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Does anyone know how to use the Redbird scholarship? I need to buy some textbooks and I don’t want to pay out of pocket. I’m guessing I just use my ID to pay?

This is a little embarrassing and I know the title sounds like I’m an incapable 18 year old who’s never had to touch their own laundry, but I live in Hewett and I did my laundry today and I have a few questions about how it all works. I’ve done my laundry millions of times at home but the machines are different and I’ve never messed with the heat settings on the dryer at home. I seem to have the washing machine figured out, (my clothes came out wayyy wetter than they would’ve at home but I figured that was a machine difference) but I used the see-through front facing dryers on medium heat and it took 3 runs to get them damp enough for me to give up and fold them anyway. I was thinking about using high heat but I didn’t want to risk shrinking my clothes. I didn’t have a large load or anything, just a few days worth of shirts, two pairs of jean shorts, a pajama set, and a mesh bag with socks and underwear. I also couldn’t figure out how to track my machine in the app because the time on the machine and the app was different. I’m a first-gen freshman who’s 2 hours away from home who’s embarrassed asking these questions to the other people on the floor so I was wondering if anyone could help, I’d really appreciate it!

So cringe!

Hello! I live in Watterson North and this is my first semester at ISU. I have a fear of fire alarms (it’s silly I know) and I’ve heard that the fire alarms go off often. Does the fire alarm come out of the same speaker that the announcements come from? And how loud is it?

I just moved in last week and I feel like there is nothing going on, I’ve been outside of my dorm meeting people, but there’s just nothing to do. I can’t tell if I’m missing something or if it’s the campus. So far there haven’t been any dorm parties of my knowledge or anything. If anyone has any advice that would be great!

what happens if you get called for a student conduct offense but already have a previous offense. I was caught with a fake ID freshmen year and had to write a paper but 2 years later I got mine taken at freaking brews. so now I have two of the same offense. does anyone know what happens

Going to miss 2 days for the first week of school, will I be okay?? We would mostly be going over the syllabus, right?

Just curious

My dorm's fire alarm battery apparently died and has been going off, power is out at tri

Hi, to start with I hope everyone is safe butI have a question. I’m supposed to be moving back into my apartment tomorrow. It’s the flats at ISU. Should I be worried with all the damage? Am I even gonna be able to get in the building? I’m trying to get a hold of any information from a young America, but they being deeply pathetic company. Obviously they cannot control the weather, but they’re just literally not telling us any information about what’s going on. They’re not telling us which buildings are heard. They’re not telling us literally anything obviously I’m just so frustrated because they let shooting happen in the building last time they’re just gonna allow anything to happen

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing okay and things are getting back to normal! I was just curious if anyone saw any movement today? I'm just trying to get that pending class bill sorted out. 😂😂😂

Wondering if anyone in Greek life can attest, am probably gonna rush in the coming days. Pretty big dude still losing weight, just wondering if there are chill frats on campus accepting fat dudes. More so wondering which frats actually care about weight and which don’t.

Hi, I’m a transfer student at ISU with an IEP. And I've been having various issues with the housing process. My roommates are good people but my issue comes from the room size, I’ve always had issues with crowded spaces and have used my IEP mostly for separating myself from very busy and crowded environments. I asked the housing main office multiple times if there was anything I could do and was met with constant rudeness and even being hung up on. I personally wouldn’t be going to these lengths if it wasn’t a major issue. I have a 3x2T and have to share the bunk bed and it wouldn’t be this big of an issue if I wasn’t surrounded by strangers in such a small area with no place to go to if I needed quiet, which also isn’t a public space. I’m deafly out of options and am even considering just purchasing an apartment. Is there anything I can do? (And before you guys ask I applied for this school in March, and my application wasn’t processed until June so I had to pick random roommates)

Hey everyone! I’m hoping to participate as a student vendor at the Redbird Market this year (assuming they’ll do it again), and I’m trying to figure out what ISU students would actually be interested in buying.

From what I understand, food and drink products aren’t allowed, so I’m looking for other ideas.

If you were walking around the event, what would actually make you stop and buy something? I’d love to hear what you’d realistically spend money on (and around what price point).

Just getting a head start on things, thanks!