IU’s Dr. Brandon Wallace Questions Today’s Sports
On Jul 9, 2025, Dr. Brandon Wallace challenged the next generation of students on the current degradation of sports at the High School Journalism Institute at Indiana University. The young educator addressed concerns, sparking a discussion across campus and shedding new light on how the media and people approach sports differently today.
“The central objective of sport, in the US context, is not to win games or to provide anything for fans. It’s to generate profit,” Wallace said while criticizing the effect of over-consumerism in sports. Wallace even called out how ads and endorsements have overshadowed the sports and athletes on TV, specifically in terms of merchandise and the number of commercials.
The professor later connected consumerism in sports to the attention economy, referring to the system in which people’s attention is scarce and necessary to maximize profit in today’s economy. Wallace’s …
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Construction in Bloomington Affects Residents
With yellow tape and equipment scattered across streets, the busy college town of Bloomington, Indiana, has undergone extensive construction this summer. From planting new buildings to maintaining, construction is almost everywhere– contributing to persistent noise and frequent interruptions. Many locals are used to this, especially since the surge in construction in recent years.
“[The] only thing it ever impacts for me is commuting in and out… and I have to go in a circle, and it might make me late,” Erin Kirchhofer, a resident who works in Bloomington, said as she watched the construction crane across the street.
Like Kirchhofer, many residents in Bloomington often had to adapt and detour around ongoing construction. With construction even on campus, forcing students at Indiana University to do the same.
While many residents were inconvenienced, Keso Sahadewan, a …
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