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‘Break through the noise’

Kailey Boyd, Staff Writer September 30, 2016

Saturday, two members of university faculty will take the stage at the Evansville Museum as part of TEDxEvansville. Instructor of journalism Erin Gibson and Edith Hardcastle an associate professor of...

‘Never a happy situation’

‘Never a happy situation’

Darrian Breedlove, Staff Writer September 14, 2016

Six students from Katie Biggs high school died of suicide. Biggs struggled to figure out how to live her life without those she had lost. She eventually found the To Write Love On Her Arms’ organization,...

Study abroad completes fifth year

Study abroad completes fifth year

Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-chief September 14, 2016

Daria Sevastianova is a big proponent of international education. The associate professor of economics has now been taking business students to Osnabrück, Germany for five year as part of The International...

Potter to discuss art as career

Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-chief September 7, 2016

Al Holen said she loves everything about ceramics. “70 percent of the Earth’s surface is clay,” the assistant professor of ceramics said. “It is renewable and constant resource and I love that...

Christina Hauger (Thalia), Jim Hunter (Tim), Melissa Henning (Sonia) and Devin Victoria McBride (Charlotte) rehearse a scene from The Conversation of the Keys. Hunter is also directing the play.

The curious case of love

Nick Leighty, Staff writer September 1, 2016

Evansville Civic Theatre’s main stage is usually reserved for family friendly plays, but their next production is anything but. Instructor in English Alice Shen kicks off the Civic Theatre’s...

Zach Price and Leo Scheller cross the finish line of the Inaugural Phi-K. The race was both a 5k and a one mile walk and all of the proceeds went toward funding research for ALS.

Phi-K raises $6,500 for ALS

Riley Guerzini, Staff writer September 1, 2016

Students and community members from all over the Evansville area came out Saturday morning to participate in Phi Delta Theta’s inaugural Phi-K. With about 80 participants, the fraternity was able...

Students walking to class often pass by bulletin boards like these filled with information about upcoming events and important information for on campus events.

More than a T-Shirt member

Gabi Wy, Features Editor August 24, 2016

Freshman Clifton Jett wanted to join “everything” college had to offer. The day before classes started, he spoke at the first Christian service offered by university Religious Life. He feels...

Students pair with ‘Little Buddies,’ serve community

Megan Thorne, Opinion Editor August 24, 2016

Destiny Matthews knew she wanted to teach kids from a young age. She would get papers from school and would hand them out to her Barbie dolls and teddy bears and pretend she was a teacher. “I’ve...

Multicultural Center adds trio of employees

Multicultural Center adds trio of employees

Sarah Loesch and Gabi Wy August 24, 2016

'It’s all for the students'   D’Angelo Taylor wants the USI community to know the Multicultural Center is for everyone. "You can’t have a multicultural center if you don’t value a different...

Phi Delta Theta sets Phi-K goal

Phi Delta Theta sets Phi-K goal

Sarah Loesch, Editor-in-Chief August 18, 2016

Lou Gehrig was a member of Phi Delta Theta in the early 1920s, but his memory lives on in the fraternity years later. Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1939 after his health...

After unlocking her dorm room for the first time, Fredrick gazes out of her window in Governors Hall. “It’s my new backyard,” she said to her mother, pointing out how green the view is compared to California.

(GALLERY) ‘It’s so beautiful’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor August 17, 2016
Light rain pattered the sidewalks as freshman Alicia Fredrick and her mother, Katherine, arrived on campus the evening of Aug. 16. The two were all smiles after a three-day road trip from California.
deJong

‘Enthusiastic’ professor recognized by arts council

Gabi Wy, Features Editor August 17, 2016
Brakston Farrar said art professor Joan deJong doesn’t spoonfeed her students.
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