Multiple alleged sexual assaults reported in campus housing
February 15, 2019
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A student was removed and banned from campus last week pending a Title IX investigation after multiple allegations of sexual assault. The university announced they had become aware of multiple alleged sexual assaults that occurred in housing over the past week, in a Rave Alert sent at 5:17 p.m. Frida...
SGA approves resolution of support for change in housing policy
Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor
February 14, 2019
The Student Government Association General Assembly voted to approve a resolution of support for the Student Housing Association’s (SHA) proposal for a change in the overnight visitation policy at their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday. SGA Attorney General Sarah Seward-Genung said the proposal was o...
Man found guilty of murdering former student
Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor
February 14, 2019
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The man accused of murdering former university student Nicholas Belcher was found guilty Tuesday. 19-year-old Caleb Singer was found guilty of murdering 20-year-old Belcher outside of Singer’s ex-girlfriend’s residence. Belcher was not enrolled at the time of his death. Investigators belie...
USI professor tests local water safety
Bowman Clark, News Editor
February 6, 2019
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry at USI Brian Bohrer was unsure about the safety of lake water at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area. According to IN.gov, “The Amaz Coal company began mining operations in October 1973, and ceased operations in 1993.” The strip mine eventually filled wit...
Students offer free tax preparation
Bowman Clark, News Editor
February 6, 2019
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Assistant Professor of Accounting Brett Bueltel is in his second year of running the volunteer-based tax assistance program at the university. “The volunteer income tax assistance program, also known as the VITA program, is where the Internal Revenue Service partners with local organizations to prov...
USI ventures into final frontier
Bowman Clark and Riley Guerzini
February 6, 2019
Five university undergraduate students were finally able to see the 10-by-10-by-30 centimeter satellite launch into the great beyond after two and a half years working on the UNITE CubeSat project. The five active members on the Undergraduate Nano Ionospheric Temperature Explorer (UNITE) CubeSat te...
University to host Dean of Students candidates
Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor
February 4, 2019
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The university will host four candidates for the Dean of Students position from Feb. 11-14 on campus. The candidates will give open forum presentations on the topic “The Role of the Dean of Students at the University of Southern Indiana and Major Trends That Will Shape the Position." The present...
University scores in top five nationally on accounting exam
Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor
January 29, 2019
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The university scored in the top five in the nation in the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exam in 2018, becoming one of just four schools to achieve a 90 percent pass rate or better. The CMA exam is a globally offered test for people who work in corporate accounting and nonprofit accounting. ...
USI professor studies informed consent on abortions
Noah Alatza, News Editor
January 28, 2019
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Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Grace Howard has been studying and working on reproductive law and policy since she was undergraduate in college. She said she knew she wanted to continue her studies on the topic through graduate school at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. ...
University officials say not so fast on paperless timesheets
Bowman Clark, Junior Copy Editor
January 22, 2019
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Despite multiple funding requests for paperless timesheets and inclusion in the university's strategic plan, the university continues to use paper timesheets. Executive Director of Human Resources Andrew Lenhardt said that the university is still not paperless in many aspects. “We are hopef...
Luncheon manifests MLK Jr’s vision for the future
Haviland Cardinal, Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
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Donna Brazile said Martin Luther King’s legacy is stronger nowadays than it has ever been. Brazile, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, was the keynote speaker at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon. Diverse members of the greater Evansville community fill...
College Democrats sit out Women’s March after anti-Semitic comments
Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor
January 18, 2019
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The USI College Democrats withdrew from the Saturday’s Women’s March in Evansville due to anti-Semitic comments made by leaders of Women’s March Inc., one of the organizations that grew out of the original march two years ago. The Democratic National Committee also rejected the march along ...