The Shield

Are you REDI?

Haley Fulk March 6, 2013

Pacers tickets, artwork, gift certificates, jewelry and even a guitar - rumored to include lessons - are some of the items up for bidding today as a part of  “Are You REDI?” “Are You REDI?”...

Vagina monologues: ‘Learn to respect, learn how to love better’

Shannon Hall March 6, 2013

A 17-year-old boy kissed a 17-year-old-year girl and she got wet. The boy told her that she smelled bad. Since then, the girl never again got close to a man. Later, they found the cancer. This is an...

RopeWalk Reading Series: Chad Simpson

Haley Fulk March 1, 2013

Chad Simpson said he writes about the Midwest because he dislikes of its “monolithic” characterless stereotype - the stereotype most of the Tri-State understand. Simpson is the epitome of a current...

New pharmacy at USI health center allows students to buy medications on campus

Jessica Stallings February 27, 2013

Students and faculty can now buy their medications, including birth control, antibiotics and a variety of over-the-counter medicines, on campus at the USI Student Health Center. The health center, whose...

New core curriculum available in Fall 2014

James Vaughn February 27, 2013

Students will have the option to continue on path with the current 50-credit-hour core or switch to the new 39-credit-hour core, once Fall 2014 rolls around. Co-chair of the Core Implementation Task...

The doctors are in: Cedar Hall

Roberto Campos February 27, 2013

Keegan Ellermann, 17, felt some pain in his lower back, but instead of going to St. Mary’s, he decided to visit USI’s Cedar Hall Community Health Center. Keegan comes from a family of...

Production sheds light on history, racism

Ariana Beedie February 27, 2013

The theatre department recently put on an emotionally high production about race, rioting and history. Written by Anna Deavere Smith in 1992, the play “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” is set in Los...

Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville potentially moving from USI campus

Jessie Hellmann February 27, 2013

Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville is expanding and possibly leaving the top floor of the Health Professions (HP) building. Due to a shortage in physicians across the country, IU-Evansville,...

Monologues to encourage female empowerment

Shannon Hall February 27, 2013

Alexandra Levine will present the monologue about reclaiming the word “cunt” for this year’s “Vagina Monologues.” “At one point, the word ‘bitch’ was offensive, and now it can be used...

Greeks go ‘crazy’ for a cause

Shannon Hall February 27, 2013

With men taking off their shirts and women dancing to songs from “Pitch Perfect,” this year’s Lip Sync had audience members on their feet all throughout the night. The Greek community came...

How diverse is USI?

Ariana Beedie February 27, 2013

Majority of faculty categorized as white The lack of diversity at USI is not only present in the student body, but the diversity in the faculty is also struggling. In 2012, 86 percent of professors,...

Midwestern author kicks off RopeWalk Reading Series

Haley Fulk February 27, 2013

USI students can relate with Midwestern author Chad Simpson’s short stories because they are often set in this region. While not all readers can connect with living in the Midwest, all can relate...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
News