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The tristate area has numerous theatre, music, art and film events this January. (Graphic by Nico Armeanu)

January: Upcoming in the arts

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor January 7, 2025

Theatre Evansville Civic Theatre will perform Once Upon a Mattress at 7:30 p.m. on Jan 17 in the auditorium of Bosse High School. This musical is a retelling of the fairytale The Princess and the Pea. Pretty...

Graduates and their loved ones pose for photos Saturday outside the Liberty Arena.

Gallery: Fall 2024 Kinney, Pott College commencement ceremony

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 18, 2024

The Fall 2024 Commencement ceremony for the Kinney College of Nursing and Health Professions, the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education and the School of Graduate Studies was organized...

Graduates talk after the College of Liberal Arts, the Romain College of Business and the School of Graduate Studies commencement ceremony Saturday outside the Liberty Arena.

Gallery: Fall 2024 liberal arts, business commencement ceremony

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 18, 2024

The Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony for the School of Graduate Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and the Romain College of Business was held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Liberty Arena. The commencement...

Performers converse Thursday in Carter Hall in University Center West.

Gallery: USI Chamber Choir keeps tradition alive with 53rd annual Madrigal Feaste performance

Alex Mendoza, Assistant News Editor December 10, 2024

From 1971 to 2024, the USI Chamber Choir performed the annual Madrigal Feaste, a reenactment of large banquets from the medieval period, themed around the time of the Renaissance. The 53rd Madrigal...

“Greatest Weight of Water” by Sarah Wolfe is on display as part of “Opusilva” Nov. 17 in the Shircliff Gallery of Art. Wolfe said this is one of her most popular works from the collection.

Opusilva: When nature is your medium

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 5, 2024

Sarah Wolfe is an artist based in Vincennes, Indiana. Last year, she worked for the city of Vincennes and Knox County as an eclipse director. What she observed then inspired her current exhibition,...

The search for the university’s fifth president is underway. The Academic Search team will be accepting applications until Jan. 27, and the university is to announce the selected candidate by April.

Presidential search begins with recruitment, application in progress

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

In November, the Presidential Search Committee entered phase two, recruitment and application, for the university’s fifth president.  According to the USI presidential Search web page, the Academic...

Degree-seeking enrollment continues to decrease, CAP increases total enrollment

Degree-seeking enrollment continues to decrease, CAP increases total enrollment

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

In previous years, the university has experienced a decrease in enrollment, with total enrollment (graduate, undergraduate, and dual credit included) dropping from 10,734 in Fall 2019 to 9,178 in Fall...

About 7,000 visitors and students gather to watch the solar eclipse on The Quad April 8.

Solarpalooza: A ‘once in a lifetime’ experience brought to campus

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

In April, USI hosted Solarpalooza, a public two-day event centered around the total solar eclipse. According to the National Weather Service, Evansville experienced a total eclipse for three minutes and...

Members of the 2022 homecoming court tally up votes for the creation they think is best.

Reflection on COVID-19: ‘A time that was absolutely not normal’

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 4, 2024

Four years after COVID-19, the atmosphere on campus is different. “I would say that one of the things that's definitely different is there's a different vibe on campus right now,” Interim President...

The sixth issue of "Candid" was released in Spring 2024. The cover was designed by Kayla Allen, senior illustration and interactive design major, who serves as Candid's senior illustrator. When designing the cover, Allen set out to create something that would evoke feelings of nostalgia and tranquility. “When we were kids, we want[ed] to pretend that we are older,” Allen said. “We played pretend doing adult things, and when we are adults, we want to do things that kids do. We want things to be simple again.” (Photo courtesy of Candid Magazine)

Let’s get candid about ‘Candid’

Kayli McDonald, Tegan Ruhl, and Nico Armeanu December 4, 2024

A student newspaper, an arts and literary magazine, what other publications could USI need? Cue “Candid,” a student-led arts and fashion magazine written, illustrated, photographed and edited on campus. Nathaniel...

The art building remains in need of repairs. Over the years, the exterior of the Arts Center has not undergone drastic changes. (Graphic by Kai Harris, Photo courtesy of USI Photography and Multimedia; Photo by Nico Armeanu)

Will the Arts Center ever take center stage?

Nico Armeanu, Arts Editor December 3, 2024

After the $49 million renovation of the Health Professions Center and the $10 million donation towards athletics and the naming rights to the Screaming Eagles Arena (which had only just been renovated...

The men’s basketball team defeats Morehead State University 66-71 in the Screaming Eagles Arena, 2023.

Phase 3 of 4: Division I brings ‘visibility,’ ‘credibility’ to USI

Aracely Chavez, News Editor December 3, 2024

The USI athletic department has 19 varsity sports, including swimming and diving, added in Fall 2022. All teams can compete at the Division I level in 2026.  The university began transitioning from...

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