Going Back to Indiana

Well, after spending some time in South Bend, Indiana… Kenneth and I traveled down to Indiana Wesleyan University and Ball State University. Both towns are situated in areas surrounded by corn fields. We could almost smell it.

The students we met with at IWU seemed really motivated and were excited about ISI. When I asked them to pick out a place to meet, they chose the best off-campus venue they could think of: Applebee’s! Kenneth and I thought, “Bill Kaufmann wouldn’t like this.” Mr. Kauffman is a “localist” and doesn’t care much for large chains like Applebee’s, as his ISI Books title, Look Homeward, America points out on many occassions. Anyways, the locals chose Applebee’s, so we’re off the hook. The state chair of the College Republicans, Eric Bussis, attends IWU and he put together the ISI Soiree at Applebee’s.

The next day, we went just a bit further south to Ball State University and met with some students there as well. Then, finally, on Wednesday, October 4, we packed the bags for the final time and headed back across Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and back home. It was an exhausting, but productive trip… spreading the conservative revolution, one campus at a time.