Bloom Archives
Jon Vickers
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The McRobbies: How Their Worldviews Shape Indiana University—And How IU Has Shaped Their Lives (COVER STORY)
On July 1, 2007, Australian native Michael A. McRobbie became the 18th president of Indiana University. Bloom Executive Editor Carmen Siering sat down with…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: How True Was ‘Breaking Away’?
As part of Bloom’s Greatest Hits and in anticipation of this season’s Little 500 bicycle race, we look back at this story published in…
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100 Reasons to Love Bloomington (August Cover Story)
BY CARMEN SIERING WITH BARB BERGGOETZ & ELISABETH ANDREWS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE CAGLE It’s a wonderful town. It was no easy task honing down the…
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Feature Story: Bloomington’s Own Middle Coast Film Festival
BY JANET MANDELSTAM There are plenty of film festivals, but Jessica Levandoski and Chelsea Sanders thought the world needed one more — right here in Bloomington. There’s no rule that…
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How True Was ‘Breaking Away’?
BY MIKE LEONARD Late last summer, a British film reviewer professed his love for Breaking Away, the Academy Award-winning 1979 movie set in Bloomington…
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IU Cinema Attracting Big Names and Big Audiences
BY DANIELLE PAQUETTE This April, Meryl Streep — yes, the three-time Oscar-winning actress (who is married to Don Gummer, a sculptor from Indianapolis) —…