Former student paints for the cats
Emma Corry, Features Editor
April 27, 2020
River Kitty Cat Cafe has a fresh coat of paint. The cafe, located on Main Street, is home to drinks, snacks and cats up for adoption from the Vanderburgh Humane Society and it now has a new mural right at the entrance painted by a former USI student. The mural depicts a group of cats floating do...
To stay or go: living as an international student during COVID-19
Emma Corry, Features Editor
April 20, 2020
Haifa Rejili received a call at 7 p.m. telling her she had the option to either stay at USI housing or go back to her home country. The international student made her decision and by 10 a.m. the next day, she was taking a flight back from the U.S. to Tunisia, ending her time in the U.S. early. T...
Counseling Center Director: ‘It’s okay to be anxious’ in this time
Nik Cunningham, Sports Editor
April 13, 2020
The Counseling Center is the place to go when you’re anxious, depressed, or just stressed, but with the campus shutdown and the counselors distant, stress is running high for many students. Thomas Longwell, director of the Counseling Center, said it’s OK to feel stressed about this pandemic. “Reg...
Students, faculty push on despite online learning difficulties
Emma Corry, Features Editor
April 1, 2020
Jody Henke was looking forward to no more online classes. Henke, a junior art major, doesn’t have internet access at her home in Washington, Indiana. She was able to access the internet after she moved back home thanks to a mobile hotspot provided by her photography job at Christian Camp Illia...
Educating about the female orgasm
Emma Corry, Features Editor
March 3, 2020
Marshall Miller had this advice to give straight men in the audience at an event focused on the female orgasm. “Let her come first,” he said. The Activities Programming Board (APB) hosted an educational program called “I Love Female Orgasm” on March 2 in Forum 2. The event saw two sex ...
Exhibit captures mythology, reality
Emma Corry, Features Editor
February 25, 2020
It took Livia Alexander her whole life to get to the level of painting she is at now. Alexander curated her “Mortal Flesh” exhibit as part of the Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship which allows a postgraduate student to spend a year making art. The exhibit is made of several paintings created by...
Students advocate for change at oratorical competition
Christian Lewis, Staff Writer
February 24, 2020
When Kassandra Santos began her oration, impassioned attention fell within the audience. Listeners leaned forward, experiencing a passionate presentation, which ambitiously discussed and challenged an uneasy issue: immigration. D'Angelo Taylor, the assistant director of the multicultural center, hosted The...
Podcast features women of USI economics
Susanna Fravell, Staff Writer
February 18, 2020
The USI Economics Club attracted the attention of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis when they weren’t even a club yet. The bank released a 20-minute episode of their Women in Economics Podcast on Jan. 29 that featured the women of USI’s Economics Club. The episode was recorded in September...