Bloom Archives
Tag: Mike Leonard
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From Horrors to a New Life: A Bloomington Success Story Because the U.S. Took In Vietnamese Refugees
BY MIKE LEONARD For 18 years, clients have patronized The Nail Studio on South College Mall Road and most have received salon services from…
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Indiana University Hopefuls Set Their Sights on Summer Olympic Games
BY MIKE LEONARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL D. DICKBERND For athletes who compete in Summer Olympic sports, the quest to get better never ends. They…
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Chuck Crabb: Announcer
BY MIKE LEONARD Chuck Crabb, the “Voice of Assembly Hall,” says he’s had many mentors and influences over the years, with none more important…
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Cover Story: Masters of the Music School (Photo Gallery)
Five of the celebrated artists who helped make the Jacobs School of Music America’s best and brought great esteem to Indiana University BY MIKE…
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Freda Love Smith: Former B-town Rocker Now a Book Author
BY MIKE LEONARD Freda Love Smith acknowledges that she began writing her first book with a concept not fully baked. “It was going to…
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Hank Walter: Executive Director of the Indiana Memorial Union
BY MIKE LEONARD Over the past decade, it became a tradition in Hank Walter’s family to visit Bloomington at least twice a year and…
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BPP Launches Major Fundraiser with Plan to Buy Its Building
BY MIKE LEONARD At the Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP) Annual Gala in late August, Producing Artistic Director Chad Rabinovitz announced two surprises. The first…
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Feature Story: Iraq War Veteran Mike Ogden
BY MIKE LEONARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY TYAGAN MILLER Two days into his deployment in eastern Baghdad in October 2006, United States Army Major Mike Ogden’s…
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Guy Loftman: Radical
BY MIKE LEONARD Guy Loftman smiles after reminiscing about his undergraduate years at Indiana University from 1963 to 1967, when he was a co-founder…