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Veterans 'need more compassion'

Shannon Hall November 12, 2012

Keith Weisheit, a Vietnam veteran, knows the importance of a day like Veterans Day and ceremonies that honor veterans. “I am honored when I am in the presence of my fellow veterans,” Weisheit said. A...

USI student found dead in car

Jessie Hellmann November 7, 2012

A USI student was found dead  Wednesday morning after another student saw him unresponsive in a car in a parking lot by the Science and Engineering Center.  Adrien Mowery, a 29-year-old from...

Students vote for the first time

Shannon Hall November 7, 2012

After two minutes, red lights popped up on the voting machine. As simple as that, Christian Anderson had voted for the first time. On Tuesday, the sophomore accounting major left to vote for the first...

BREAKING NEWS: Student found dead in car

Jessie Hellmann November 7, 2012

UPDATE 1:10 p.m. Annie Groves, the Vanderburgh County Coroner, reported that Mowery died of a heart attack. UPDATE 12:47 p.m. The name of the student is Adrien Mowrey from Evansville, Ind. He was in...

Students react to Obama re-election

Jessie Hellmann November 7, 2012

From Obamacare to the job market, USI students are split on their thoughts about President Barack Obama's re-election. College Republicans President Tyler Fitzsimmons said he thinks Obama’s re-election...

New faces in new places: Vidal & Hostetler

Shannon Hall November 6, 2012

Daniela Vidal Director of the Center for Applied Research and Economic Development Degrees: B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Métropolitana, M.B.A. in Business from USI, currently pursuing...

Grab your boxes – they'll bring the tape: Student Housing Association's Boxville to raise awareness for the homeless

Shannon Hall November 6, 2012

Senior English major Clare Pratt wants to build a castle or a ship out of boxes.  She will participate in Student Housing Association (SHA)'s Boxville, a campus event to raise homelessness awareness...

Spiritual Diversity Project comes to USI

Ariana Beedie November 2, 2012

A new organization on campus will bring awareness to spiritual diversity issues at USI - the Spiritual Diversity Project, sponsored by Historic New Harmony via Outreach and Engagement and Religious Life. The...

Natalie Kamp – “She took everyone exactly how they were and loved them for it"

Shannon Hall November 2, 2012

“Runnin’ scared, I was there, I remember it all too well” was freshman English Education major Natalie Kamp’s last Facebook status. An avid Taylor Swift fan, those lyrics from the artist’s song...

International Game Night

Zack Gordon November 2, 2012

Yahtzee, Risk and Scrabble scattered among tables on the fourth floor of the Rice Library Thursday evening.  People of all ages sat around the tables within the room, talking, laughing and enjoying...

A hobby to the extreme: student uses talent to motivate others

Jimmy Pyles October 31, 2012

Just like any other kid in third grade, Zachary Watson saw a toy and wanted it. Little did he know, the trick sticks he saw his uncle playing with would become the basis of his career. Fourteen years after...

Changes to core will help USI comply with new law

James Vaughn October 30, 2012

USI is depending on changes to the core curriculum to put its degree programs in compliance with a new state law that forces public universities to require no more than 120 credit hours for bachelor’s...

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