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.
When Monster Trucks Attack
Transformers have nothing on these beasts. Monument Circle became a haven for guttural noise of the mechanical kind today, as three monster trucks from this weekend's show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds revved up their engines for all to see. On September 16-18, it's an entirely different story: 4,000-plus 4-wheelers will descend upon the Fairgrounds. Gaping passersby witnessed (and snapped mobile photos of) these huge trucks, including Chalkboard Chuck, an
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