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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.”
Deena Bregheith (far right), a junior English major, joins her friends in front of the Lincoln Memorial during her trip to Washington, D.C.

Far from familiar: “It makes my everyday life hell”

Megan Thorne, Features Editor March 30, 2016
In this weekly series, The Shield revisits Deena Bregheith, a junior English major from Palestine, to find out her opinion on U.S. politics.

Scientist to talk GMO’s

Nick Leighty, Staff Writer March 24, 2016
As the world’s population and demand for food continues to increase, Nina Federoff said the percentage of farmland is decreasing.
 Auston Bruder, also known as DJ McNaughty, prepares to play a set at Jimmy’s Hobo Jungle in Evansville.

Local DJ promotes Irish roots

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer March 23, 2016
There are two stories regarding how DJ McNaughty chose his stage name. The official story: “McNaughty” derives from his Irish immigrant great-great-grandparents’ last name. The true story is that Auston Bruder found an Irish-name generator on Facebook.
Sandrita Sanabria, a junior international student and international studies major, listens to assistant professor of political science Nicholas LaRowe as he begins his Introduction to American Politics class Tuesday in the Liberal Arts building.

Far from familiar: ‘It affects us all’

Megan Thorne, Features Editor March 23, 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 Sandrita Sanabria, a junior international studies major from Paraguay, to find out her opinion on U.S. politics and her experience at a Donald Trump Rally.
Seth Kidwell, a sophomore social work major, nestles into his newly constructed box home for the night Saturday outside of UC East. Kidwell was among 20 others who participated in Box Out of Boxville, an event organized to spread homelessness awareness by having students sleep in boxes overnight.

‘Cold, uncomfortable, restless’

James Vaughn March 22, 2016
About 20 students ditched their warm beds Saturday night to sleep in boxes on campus.

Far From Familiar: From giraffes to squirrels

Megan Thorne, Features Editor March 18, 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, Africa to find out about his spring break and cultural differences he has noticed recently.
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