Jennifer and Teresa Atwood
(mother, right, and daughter),
traffic controllers at the auditorium and IMU booths
"I think we'll have more students but the campus won't look the way it does now. It won't be as pretty. It will be different, with more signs of technology everywhere. I don't think it will be maintained the way it is now either; there will be fewer jobs like mine. That's already starting to happen; we're turning to outside firms for some of the different tasks."
Jennifer and Teresa Atwood
(mother, right, and daughter),
traffic controllers at the auditorium and IMU booths
Teresa: "IU in 100 years will be modernized in ways we can't imagine: all electronic devices and cars that operate automatically and don't need gasoline. It will be more like 'The Jetsons' old TV show. They won't need my type of job, all of this traffic controlling will be automated."
Jennifer: "I agree with my mom. Most transportation will be electronically controlled; individuals won't have to steer the vehicle or step on the gas or brakes. You'll just push a button and go. Computers are already doing more and more work for us, and that will continue. It will be very different here."
Mary Strow
reference librarian for undergraduate collections,
Main Library
"Library services will be vastly different in 100 years and we'll be seeing more of the effects of technology and distance education. However, people will still like to have a physical facility to go to for assistance -- to get help from another human being -- and I think we'll have information centers for that purpose. But there will be a lot more people connecting from outside. The way we provide services has changed dramatically in the last few years and technology is doing that. It makes all our wonderful resources here available to the world. Perhaps in 100 years we will be communicating information to other planets!"
Venus the Goddess
Birth of Venus sculpture,
Showalter Fountain
"Hmm, I've never been asked that question or any question for that matter. Let me put my hands together and ponder. In 100 years, everyone here now will be gone, but I expect to still be on campus and not in some warehouse or melted for scrap. I hope my skin stays a nice green and that the fish are still gargling about. Of course, it's possible that instead of being tangible, I'll be a holographic projection or a virtual objet d'art. You never know. I am trying to keep up with the times, though; even applied for my own E-mail account, venus@indiana.edu. Thought I could use the exposure."
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