Meet the parents

Greetings. Our names are Elvis and Elvira; we are both parents of current IU students; we are also employees of IU and both of us have other connections to the institution as well. We will share posting and moderating duties for this blog, so sometimes you'll get Elvis's point of view and at other times Elvira will weigh in. If we disagree, you might get both of us.

So... welcome. If you've never read or used a blog before, the purpose is to share ideas, information and concerns. You are invited to send us your questions, your comments, your criticism... heck - your praise, if you have any. While we have the blessing of the powers that be to offer this forum and while we plan to moderate contributions for offensive language (which we define as anything that would get you a warning from the chair umpire in a USTA-sanctioned tennis match), this is YOUR forum. Or "forum and against 'em" as we used to say back in journalism school.

To get the conversation started we'll pose a couple of questions to you, with a nod to former New York City Mayor Ed Koch:

• How are we doing?
• Are your kids OK at IU?
• Did move-in and Welcome Week go smoothly?
• How about the first week of classes?
• In other words, how are we doing?