University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield
University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield
University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield
Gabi Wy

Gabi Wy, Editor-in-Chief

Gabi Wy is a junior majoring in journalism and criminal justice.

All content by Gabi Wy

2018 Oscar nominations: who will win, who should win?

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
February 20, 2018
Finding love after trauma

Finding love after trauma

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
February 16, 2018
'I said no'

‘I said no’

Gabi Wy, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2018

Rethink online learning

Gabi Wy, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2018

‘Lady Bird’ depicts realistic, hilarious teen experience

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
January 30, 2018
We're not represented

We’re not represented

Gabi Wy, Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2018
Netflix provides honest take on love, violence

Netflix provides honest take on love, violence

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
January 16, 2018

To believe or not to believe

Gabi Wy, Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2018
'Black Mirror' tamer, but a must-see

‘Black Mirror’ tamer, but a must-see

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
January 9, 2018
Saw franchise continues with unnecessary installment

Saw franchise continues with unnecessary installment

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
November 15, 2017
Horror-comedy inventive, solid

Horror-comedy inventive, solid

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
November 1, 2017
Cricket matches to highlight diversity

Cricket matches to highlight diversity

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
October 10, 2017
Mediocre manhunt movie

Mediocre manhunt movie

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
September 19, 2017
'It': not scary, but enjoyable

‘It’: not scary, but enjoyable

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
September 12, 2017
AHS draws scares from 2016 election

AHS draws scares from 2016 election

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
September 8, 2017

Look what Taylor Swift did

Gabi Wy, Editor in Chief
August 29, 2017
Self-worth can't be spoon-fed

Self-worth can’t be spoon-fed

Gabi Wy, Staff Writer
August 15, 2017
Emmanuel Little, 18, was shot at an Indianapolis house party Saturday morning.

Freshman basketball player shot at Indianapolis party

Gabi Wy and Taylor Hall
August 6, 2017
Junior philosophy and theatre major Andrea Morgan Doyle reads lines for one of the plays presented by the STAGEtwo Playwriting Workshop participants and community actors. Dale wrote a play that her fellow students performed at the event Friday evening.

USI community collaborates at playwriting workshop

Gabi Wy, Editor-in-Chief
August 5, 2017

‘Bates Motel’ ties up loose ends, delves into human nature

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
April 19, 2017
Katie Jones (Amy March), Morgan Book (Meg March) and Maggie Browne (Beth March) huddle around Jacelyn Stewart (Jo March) as she tells them her plan to make everything better again for their family, during rehearsal for “Little Women” Tuesday evening in the Performance Center.

Actresses find themselves in Little Women

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
April 19, 2017

Freshman named best of show

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
April 19, 2017

‘13 Reasons Why’ raw, potentially problematic

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
April 6, 2017
Senior dental hygiene major Mackenzie Roll performs a check-up on veteran Michah Bahr. Bahr served in the U.S. Navy from 2004-2012 and gets his dental service for free from the USI Dental Hygiene Clinic. He said the program is “pretty cool” and he likes to help the dental students get real life experience when he comes in for his cleaning.

Dental hygiene clinic fulfills veterans’ needs

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
March 15, 2017
Marcia Kiessling, associate provost for Student Affairs and Betty Rice, wife of former university president David Rice, admire Rice’s award at the 2015 Phenomenal Women Ceremony. Rice helped link the university to the rest of the Evansville community and would plan and hosts events on the campus during her time here.

Ceremony to highlight ‘trailblazing women’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
March 15, 2017

‘Get Out’ terrifyingly real

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
March 15, 2017
Alex Levine, a six time V-Day veteran, demonstrates all the ways her character likes to pleasure women in the monologue “The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy” last year.

‘Vagina Monologues’ seek justice

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
March 1, 2017
Students lack accessibility to childcare, but push forward

Students lack accessibility to childcare, but push forward

Gabi Wy, Special to The Shield
March 1, 2017

New ‘Bates Motel’ takes fresh twist on source material

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
March 1, 2017
Ernestine Crump (freshman Jesmelia Williams) and Ermina Crump (freshman Jada Alexia Hampton) are hesitant to shake Gerte Schulte’s (junior Hannah Michelle) hand.

University play tells ‘important story’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 24, 2017

Arabic instructor spreads acceptance

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 24, 2017

‘Rings’ embodies ‘unnecessary sequel’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 21, 2017
Ernestine Crump (freshman Jesmelia Williams) and Ermina Crump (freshman Jada Alexia Hampton) are hesitant to shake Gerte Schulte’s (junior Hannah Michelle) hand.

Coming of age story to illustrate resilience

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 15, 2017

Know the word ‘no’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 9, 2017
Clifton Jett, president of the Black Student Union introduces Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Freshman overcomes adversity

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 9, 2017
Senior criminal justice and sociology major Megan Gresham adopted 12 charities to benefit over 12 months as part of her Giving Graciously Campaign.

Selfless and Soaring: Senior embarks on year-long charity campaign

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 1, 2017
'La La Land' deserves the hype

‘La La Land’ deserves the hype

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 1, 2017

Spanish film festival to screen five films

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
January 25, 2017

XX album powerful, but only after first three tracks

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
January 25, 2017
After a trip to Uganda, sophomore Keegan Roembke fueled his energy into a coffee business benefiting the Hope for Uganda school and the Defenders of Wildlife Fund.

Selfless and Soaring: Sophomores roast coffee for charity

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
January 21, 2017
Fences: Bleak, but thought-provoking

Fences: Bleak, but thought-provoking

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
January 18, 2017
Junior undecided major Raegan Ball will ride his bike across the country this summer, stopping at hospitals and handing out scholarships for young adults with cancer.

Selfless and Soaring: Student cycles for a cause

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
January 18, 2017
UNBREAKABLE

UNBREAKABLE

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
December 8, 2016
Artist Jenna “Citrus” Reuger poses with some of her favorite artworks Monday afternoon in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Gallery. Reuger has worked for a year on 130 pieces to put in the Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship Exhibit.

Fellow’s art exhibit showcases ‘process’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
December 8, 2016
Student work featured in ‘Robot Invasion’

Student work featured in ‘Robot Invasion’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
December 8, 2016
The choir sings during the 2014 Madrigal Feaste in Carter Hall.

Madrigal Feaste transports community to Renaissance

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 30, 2016
One novel, one month

One novel, one month

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 29, 2016
'Fantastic Beasts' enjoyable but lacks substance

‘Fantastic Beasts’ enjoyable but lacks substance

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 20, 2016

International Extravaganza showcases cultures

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 18, 2016
Dance Marathon board members hold up the fundraising total of $62,089.24. That amount includes all of the donations made to Riley Hospital through the Southern Indiana Dance Marathon.

‘Standing for those who can’t’

Gabi Wy, Special to The Shield
November 13, 2016

Passion, selflessness fuel annual dance marathon

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 9, 2016
One of the three candidates elected for County Council, Angela Koehler Lindsey, R, sheds tears of joy and hugs of congratulations from friends and supports on her victory Tuesday night at the Republican Watch Party. Lindsey said it has been a long process and she is relieved the election has finally come to a close.

Republican watch party celebrates victory

Gabi Wy and Sarah Rogers
November 9, 2016

Empty Bowls fills stomachs, hearts

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 3, 2016
Wishful Whitewashing

Wishful Whitewashing

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 3, 2016
Local dance instructor Heidi Garza leads attendees at the university’s Day of the Dead celebration in a salsa dance. The annual event featured Garza’s Latin dance lessons as a new component of the three-hour celebration in the Liberal Arts Building.

Celebrating the dead

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
November 3, 2016

Faculty Senate discusses syllabi

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
September 7, 2016

University awaits officer contract approval

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
September 7, 2016

Fraternity’s ‘steady progress’ recognized

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
September 1, 2016

New fee hard to see

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
September 1, 2016
The university has updated its policy regarding areas on campus which are designated for “speech and expressive activities.” The locations are the lawn area south of Rice Library, the lawn area between the Physical Activities Center and the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center and the lawn in front of the Health Professions Building. The three areas combined are approximately 1.6 acres of the 1,400 acre campus

‘Every intent of being open’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 31, 2016
Students walking to class often pass by bulletin boards like these filled with information about upcoming events and important information for on campus events.

More than a T-Shirt member

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 24, 2016

Fraternity finds fresh motivation with national award

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 24, 2016

Annual faculty meeting adjusted for time, simplicity

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 17, 2016
After unlocking her dorm room for the first time, Fredrick gazes out of her window in Governors Hall. “It’s my new backyard,” she said to her mother, pointing out how green the view is compared to California.

(GALLERY) ‘It’s so beautiful’

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 17, 2016
deJong

‘Enthusiastic’ professor recognized by arts council

Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 17, 2016

Ecuadorian students feel aftershocks of quake

Gabi Wy, News Editor
May 2, 2016

Humanity trumps cruelty

Gabi Wy, Staff writer
April 29, 2016

STORIFY: Trustees wrap up semester

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 29, 2016
A student from Boonville High School Jon Pearl, 18, yells over at the protesters as each side argues back and forth following the Trump rally Thursday.

(GALLERY) Student supporters, protesters experience Trump spectacle downtown

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 28, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes to the stage as many supporters stand and welcome him Thursday at the Old National Events Plaza in Downtown Evansville.

Trump rallies crowd downtown, reporter gets spit on

James Vaughn and Gabi Wy
April 28, 2016

Students, faculty rally for Cruz

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 24, 2016
Once hired on the tenure track as an assistant professor, a faculty member spends five years developing a portfolio to present to his or her department. During the sixth year, the faculty member is evaluated and the Board of Trustees either grants tenure or gives the faculty another year before terminating employment.

Tenure: helping or hurting?

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 20, 2016
Chief Justice Jason Miner swears in the Student Government Association's '16-'17 members while '15-'16 President Alexa Bueltel takes a picture on her phone.

Bueltel’s administration ends

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 14, 2016
The Student Government Association passed a resolution that proposes the optional $50 student activity fee be raised to a mandatory $100 per semester. Some students opt out of paying the current student fee, but if every student did pay $50, the total revenue from the fee is less than $500,000 per semester. A mandatory $100 fee would collect nearly $1 million per semester based on fall enrollment.

SGA proposes doubled, mandatory fee

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 13, 2016

SGA members negotiate 16-17 budget

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 13, 2016

Teeter-Totter to benefit Special Olympics

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 12, 2016

Adjunct arrested for DUI still employed

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 12, 2016
Ashby

Adjunct arrested for DUI

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 6, 2016
Aaron Moore, a licensed mental health counselor, talks to Erin Gillingham, founder of the To Write Love on Her Arms university chapter at USI, and Robbillie Stevenson, the previous president of the chapter, after speaking at the organization’s event Tuesday in Carter Hall.

‘Part of me, but not all of me’

Gabi Wy, News Editor
April 6, 2016

SGA requests Senate change finals dates

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 31, 2016
Wi-Fi failure prevents Assessment Day

Wi-Fi failure prevents Assessment Day

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 31, 2016

SGA seeks Executive Clerk

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 29, 2016
Senator Richard Lugar speaks to Rachel Johnson, a sophomore political science and economic double major, during the reception Wednesday in Traditions Lounge following the moderated discussion. Lugar and former Congressman Lee Hamilton spoke to the public on civility in politics Wednesday in Carter Hall.

Politicians stress importance of ‘good citizens’

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 23, 2016
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 17, 2016

IT bypasses clutter box

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 17, 2016

Fourth sex offense reported

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 17, 2016

‘Boxless’ to spotlight homelessness

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 15, 2016

SGA impeaches representative

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 3, 2016

STORIFY: University aims to expand

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 3, 2016
Campus resident Robin Paige Hamby posted on her Facebook Feb. 22, and wrote that she has found more than 40 brown recluse spiders in her apartment. Housing and Residence Life has offered Hamby and her roommates to move to a different apartment, but they declined.

UPDATE: Spider issue unresolved

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 2, 2016
Pott College dean accepts Washington provost gig

Pott College dean accepts Washington provost gig

Gabi Wy, News Editor
March 1, 2016
'All I see is Christian'

‘All I see is Christian’

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 24, 2016

New dean aims to “maximize abilities”

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 24, 2016

Faking it

Gabi Wy, Staff Writer
February 24, 2016

Senate considers more ‘closed sessions’

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 23, 2016

University names Liberal Arts Dean

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 19, 2016

SGA considers eliminating signature requirement

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 18, 2016
Yakkers Anonymous

Yakkers Anonymous

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 17, 2016

Community director to speak on grants

Gabi Wy, News Editor
February 16, 2016
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