Bloom Archives
Vietnam
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits: ‘The American Spectator’ Born and Bred in Bloomington
In this bastion of liberalism, a groundbreaking, impertinent campus magazine attracted the best conservative thinkers and writers of the day and spread its influence…
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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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Bloom’s Greatest Hits–Marc Haggerty: Activist
(From Bloom’s October/November 2012 issue) Marc Haggerty, 64, elder statesman of Bloomington’s counterculture, grew up hunting, fishing, and playing guitar in the countryside south…
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Three Poets Spreading the Power of Poetry (PHOTO GALLERY) (COVER STORY)
If you need a tonic to lift your spirits at this dismal time in our history, you should try poetry. It might even save…
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What Did You Do Last Summer? IU Athletes Taught Kids in Vietnam
With so much time devoted to training and playing their sport, student-athletes are seldom able to participate in typical college programs—things like service or…
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Charlotte Zietlow’s Book on Bloomington Tells How Ordinary Folks Can Change Government
Charlotte Zietlow is arguably Bloomington’s leading citizen, having served as a City Council member, Monroe County’s first female County Commissioner, and in countless other…