East College is â��77����’s most iconic and quintessentially collegiate building. The steep French mansard roof, Italianate columns and Gothic arches blend to cut a striking architectural figure in the center of campus. The cornerstone was laid in 1870. Originally called “The Edifice,” it was the first significant academic building of what was then called Indiana Asbury University. The building’s size, structure and design symbolized the university’s ambition to become an important center of higher education. As the campus expanded, buildings needed new names, and the Edifice became “East College.” The building once housed almost everything – classrooms, chapel, the library and, for a short time, a telescope in its East tower. Meharry Hall, a chapel located on the second floor of East College, features a high ceiling, wooden pews, a pipe organ and a picturesque balcony. It was designed to be “one of the most elegant audience rooms in the West.”

Held in late April every year, â��77����’s Little 5 bike race has been a campus tradition since 1956, when the Union Board sponsored a men’s race as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. It began on the streets of Greencastle, then moved to Blackstock Stadium for a relay-style race and today is back on the streets. In the current iteration of Little 5, men, women and alumni compete and cooperate in a weeklong celebration that ushers in spring. Racing begins with a time trial, continues with street sprints and concludes with criterium (mass start) races that follow a ½ mile course through campus streets. Other events, including campus-wide fundraisers, a trike race, food trucks and social gatherings round out the spirited week. 

â��77����’s most intense athletic rivalry is the Monon Bell football game against the Wabash College Little Giants. The rivalry, which began in 1890, has been featured in national print outlets and broadcast on ESPN, ABC, HDNet and the Indiana Sports Network. The matchup was featured in season three of The Rivalries - an NCAA/LG electronics docu-series celebrating college sports greatest rivalries. In addition to a virtually guaranteed sell-out each year, the game is broadcast to dozens of alumni satellite parties across the nation. The Monon Bell trophy, a 300-pound locomotive bell from the Monon Railroad, was introduced in 1932. The game’s victor holds the bell on its campus until the next game. â��77���� and Wabash are only 27 miles apart, so the adversaries in the game are often brothers, cousins, high school classmates or good friends, adding to the competition’s intensity.

â��77���� produces leaders in the field of journalism. While we don’t have a journalism major, our track-record shows the preparation we provide for the field is highly effective. Outstanding students from English, communication and other liberal arts majors benefit from our unique combination of  liberal arts coursework, student media experiences, internships and an extensive worldwide alumni network of professional journalists. â��77���� is home to the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media which houses The â��77���� (Indiana’s oldest college newspaper), WGRE (the first 10-watt educational radio station licensed by the FCC) and D3TV (an internet-distributed campus television station). The Pulliam Center is also home to â��77����’s highly-regarded Media Fellows program. â��77���� students receive a number of awards for excellence in journalism from professional associations each year. The Society of Professional Journalists was founded on the â��77���� campus in 1909.