Prof. Jay VanderVeen
@antillesarch.bsky.social
From the Aztecs to Zombies, I teach North American cultures to Midwestern students. Sometimes with a tropical drink in hand, sometimes underwater. Newest gig is teaching teachers how to teach.
@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social correction: Northwestern has passed I.U. for most losses. www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-foot...
Indiana football no longer has the most losses in Division I history
IU football lost the first game it ever played on Oct. 25, 1887 to Franklin. And the losses just kept piling up. Much was made when Indiana became the first Division I college football team to lose…
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December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social correction: Northwestern has passed I.U. for most losses. www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-foot...
Oregon vs Penn State is the perfect match-up, sartorially speaking. The Ducks (really, they are peacocks) never repeat a uniform combo during the season. PSU is blue and white. No design, no logo, no frills.
December 8, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Oregon vs Penn State is the perfect match-up, sartorially speaking. The Ducks (really, they are peacocks) never repeat a uniform combo during the season. PSU is blue and white. No design, no logo, no frills.
View of Paris, Winslow Homer (1867)
Horizontal view over Paris from a parapet of the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in the foreground, where a man holds out a wishbone to entice a cat crouched on the extreme outer end of a gargoyle.
Horizontal view over Paris from a parapet of the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in the foreground, where a man holds out a wishbone to entice a cat crouched on the extreme outer end of a gargoyle.
December 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
View of Paris, Winslow Homer (1867)
Horizontal view over Paris from a parapet of the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in the foreground, where a man holds out a wishbone to entice a cat crouched on the extreme outer end of a gargoyle.
Horizontal view over Paris from a parapet of the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in the foreground, where a man holds out a wishbone to entice a cat crouched on the extreme outer end of a gargoyle.
Cats exploit every loophole. This one knows she can’t be on the table, but she wants to be involved with my morning coffee.
November 20, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Cats exploit every loophole. This one knows she can’t be on the table, but she wants to be involved with my morning coffee.
The Indiana University Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the planned athletics center on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus after the late James T. Morris.
The James T. Morris Arena will include a basketball/volleyball court with seats for 4,500 patrons.
It’s the Jim.
The James T. Morris Arena will include a basketball/volleyball court with seats for 4,500 patrons.
It’s the Jim.
November 20, 2024 at 12:48 AM
The Indiana University Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the planned athletics center on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus after the late James T. Morris.
The James T. Morris Arena will include a basketball/volleyball court with seats for 4,500 patrons.
It’s the Jim.
The James T. Morris Arena will include a basketball/volleyball court with seats for 4,500 patrons.
It’s the Jim.
I may not have a great Rate Your Professor score, but I’m a five on wikiFeet.
November 16, 2024 at 7:49 PM
I may not have a great Rate Your Professor score, but I’m a five on wikiFeet.
I wish the buffering issue was resolved so I could watch Neil DeGrasse Tyson vs. Rand Paul.
November 16, 2024 at 5:21 AM
I wish the buffering issue was resolved so I could watch Neil DeGrasse Tyson vs. Rand Paul.
Typical series of events in our household:
1. Turn on Netflix for Tyson fight; 2. See it’s later so watch GBBO; 3. See it’s Seventies Week; 4. Decide to make period drink; 5. Find Galliano from parent in closet…
1. Turn on Netflix for Tyson fight; 2. See it’s later so watch GBBO; 3. See it’s Seventies Week; 4. Decide to make period drink; 5. Find Galliano from parent in closet…
November 16, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Typical series of events in our household:
1. Turn on Netflix for Tyson fight; 2. See it’s later so watch GBBO; 3. See it’s Seventies Week; 4. Decide to make period drink; 5. Find Galliano from parent in closet…
1. Turn on Netflix for Tyson fight; 2. See it’s later so watch GBBO; 3. See it’s Seventies Week; 4. Decide to make period drink; 5. Find Galliano from parent in closet…
Wicked (Broadway musical) runtime is 2:45.
Wicked (movie) runtime is 2:41. And it’s PART 1!
I’m no math prof, but…
Wicked (movie) runtime is 2:41. And it’s PART 1!
I’m no math prof, but…
November 15, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Wicked (Broadway musical) runtime is 2:45.
Wicked (movie) runtime is 2:41. And it’s PART 1!
I’m no math prof, but…
Wicked (movie) runtime is 2:41. And it’s PART 1!
I’m no math prof, but…
"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer."
— Paula Poundstone
I feel you, rn, cat.
— Paula Poundstone
I feel you, rn, cat.
November 14, 2024 at 1:15 AM
"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer."
— Paula Poundstone
I feel you, rn, cat.
— Paula Poundstone
I feel you, rn, cat.