May 2020 – The Optimist

Senior goodbyes

May 9, 2020

How Bloomington is responding to homelessness amid COVID-19 pandemic

May 8, 2020

The future of living with coronavirus

Katie Apple, Staff Writer

May 7, 2020

Although highschool seniors are already experiencing a bad enough ending to the school year, let’s not forget that things may take an even more interesting turn in the very near future. Colleges around the nation are trying to fin...

Indiana University provides wifi hotspots for those without access

Natalie Schacht, Staff Writer

May 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in closures globally. As a result, people have had to make the switch to working and taking classes online and remotely, if they were lucky enough to have jobs that they could do from home. B...

Saying goodbye to Darn Good Soup

Iris Kreilkamp, Staff Writer

May 6, 2020

Darn Good Soup has been a staple of Bloomington life since 2011 -- located on the Square, and known for its delicious daily soups and friendly employees, it is a quintessential part of living in Bloomington. Even so, the ...

Deadline to register to vote is May 4

May 4, 2020

E-learning: what students think so far

Elizabeth Allen, Staff Writer

May 2, 2020

E-learning on this scale in K-12 and college education is unprecedented. Schools have had to create many alternative solutions and workarounds in order to finish out the 2019-2020 school year. Now that there is only a week left before e-...

Hickman starting to make some noise

May 1, 2020