Friday Rundown: Bloomington Transit to stop Night Owl bus service, Five takeaways from the south end zone complex construction at Memorial Stadium, Inaugural Ernie Pyle Day, IU Soul Revue to open for Bootsy Collins at Cincinnati Music Festival
Bloomington Transit to stop Night Owl bus service
Pictured is a bus stop July 25 outside the Sample Gates near Franklin Hall. As of Aug. 20, Bloomington Transit will stop its 6 and 9 Night Owl bus service.
Matt Begala
IU will continue to operate its own campus Night Owl service Friday and Saturday nights. Read more here.
Five takeaways from the south end zone complex construction at Memorial Stadium
Two construction workers stand outside the new south end zone complex July 25 at Memorial Stadium. Construction is set to be finished by the first home game of the season.
Matt Begala
Construction on the end zone is set to be finished by IU’s first home game of the 2018 season. Read more here.
Inaugural Ernie Pyle Day: what it means and how to celebrate
Sens. Todd Young, R-Indiana, and Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, announced a resolution to designate Aug. 3, 2018, National Ernie Pyle Day. Ernie Pyle was a journalism student at IU and was a war correspondent during World War II.
IU Archives
Ernie Pyle was an IU student, Indiana native and the first person to receive an honorary doctorate from IU. Read more here.
IU Soul Revue to open for Bootsy Collins at Cincinnati Music Festival
Musician Bootsy Collins speaks about the beginning of his career in funk music, stating, "It was hard not to use the word funk, because our whole situation was funked up." Collins spoke with Dr. Scot Brown from UCLA Tuesday evening at IU Cinema during the event Funkology.
Ty Vinson
The group impressed Collins when he visited campus in March. Read more here.
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