Art exhibit displays scale, human connection to nature and body
Jeana Everhart, Staff Writer
August 22, 2019
The green figure poses at ease inside the white canvas as money bleeds from her wrists onto the canvas’s edge, resting on the floor. Behind her figure, in a cursive font, arches the phrase "Only the wealthy get to stay healthy." Artist Tonja Torgerson said the piece, titled “Cobra,” focuses on the fau...
Starting a green community
Emma Corry, Features Editor
August 20, 2019
Cody Hagerman keeps around a hundred plants in the bedroom of his off-campus apartment. The junior environmental science major stores his collection of mostly large tropical plants on plant stands, under grow lights and behind his bed on a shelf he built. His favorite plants are orchids. ...
Fulfilling a lifelong dream
Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 16, 2019
Angela Ackerman stood alone on the Mallette Studio Theatre stage and aimed an AR15. A single heartbeat thumped through the audience for several seconds followed by a sharp burst of gunfire shattering the tension. The master of liberal studies student lowered the weapon and clutched her heaving chest...
English student stresses diversity through teaching research
Sydney Stocksdale, Staff Writer
April 15, 2019
The Shield interviewed Kennya Santiago Olmos, a junior English teaching major about her experience presenting her teaching research at the Indiana Council of Teachers of English (ICTE) 2019 conference. The Shield: What is your research over? Kennya Santiago: My research is over English teachers ...
“Friends Facing Fears” creates unity, promotes friendship
Emma Corry, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
Kathleen Bolander finds middle schoolers inspiring, especially those in the GenerationOn club at Castle North Middle School. Bolander, a graduate student working towards a master’s in English degree, was one of eight graduate students who partnered with the middle school to help promote their y...
Educating for a better tomorrow
Jeana Everhart, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
Alyssa McClung believes that when she mentions climate change, most people think about the coastal regions of the U.S. instead of the midwest. Yet McClung said southern Indiana has been experiencing just as many effects from climate change. “The changes are pretty dramatic in some cases,” the ju...
“First Date” to feature contemporary love
Sydney Stocksdale, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
The Shield interviewed Jacelyn Stewart, a junior theater arts major, who will be performing in the upcoming production “First Date,” which will take place at 7:00 p.m Thursday-Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Performance Center. The event is free to USI students one hour before show based on availa...
Supporting the influencers of tomorrow
Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 2, 2019
Kiana Smith said she couldn’t imagine beginning her student teaching halfway through a semester. The senior elementary education major is one of the eight students involved in the year-long student teaching program called “Teach Now, Transform Tomorrow.” The program is available to all elementary,...
Professor to present poetry at Griffin Center
Emma Corry, Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
The Shield interviewed Professor of English Matthew Graham who will present work from his new poetry collection, “The Geography of Home,” at a poetry reading sponsored by the Southern Indiana Reading Series at 4:30 p.m. April 11 in the Griffin Center. The Shield: When did you start writing? Matthew Graham: In hi...
Finding new ways to offer help
Jeana Everhart, Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Christina Zolezzi’s mother was hospitalized the summer before her freshman year of college. The sophomore nursing major said as she began college, she struggled with the burden of needing to speak with someone about what was happening in her life. This led Zolezzi to seek professional help from the ...