to be created to convince students to be more environmentally friendly, showing facts and figures Continue Reading …