IUPUI hosted their first Drag Bingo night Oct. 14, and it started with a bang. The event was a massive success with so many students that they had to move to a bigger room to accommodate the line out the door. 

If you are a fan of the spooky and the peculiar, then you are probably familiar with the Addams family. What started in the 1930s as a comic series has led to the production of games, films and television programs, with the Netflix series 'Wednesday', released Nov. 23, as its newest addition.  This series explores Wednesday Addams as a student at Nevermore Academy, a private school for “outcasts” in small town Jericho. There, she makes friends and enemies while unraveling the mystery behind the murders happening in Jericho by uncovering deadly secrets and digging up the past.

Insomnia Cookies opened near IUPUI Campus in the strip mall by Lockefield Gardens and the Avenue. They held their grand opening on Jan. 14 giving away gift bags with coupons and other items during the event.  

​A trend I have noticed on TikTok over the past few years is the upsweep in content discussing neurodiversity and what it is like to live with these diagnoses. However, one thing I have also noticed is the upsweep in neurotypical people jumping on the “neurodivergent bandwagon” claiming some of these conditions as their own, despite lacking a full understanding of what it means to live with them. 

With Great Gerwig's "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling coming out this summer, we, Abby Godsen (copy editor and reporter) and Jackie Bozinovski (reporter and Abby's roommate) decided it would be a great idea to rewatch and rank (almost) all the Barbie movies to date in celebration. This first installment features the princess movies of the Barbie franchise.

With Great Gerwig's "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling coming out this summer, we, Abby Godsen (copy editor and reporter) and Jackie Bozinovski (reporter and Abby's roommate) decided it would be a great idea to rewatch and rank (almost) all the Barbie movies to date in celebration. This second installment features the fairy movies of the Barbie franchise.

With Great Gerwig's "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling coming out this summer, we, Abby Godsen (copy editor and reporter) and Jackie Bozinovski (reporter and Abby's roommate) decided it would be a great idea to rewatch and rank (almost) all the Barbie movies to date in celebration. This third installment features the mermaid movies of the Barbie franchise.

​With Great Gerwig's "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling coming out this summer, we, Abby Godsen (copy editor and reporter) and Jackie Bozinovski (reporter and Abby's roommate) decided it would be a great idea to rewatch and rank (almost) all the Barbie movies to date in celebration. This is the fourth and final part featuring an overall ranking of all the movies watched.

​A large part of what we do as students is read. From elementary school to college, reading is a fundamental part of our education. However, many U.S. states have imposed severe book bans in schools, including literature related to race, gender and sexuality. As a future librarian, I am of the mind that states should not be imposing book bans in this way as it limits our education system.

Although The Campus Citizen exists as an organization under IUI, we are still an independent news organization, and pledge to cover news that is relevant to both IUI and PUI students, as well as news that is relevant to the wider Indianapolis community.

As of Oct. 23, there have been 58 school shootings. That is almost six shootings for every month of 2024 so far. One of the most recent tragedies was the shooting in Apalachee High School on Sept. 4 killing two students and two staff members. In light of these events, and the upcoming election, many people are asking what can be done to prevent events like those seen at Apalachee from happening again. 

Over the last few months, higher education has had major hits both on the state and national levels. With cuts to state funding, financial aid and programs offered, higher education has become less attainable than ever for Hoosiers. 

In recent years, student journalism has been under heavy fire, experiencing censorship and defunding on multiple levels. Purdue University severed ties with their long-standing student-run newspaper, The Exponent, back in June, and despite avid student support, Indiana Unviersity's longstanding paper, The Indiana Daily Student (IDS), was defuned and their advisor was fired for allegedly resisting the administration's censorship.