Bloom Archives
Indiana University
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WTIU Celebrates 50 Years of Serving and Entertaining Viewers in Southern Indiana
When it began broadcasting on March 3, 1969, Indiana University television station WTIU had three employees, began its day with the national anthem, and…
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Sylvia McNair Back at WFIU Hosting Classical Music Show
When Sylvia McNair began hosting a new program of classical music on WFIU-FM in January, it was a homecoming of sorts. McNair worked at…
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Mary & Morris Hickman Foster Parents
In 29 years of foster parenting, Mary Hickman and her husband, Morris, helped raise 54 foster children alongside their own four children. Some of…
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Joel Stager Swim Coach & Researcher
Joel Stager has made a career of studying high-performance athletes, so one might assume the goal has been to help them win. But Stager,…
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Fresh, Local Food Available at Winter Farmers’ Market
While backyard gardens have largely shut down for the winter, fresh, local produce is within reach. Thirty-six vendors offer goods at the Bloomington Winter…
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Awful Cloth Student-Created Fashion Line
Even though he is just 19, Indiana University sophomore Charles Zayed has a history of marketing and selling things.
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MCPL Sensory-Friendly Films Mean No ‘Shushing’ Allowed
With the lights up and the volume down, the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) Autism & Sensory-Friendly Movie program flips all expectations of what…
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Baby Boomers—Five Times More Likely to Have Hep C
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in 2016 there were 2.4 million people living with hepatitis C in the United…
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The Life of Bob Hammel In a Movie and a Memoir
The subject of the upcoming WTIU and Naptown Media documentary Bob Hammel & Bloomington: A 50-Year Love Affair prefers asking questions to answering them.…