As I walk around IUB, I see it for what it's professionally known as. A Big Ten Univeristy, a research institution, and also a residential type of university. IUB is very accomodationg. It was quite big when I first visited. I thought I was getting a tour of a town or something, but IUB has gotten quite small as I have become more involved. The best and worst thing about IUB is that you can never run out of things to do. On one hand, you can leave here with one of the best resumes known if you take advantage of the services available to you. On the other hand, it's way too easy to become overly involved, and the opportunites are almost seti right before you. Another great thing about this institution is that networking, making connections, and opening opportunities that extend outside of the university is sooo easy! For example, in the last month, Michael Eric Dyson, Chelsea Clinton, Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama was here! We have various world traveling performances here. In addition to making connections with people who visit IUB, there are many nation or world renowned faculty members that are very personable and take time with the students and other community members that make contact with them. In my eyes, the administration can be personable, but you really have to take time to get to know them, work around their schedule, and take every formal/informal opportunity available to talk to them. At first it may seem like hard work, but it eventually pays off. Earlier I mentioned how the campus has gotten quite small. To tell you the truth, IUB still seems like a town to me. There's over ten different residence halls/apartments to live in on campus, there's cafes in some of these halls, and for some residences, all you have to do is walk right across the street to the music building or the Neal Marshall building for class. As a matter of fact, you could even go to class in your slippers if you happen to sign up for one in your building. In addition to the comfort on campus, I personally consider Bloomington a college town. IUB students get to ride the IU buses and city buses for free. The only problem is that the buses that take you to the places that are opened the latest stop running early and those places that close late have buses running pass them until midnight. Basically Bloomington shuts down at night, and for a person like myself, it's hard to find anything open except for a random pizza joint that I end up growing tired of. I'll finalize this by talking about how I spend the bulk of my time at IUB. In 2006, I believe that IUB was the 5th largest employer of Indiana. I feel bad for students who work off campus because I don't think that there's an employer more accomodating than IUB. I work in various technology labs around campus. That's one of my main spots, even after working hours. The most popular tech center for me to chill is the Information Commons. They have a few hundred computer workstations, including huge screen Macs and Multimedia stations. There's couches there too. But speaking of couches, there are about three different places for me to catch a great nap- the student union building, the IMU, one of the largest of its kind, and the Groups Students Support Services Office. In the IMU, there are two lounges with large sofas that you can stretch out on. One of the lounges even have a fireplace. The Groups office has more than just the "couch of fame," but also tutorial services, a computer area, and most importantly, staff and students that are really close. IUB means something completely different to the next person, and that's simply because it's too big of a place for me to tell it all.