Those who have spent any time on campus in the past year and half have undoubtedly been taken aback by the addition of a 97-foot, looming conical structure to its center. The newest addition to USI’s...

As I sat and pondered what I wanted the next installment of this column to cover, I settled on that one kid who is seemingly in every class, the one that always feels like they know more than the teacher...

By now, everyone has hopefully decided whether they will stick to their new year’s resolution or not. Whatever, it’s your life. America’s most popular resolution is to lose weight, get into shape...

Relationships are tricky. I would even call them stupid. Yet, everyone is on this constant journey to find the perfect partner. People have this idea of the perfect partner that will drop whatever he or...

This past weekend I watched the film "No Strings Attached" which got me thinking a lot about the idea of friends with benefits. Upon starting this article, I knew roughly why I thought friends with benefits...

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Let me start off by saying I don’t hate leggings/jeggings, actually I find them to be the short shorts of winter. Girls seem to be wearing them everywhere from school to church and even funerals. Ok,...

Let’s talk some sex. As part of Know Your Status Week, Christine Tolis, assistant program director of student wellness, spoke at a seminar entitled Let’s Talk About Sex. The discussion, hosted by Activities...

Back to school means back to tests, papers, treading to class through the snow, ice and sludge (at least mailmen get paid and get to play with dogs) and your weird professor who still swears that the government...

In response to “USI, an ‘ego stroke,’” from The Shield, Dec. 9. I too found my freshman year to be not much of a challenge.  However, I did not blame the school or professors for this -- I felt...

NewSouth publishing group intends to revise Mark Twain’s novel “Huckleberry Finn.” The book was first published in England in 1884 and since has become a classic which is mandatory to be taught across...