Breaking Away

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana. However, in recent... years, the name "Indiana University" has been applied more broadly to the entire Indiana University system. Of students enrolled in the Spring 2012 term, 1,664 were African-Americans, 1,655 were Asian, 1,488 were Hispanic, and 64 were Native American. More women were enrolled than men . While 55.2% of the student body was from Indiana, students from 49 of the 50 states, Washington D.C., and 165 foreign nations were also enrolled. Indiana University Bloomington also has a wide variety of extracurricular organizations and clubs to keep students active and involved beyond academics. IU is also home to a Greek system of about 17 percent of undergraduates. Indiana's state government in Corydon founded Indiana University in 1820 as the "State Seminary.
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Martinsville is a city in and the county seat of Morgan County, Indiana, United States; the population was 11,828 at the 2010 census. The Morgan County courthouse, completed in 1859, still shines in its red brick and Italianate design. This is one of very few pre Civil-War courthouses existing in... Indiana. Built by Perry Magnus Blankenship. Architect Isaac Hodgson designed the courthouse. Mr. Hodgson designed six Indiana courthouses including Jennings County , Morgan County , Henry County, Bartholomew County , and his largest in Marion County, in Indianapolis. Martinsville is located at 39°25′24″N 86°25′26″W / 39.42333°N 86.42389°W / 39.42333; -86.42389 . According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 4.51 square miles , of which 4.49 square miles is land and 0.02 square miles is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,698 people, 4,621 households, and 3,086 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,620.6 people per square mile . There were 4,880 housing units at an average density of 1,093.2 per square mile .
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