The Hoosierist: Initial Finding
A: Return with us now to that bygone year of 1950, when Harry Truman was president, a loaf of bread cost a nickel (or whatever), and every member of the male gender sported a Johnny Unitas–style crewcut. It was then that soon-to-be cafeteria magnates Charles O. McGaughey and George Laughner (of the famous Laughner clan that ran the late, great Laughner’s Cafeteria chain) got together to found the very first MCL. The Hoosierist supposes you can figure out the rest.
Hug It Out
Life imitates art today on the Circle, where around 280 black-clad student-stylists from the south side's Paul Mitchell school are embracing anyone within arm's length. Even those with split ends. The mass squeezing is a national Paul Mitchell campaign in its third year, and a late shift will run from 7 to 9 p.m. Air kisses optional.
Caption This: Kerry Collins Edition
And another message, for the Colts defense: Mind the gap. Your turn! Caption the photo in the Comments field. (Poster by Art Press, a local screenprinter, spotted in the window of the WIBC studio on the Circle. Art Press donated a limited number of posters to People for Urban Progress, and we hear that the nonprofit organization will make them avai
Tony Bennett Has All the Answers
Editor's Note, Nov. 7, 2012: Despite outspending his opponent, Glenda Ritz, by a 10-to-1 margin, Tony Bennett was unseated as Indiana's schools czar on Nov. 6. Here, our September 2011 feature profile on the man who catalyzed a lot of visceral responses—both for and against him
What I Know: Greg Hess
"This is not just for firefighters," Hess says of downtown Indy's 9/11 memorial. "We do need to remember the people who ran into those buildings. But nearly 2,700 other people died that day."
Cathedral Choirs Hold Auditions for Kids
Founded in 1837, Christ Church Cathedral on Monument Circle may be the oldest religious building still in use in Indianapolis, but it’s getting younger.