Bloom Archives
Category: Our Town
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David Polly: Paleontologist
As a professor of geological sciences at Indiana University, David Polly uses the past to divine our climatic future. Polly studies how vertebrate animals…
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Emily Herr: Canine Therapist
This past summer, if you paid a visit to Bloomington Animal Care and Control, chances are you would find Zeus, a 1-year-old white pit…
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Dashel Oliver: Hockey Player
Thirteen-year-old Dashel Oliver says he doesnât know when he started playing hockey, just that heâs been on skates and chasing pucks for as long…
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Yaël Ksander, City Communications Director
As a broadcast journalist, YaĂ«l Ksander estimates she has interviewed more than 7,000 people. Now that sheâs been appointed communications director for Bloomington Mayor…
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Caleb Poer: Political Activist
Caleb Poer, 17, admits there was a time when he wasnât politically aware. âI donât remember thinking about politics until Barack Obama was running…
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Carter Whitson: High School Football Coach
It hardly seems likely that a former Big Ten coach would tackle the coaching duties of a high school football team, but thatâs exactly…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Talisha CoppockâCommunity Leader
The Bloomington downtown of today is nothing like the downtown of Talisha Coppockâs IU student days. Back then, she says, the downtown was practically…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: James Alexander ThomâHistorical Novelist
James Alexander Thom, acclaimed historical novelist, has the wispy white hair and bushy beard of a biblical prophet. In fact, he jokes that he…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: Jeannine BellâProfessor
Jeannine Bell is an expert at reminding Americans about a topic many of them would rather forget.