Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Read General Store Student entrepreneurs WIN against inflation and make a profit in the process m j ' iili.: — Amidst the age ot inflation and run away economy, there is a store in Bloom ington selling pop and munchies at 1950 prices. And Read Center General Store even makes a profit that goes back into the center to pay for student activities. The idea came about last spring firom Read Center vice-president Etoug May. May and his fi-iends decided Bloomington rip-off prices had gone far enough. The idea evolved over the summer and in September, the Read General Store opened. With S200 of Read student government funds, the store reaped over S500 in profits the first semester in business. The money goes toward financing films, dances and speakers in the Center. Ye oLde shopkeepers pictured above are Jan Johnson, Laura Stacy, Bill Pierce and Mark Rauch. Rick Wood 21

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Hare Krishna Festival Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Hare, Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Rain, Rain Monte Hostetler The followers of the Hare Krishna faith met in Dunn Meadow to share a day of faith in song. The festival was organized, one devotee said, so students would have a chance to chant and eat spiritual food. It cleans you out, he explained. Although some students participated in the activities, most stood at the outskirts of the fes- tival, silently eating free watermelon. Later in the afternoon the spirit of the Krishna festival was dampened a little when a twenty minute torrent rained out the meadow. But the spirit of t he Krishna followers was hardly touched as they packed up their tapestries and unused wa- termelons and ran for shelter. 20

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Everything from a kitchen sink to a forklift University Auction Auctioneer Harold Hancock indicates the next bar- gain, and no. Sue Thacker did not buy all those gar- bage cans. In an institution as large as Indiana Universi- ty, there is a constant flux in materials. Im- provements in any given area dictate new supplies. The old materials are not sent off to a trash pile, however, as most are still in operating condition. At least once a year, these items are auctioned off at the storage center of the university. People from almost every conceivable background come to this auction in search of a bargain. And a bargain they receive. The cliche about the kitchen sink doesn ' t begin to describe the available goods. Every- thing from baking pans to washing machines to a forklift were placed before the public. 22 Pholographs Rick Wood