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The Shield

University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield

University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield

Parking Lot O, behind the RFWC, is prohibited to students and faculty until further notice. Construction workers will park their equipment in this lot while constructing a bike shop.

More construction, closure on campus, addition of bicycle shop

Abigail Durham, Staff Writer November 21, 2024

More construction has been present on campus alongside other new additions.   Parking Lot O, located behind the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center and near Strassweg Field, has been closed to...

Attendees line up for the food bar at the 55th Annual Juried Student Art Show Sunday in the Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center. (Photo By Chloé Newman)

Gallery: 55th Annual Juried Student Art Show highlights student creativity

Chloé Newman, Assistant Design Editor November 20, 2024

The 55th Annual Juried Student Art Show took place Sunday in the Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center. The exhibition featured work from 69 student artists, with 101 artworks chosen by juror Segovia Figueroa...

“Baby Bottles” by Jade Young sits on a shelf Saturday in the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Don’t be afraid to ‘Grow Up!’ and embrace ceramics

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor November 18, 2024

The artists’ reception for “Grow Up!,” an art show by Ashley Banks and Jade Young, was held Saturday at the New Harmony Gallery for Contemporary Art. Banks is a senior studio art and PK-12 art...

Attendees listen to the juror’s talk Wednesday in Kleymeyer Hall.

Gallery: Cintia Segovia Figueroa’s juror’s talk provides insight into the 55th Annual Juried Art Show

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor November 15, 2024

Cintia Segovia Figueroa, professor of photography at Murray State University, served as the juror for the 55th Annual Juried Art Show. At her talk Wednesday in Kleymeyer Hall, she introduced herself...

Students walk across campus Tuesday, one week after Election Day.

Students respond to presidential election results

Cade Smithson, Staff Writer November 14, 2024

Over the past week, the campus has been abuzz with conversation as students gather in dormitories, dining halls and classrooms to discuss the outcome of the recent presidential election.  The results,...

Students line up for pizza and refreshments Thursday in Kleymeyer Hall.

Post-election analysis event discusses 2024 presidential race results

Alex Mendoza, Assistant News Editor November 14, 2024

The Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Philosophy held an event to analyze the results of the 2024 election in Kleymeyer Hall Thursday at the College of Liberal Arts. Vice President...

Bohan Ye, assistant professor of economics, demonstrates ways to train one’s voice before singing Thursday in the Business and Engineering Center atrium.

Bohan Ye gives Chinese opera demonstration at Romain College of Business culture lunch

Cade Smithson, Staff writer November 9, 2024

The Romain College of Business Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee held a culture lunch Thursday in the Business and Engineering Center atrium. Bohan Ye, assistant professor of economics, performed...

Students and volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse fill shoeboxes with hygiene supplies, school supplies, notebooks, toys and clothes Tuesday in the David L. Rice Library.

Shoeboxes for children: Operation Christmas Child

Rose Robinson, Staff Writer November 7, 2024

The packing party was organized by USI Religious Life and other faith-based campus student organizations and worked alongside Operation Christmas Child Tuesday in the basement of the David L. Rice Library....

Students decorate sugar skulls Thursday in the Liberal Arts Center.

Gallery: Día de los Muertos honors the lives of those who have passed

November 6, 2024

Hispanic student organizations held a Día de los Muertos celebration Thursday in the Liberal Arts Center. The event included face painting, sugar skulls to decorate and paper flower creation stations...

The university plans to house pollination habitats by Spring 2025.

USI to become official bee campus to support pollinators

Cade Smithson, Staff Writer November 6, 2024

USI has joined the Bee Campus USA program, a national initiative fostering pollinator-friendly environments on campuses. Bee-affiliated campuses partner with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation,...

USI students share traits they seek in a candidate for the 2024 election.

Students share traits they want in a candidate

Cade Smithson, Staff Writer November 6, 2024

Zakk Fortune, freshman criminal justice major     “I want a president that will act on their policies. Someone who will follow through with what they are currently saying,...

USI held an HIV testing clinic in conjunction with Evansville’s AIDS Resource Group Oct. 23-25.

USI holds HIV testing clinic

Rose Robinson, Staff Writer November 6, 2024

An HIV testing center was operated at USI alongside Evansville’s AIDS Resource Group Oct. 23-25. The goal of testing was to encourage students to regularly monitor their health and allow them to seek...

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