Bennett announces retirement
Riley Guerzini, News Editor
August 15, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Video
University President Linda Bennett announced her retirement at Tuesday’s fall faculty and administration meeting. Holding back tears from the podium, Bennett thanked students, faculty, administration and support staff for making the university a community that she is “very proud to be ...
Freshman basketball player shot at Indianapolis party
Gabi Wy and Taylor Hall
August 6, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, News
Emmanuel Little, a university freshman and USI basketball player, was shot twice at a house party on the north side of Indianapolis just past midnight Saturday morning, according to a police report. Little, 18, survived despite "possible internal injuries" in the police report, and he tweeted about...
Student found dead in Warrick County
Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-chief
April 25, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, News
The body found in Warrrick County Monday morning was identified as an university sophomore. Halee Rathgeber was found dead at the Alcoa soccer fields in Newburgh according to a news release from the Warrick County Sheriff's Department. A release from the Warrick County Coroner, Sarah Seaton, stated...
University reports overall enrollment increase, available data contends
Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-chief
September 19, 2016
Filed under Breaking News, News
This story has been updated to reflect updated numbers. Overall university enrollment dropped for the fourth year in a row, a decrease of 0.04 percent. According to the university 9,025 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in classes for this fall. Last year, 9,029 undergraduate and gradu...
Three students arrested in campus drug bust
Bobby Shipman, Editor-in-chief
April 4, 2016
Filed under Breaking News, News
Sheriff’s deputies arrested three students on drug-related charges Monday morning at an on-campus apartment.
Read more »University names Liberal Arts Dean
Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 19, 2016
Filed under Breaking News
Provost Ron Rochon has named James M. Beeby the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts, according to a press release today. The appointment is effective as of July 1. Beeby serves as the chair of the History Department at Middle Tennessee State University and is originally from Northampto...
University bans hoverboards
Bobby Shipman, Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2016
Filed under Breaking News, News
An email was sent out by University Relations today stating that all hoverboards are banned from campus.
Read more »Adjunct ackowledges sexual abuse allegations, according to EPD report
October 20, 2015
Filed under Breaking News
UPDATE: Vanderburgh County Republican Party Chairman Wayne Parke released a statement that he sent to Republican City Council at-large candidate Jack Schriber saying he was disappointed to learn of the news of the candidate's inappropriate relationship with a student. "Even though at this point, as a candidate, y...
Students counter protest Students for Life
October 20, 2015
Filed under Breaking News
A counter silent protest began at 8:30 a.m. this morning in USI's Free Speech Zone in response to a Students for Life silent protest that will also occur today. Junior English education major Lauren Abney, who began the protest, wrote that their silent protest promotes being pro-choice and what choice me...
Student killed in single-vehicle crash
September 24, 2015
Filed under Breaking News
A USI student died Wednesday afternoon as the result of a single-vehicle car crash. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office put out a report stating that a red passenger car was heading westbound on the 15000 block of Old Henderson Road when the vehicle traveled at least 100 yards off the roadway...
UPDATE: Missing student found safe
September 19, 2015
Filed under Breaking News
UPDATE: Amber Dean has been found safe and is home with her family. The USI student had not been seen by or spoken to friends and family since Thursday night, said her mother Carol Dean. "It's over and I'm just really glad. I'm happy. I can't imagine anyone going through this and never finding their child," she said. Carol said her daughter Amb...
Bueltel wins SGA presidential election
April 9, 2015
Filed under Breaking News, News
Alexa Bueltel will be the 2015-2016 university Student Government Association president. It was announced during Thursday's SGA meeting that the SGA Assistant Vice President for External Relations beat out opponents Alex Hoffmann and Nehal Ninad. Bueltel is in the Honors Progra...