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Stepping Out

Stepping Out

Abigail Suddarth, Staff writer April 13, 2016
Ellen Cooper didn’t think she would make it through middle school, let alone high school. After being raped when she was 13-years-old, she became depressed and thought she would eventually commit suicide
Comedian and former “America’s Got Talent” contestant Drew Lynch purrs as he straddles a stool, acting as a cat during his performance April 6, in Carter Hall. Lynch’s comedy act was one of many events on campus for the annual SpringFest celebrations.

SpringFest acts please, weather disappoints

Megan Thorne, Features Editor April 13, 2016
A softball hit Drew Lynch in the throat at age 20, causing him to develop a permanent stutter. The aspiring actor’s dreams of starring in “Mad Men” or “How I Met Your Mother” went down the drain.
Comedian and previous Americas Got Talent contestant Drew Lynch purrs as he straddles a stool acting as a cat during his performance Wednesday in Carter Hall. Lynchs performance was one of the many events happening on campus for the annual Spring Fest celebration.

‘Comedy is a brilliant vehicle’

Megan Thorne, Features Editor April 10, 2016
When Drew Lynch was 20 years old a softball hit him in the throat causing vocal trauma and a permanent stutter. Since then Lynch has taken his adversity and turned it into comedy.

Musical to highlight ‘the oddity of childhood,’ involve audience

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer April 7, 2016
Alec Willis will play Jesus for the second time in his life in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” His first time playing Jesus was in his high school’s production of “Godspell.”
John Pena, a senior finance major, looks at “From Yesterday to Forever” by junior Ryan McKain Sunday afternoon at the 2016 USI Juried Student Art Exhibition. “I see new faces everytime,” he said. “I wonder how long it took.”

‘It’s like the Academy Awards’

Megan Thorne, Features Editor April 6, 2016
Families, friends and supporters stood shoulder to shoulder, smiling, hugging and congratulating student artists. As they walked around the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries, many stopped to look at “From Yesterday to Forever” by Ryan McKain.
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Far from familiar: Nigerian student talks education

Megan Thorne, Features Editor April 6, 2016
The Shield interviewed three international students to see how they were acclimating to life at a U.S. university. In this weekly series, The Shield revisits Souleymane Mamane Illia, a junior English major from Niger, to find out his opinion on U.S. education and language.
Students listen to a presentation in Mitchell Auditorium before donning colorful high heels and traipsing around campus during last year’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.

Student to encourage assault awareness at event

Nick Leighty, Staff writer April 6, 2016

Two weeks are missing from Ellen Cooper’s memory — the two weeks following her sexual assault could have never happened for all she knows. Cooper was 13-years-old when she and a friend went looking...

Aaron Moore, a licensed mental health counselor, talks to Erin Gillingham, founder of the To Write Love on Her Arms university chapter at USI, and Robbillie Stevenson, the previous president of the chapter, after speaking at the organization’s event Tuesday in Carter Hall.

‘Part of me, but not all of me’

Gabi Wy, News Editor April 6, 2016

At the age of 11, Patience Fehribach was lost. She slept too much and lacked the energy to attend school. Doctors diagnosed her with depression, but as a young girl, she had trouble making sense of...

Down to earth President answers questions

‘Down to earth’ President answers questions

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer March 31, 2016
SGA President Alexa Bueltel was nervous after the civility speakers gave their presentations, the campus wouldn’t continue the civility discussion.
Sporting a shirt that reads “mud-slinging pyromaniac,” senior art major Denise “Mickie” Streets uses the pottery wheel as she works on a ceramic mug Monday in the Dowhie Ceramics Studio. Streets will have two of her ceramic sculptures shown in the Juried Student Art Exhibition April 3-May 1 in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries.

Passion, frustration, motivation

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer March 31, 2016
Denise “Mickie” Streets will graduate this April with one of her sons. Streets came from a family of painters, but failed art as a child because she wasn’t good at drawing
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SpringFest to feature varying performances

Megan Thorne, Nick Leighty March 31, 2016
When country singer Emily Earle thinks of music, she thinks of a painting. “My definition of music would look like a pretty abstract painting,” Earle said. “The canvas is music, the texture of the paint is the rhythm, the colors are the melodies and the overall concept of the painting is the words.”

Festival to show award-winning films

March 31, 2016
Patrick Higgs didn’t know his paper route at age 9 would lead him to an acting career. His advice is to “just do it.”
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