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Maurice Rush, a freshman English education major, performs at Live at the Apollo last October in Carter Hall.

Create, motivate, graduate

Megan Thorne, Features Editor January 28, 2016
Maurice Rush, a freshman English education major has been writing music for four months and started recording in Indianapolis, his hometown, with producer DJ Goodnight.

Series to feature ‘dynamic’ authors

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer January 28, 2016
Sandra Marchetti, this semester’s first RopeWalk Reading Series writer, began writing when she was in fourth grade after she won second place in a story competition.

Author to speak out about religious freedom

Nick Leighty, Staff Writer January 26, 2016
Os Guinness has written 30 books about religious freedom and the problems surrounding it and traveled the world to talk about the subject.
Far from familiar: International insights

Far from familiar: International insights

Megan Thorne, Features Editor January 20, 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 will follow Deena Bregheith, a junior English major from Palestine; Souleymane Mamane Illia, a junior English major from Niger, West Africa and Sandrita Sanabria, a junior international studies major from Paraguay.
The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sponsored after school group, Emerging Young Leaders, laugh with Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon’s keynote speaker Major General Barrye Price after his “Up Close and Personal” meeting in Traditions Lounge on Monday.

Luncheon keeps MLK’s “dream alive”

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer January 19, 2016
Barry Price, who became the first African-American to earn a doctorate from the Department of History at the University of Texas A&M, spoke at this year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon.
Richard Schuler, a senior engineering major, spins dance partner Dakota Fleetwood, a junior psychology major, as Paola Marizan, the student instructor of the Latin Dance Class that takes place Mondays and Thursdays in the RFWC, gives them pointers.

Hips & Salsa

Armon Siadat, Staff Writer January 13, 2016
Paola Marizan discovered a passion for teaching Latin dances after attending an event in Carter Hall last semester.
Guests to the Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon are served their meals before the guest speaker takes the stage during the 2015 annual event in Carter Hall. This year’s luncheon will include guest speaker Major General Barrye L. Price, the first African American to obtain a doctorate from the Department of History of Texas A&M University.

‘The man behind the legend’

Bobby Shipman, Editor-in-Chief January 13, 2016
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Luncheon will feature Major General Barrye Price who travels the globe speaking of Dr. King.
deJong

Student, faculty art on display

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer January 13, 2016
Joan deJong said she begins every design with an original idea.

Group promotes dialogue, not debate

Nick Leighty, Staff Writer January 12, 2016

The “Voices of Discovery” group, beginning Feb. 4, aims to create a safe space on campus where students can voice their experiences without turning it into a debate. The group takes place every...

Away from home for the holidays

Amelia Peterson, Staff writer December 10, 2015
Students face having to stay on campus for the holidays instead of going home.

Dropping it like a mixtape

Megan Thorne, Features Editor December 10, 2015
The Poetry Workshop students put out their first mix tape on Monday, featuring 18 poems and 9 students.
Country artist Toby Keith performs at “An Intimate Evening with Friends,” a Don Mattingly charity event on Thursday night at the performance center. The event featured a speech from  Los Angeles Angels infielder Albert Pujols and a performance from Keith.

Mattingly donates $25,000 at charity event

Megan Thorne, Features Editor December 8, 2015
Toby Keith joined Don Mattingly and Albert Pujols during "An Intimate Evening With Friends," that took place at the Performance Center.
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