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Letter to the editor

USI Shield Staff April 24, 2013

Breaking News: USI's School of Engineering has been sold to Ivy Tech College for an undisclosed sum and future considerations. Acting on the demands by the School of Engineering to reduce or eliminate...

Letter to the editor

USI Shield Staff April 10, 2013

As I walked from the library to class today, I was accosted by multiple individuals attempting to get me to support their causes or listen to what each had to say. I did my best to ignore them all, finding...

Letter to the editor

USI Shield Staff March 20, 2013

We are not allowed to wear Greek lettered sashes when walking on graduation day at USI. I want to change that and don’t understand why it is such a bad thing. So please, can you tell me why this is...

Letter to the editor

Jessie Hellmann February 5, 2013

As I write this letter, Indiana Governor Mike Pence is speaking to a class in the College of Business and will be touring the university after. USI is fortunate to have Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann, former...

Letter to the Editor

Jimmy Pyles December 4, 2012

Up until this current semester, the quality of the Shield had been greatly improving, and I felt that the reporting that was done on the Greeks last semester helped with credibility.  What helped keep...

Letter to the Editor

Jimmy Pyles October 17, 2012

Many Catholics traditionally vote Democrat. You may remember that when Obamacare was being debated there were 10 pro-life Democrats, mostly Catholic and led by Bart Stupak of Michigan, who spoke out against...

Letter to the Editor

Jimmy Pyles September 26, 2012

There was a letter to the editor published on Sept. 6, 2012 that criticized USI President Linda Bennett for being, “… content to build her personal resume at the expense of real progress for USI, or...

Letter to the Editor

Jake Tapley September 25, 2012

No, Michael Mezo, I may be your journalism professor, but I am not your Santa Claus. In last week’s letter to the editor, Mezo repeatedly suggested that I tell my students to “cite” Wikipedia. To...

Letter To The Editor

Jake Tapley September 17, 2012

Dear Editor, I’m a transfer student, and this is my first semester here at USI. I really can’t believe my good fortune in coming here. At my last college, we weren’t allowed to cite Wikipedia as...

Letter To The Editor

Jake Tapley September 4, 2012

As a citizen of Vanderburgh County and a diligent supporter of all things USI, ... I have to express my extreme dissapointment in current USI president Linda Bennett. Since its founding, this university...

Letter to the editor

Jessie Hellmann February 21, 2012

I’d like to congratulate President Linda Bennett on her $25,000 pay raise.  As a faculty member, I applaud the news because it indicates USI is emerging from a shadowy freeze.  This is good...

Letter to the editor

Justin Law November 30, 2011

To the Editor: In order to dissuade any rumors about the “eagle fee” discussed in SGA, we would like to further explain the idea of the Student Special Project Fund. In short, it creates an optional...

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