Bloom Archives
Nick Trombola
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Jose Mario Arango Violinist, Lawyer, Chef
Figuring out one’s life as a college freshman sometimes means there will be a few twists and turns along the way. But that doesn’t…
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Global Minded Project Expanding Horizons Through Travel
Even before she founded the Global Minded Project (GMP) last year, Bloomington native Malissa Waterford knew she wanted to bring two of her interests—travel…
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B-town Scores Perfect Again on Treatment of LGBTQ Community
BY NICK TROMBOLA Late last year, Mayor John Hamilton announced that the City of Bloomington received a perfect score of 100 in the 2017…
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Indiana Knives: A Little Shop For Pocketknife Enthusiasts
As a student at Indiana University, Indiana Knives owner Eric Ziliak, 25, never thought he’d open his own business. Ziliak, a criminal justice major,…
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The ‘Sugar Daddy’ Culture
Africa is a great unknown to most Americans, often thought of in monolithic terms rather than in terms of the diverse cultures, languages, and…
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Life Inside a Refugee Camp
As my colleague Victor and I traveled along the dirt road from the Ugandan city of Arua to the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement along…