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Sarah Rogers

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor

Sarah is a senior journalism major and creative writing minor.

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Angela Ackerman, a master of liberal studies student, performs her capstone project On the Exhale.

Fulfilling a lifelong dream

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 16, 2019
Keeping campus PG

Keeping campus PG

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 12, 2019
Play to challenge societal stereotypes

Play to challenge societal stereotypes

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 12, 2019
Kassie Santos (right), D’Angelo Taylor (middle right), Ta’Meia Burleigh (middle left), and Clifton Jett (left) smile after the Black History Month Oratorical Competition.

The element of change

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 5, 2019
The Womens basketball team celebrates after a win.

Lessons on mental toughness

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 22, 2019
Miranda Brooks dances during the basketball game Saturday.

Dancing through the pain

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 15, 2019
The coffee cup dilemma

The coffee cup dilemma

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 15, 2019
Parker Dean, senior theatre and philosophy major, interviews Heather Himes, instructor in dance performing arts, for the YouTube series Faculty at Places Talking About Things.

‘We are storytellers’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 8, 2019
Cast members lift Christopher Boone during choreography. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will show Thursday-Sunday.

Play pulls the heart strings

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 27, 2018
The COVID-19 pandemic has left students facing numerous uncertainty about classes, graduation, housing and more. The uncertainty has taken a toll on their mental health as they find ways to cope with the sudden life change.

The penalty for excellence

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 27, 2018
Titus Winder and Austin Nolan lead the pack of runners during a meet. The team will compete at Tom Sawyer State Park for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships Saturday

Family rivalry leaves big shoes to fill

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 13, 2018
Sarah Feagan, a senior studio art major, laughs with friends during the Senior Seminar Exhibition Sunday afternoon. Feagan had two pieces accepted into the show.

‘An itch to create’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 12, 2018
Melissa Moore, EVSC School Board Candidate, waits expectantly for the results of the election Tuesday night.

Democrats suffer tough Indiana losses

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 7, 2018
Cast members lift Christopher Boone during choreography. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will show Thursday-Sunday.

Production to challenge autism stigma

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 6, 2018
Temple Adath Bnai Israel opened their weekly Shabbat up to the community for #showupforshabbat Friday evening to honor the 11 people killed in the shooting that took place in The Tree of Life Synagogue.

#Showupforshabbat creates unity

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 6, 2018
After hours: lights, camera, action

After hours: lights, camera, action

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
October 30, 2018
Sherrianne Standley became the adviser for The Shield in 1976. Standley said she challenged her students to be fair and accurate.

Setting the foundation

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
October 1, 2018
Donna Singleton has been working with Sodexo at the university since 2009.

More than just a Starbucks cashier

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 25, 2018
Christian Barrett spent 2 weeks in Uganda with a team from Christian Fellowship Church.

Eagle expeditions: serving together

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 16, 2018
Thunder Dreamer, a local Evansville artist will perform at ParksFest Music Festival at 5 p.m.

ParksFest to feature local artists

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 4, 2018
Javontay Moss, a junior communications major, attended the APRO National Convention in St. Louis to receive a scholarship.

‘We were all beaming with pride’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 4, 2018

Mixing old with the new

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 28, 2018

Traveling reveals, not changes

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 27, 2018
Cristine Pyle, a senior art and international studies major, sits with Melon, the Canadian goose they rehabilitated.

Goose tails

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 27, 2018
DeeAnna Reed, a senior business management major, spent seven weeks in Johannesburg, South Africa with a team from Campus Outreach.

Eagle expeditions: breaking barriers

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 20, 2018
More than just a president

More than just a president

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 24, 2018
The university softball team in 2018 as they concluded their season.

Finding a new groove

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 17, 2018
Abigail Stallings, a seventh grader at Castle North Middle School, one of the 32 student authors who created the book “Caring Makes the World Go ‘Round” reads a poem aloud during the official book launch in the Traditions Lounge Tuesday afternoon.

‘A better future for everyone’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 10, 2018
A big fish in a little pond

A big fish in a little pond

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 3, 2018
Running club supports, encourages

Running club supports, encourages

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
March 21, 2018
Words fall short of instrumental glory

Words fall short of instrumental glory

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 28, 2018

The gun dilemma: consider culture

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 20, 2018
Tapingo

Tapingo

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 16, 2018
3 kinds of people in November

3 kinds of people in November

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 16, 2018
Spilling stress

Spilling stress

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 16, 2018
Evolution of dating

Evolution of dating

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 16, 2018
Progression of break

Progression of break

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 16, 2018
In someone elses shoes

‘In someone else’s shoes’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
February 13, 2018
Cat got universitys tongue

Cat got university’s tongue

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 31, 2018

New album brings joy

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 31, 2018
I would take the chance again

‘I would take the chance again’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
January 16, 2018
Mercades Axton, freshman nursing major,
sits with her emotional support animal Henley,
as they sport USI apparel. Henley has been
Axton’s emotional support animal for five years.

Support animals offer relief

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
December 5, 2017
Life in the fast lane

Life in the fast lane

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
December 5, 2017
University establishes NAACP chapter

University establishes NAACP chapter

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 28, 2017
This is beyond us

‘This is beyond us’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 14, 2017
Mary Stoll, Associate Professor of Philosophy, answers a question from the audience in response to the National Geographic documentary “Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric. Stoll sat on the panel with two other university faculty members, and two SAGA students.

‘There is a lack of understanding’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
November 2, 2017
Anika Cunningham, freshman English literature major, participates in tie-dying at the event hosted by SAGA in honor of National Coming Out Day Wednesday evening.

SAGA celebrates LGBTQ+ pride

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
October 12, 2017
Members of Delta Zeta stand in front of their booth, the only pink painted booth at Fall Fest. The university Greek Life are just a few of the organizations that participate in the popular Evansville event.

Fall Festival worth sacrifice

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 26, 2017
Christy Gretchen, lead teacher for the Childrens Learning Centers 2-year-olds, helped her class decorate the fence to welcome James Putnam, university bus driver, back to campus.

Campus bus driver missed, celebrated

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 26, 2017
Students attended QPR training, an acronym for question, persuade and refer Thursday evening. The event taught students how to approach the subject of suicide with friends and loved ones through a series of role playing exercises.

Question, persuade, refer

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 22, 2017
Stephanie Cunningham, senior staff psychologist – outreach and training coordinator for the counseling center worked with the RFWC and the DOSO to put on the event “13 Reasons Why Suicide is Not the Answer” for National Suicide Prevention Week. Cunningham said she only expected about four or five students to come and was shocked to see they ran out of seating. “What it boils down to is positive outlook, we all have a part to play with suicide prevention. Take a minute to save a life. That’s the fundamental that it all boils down to; that’s really all it takes to make a difference.”

Netflix series sparks discussion

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 19, 2017
Devin Williams stood with fellow Engineering 471 students examining their high altitude balloon Monday afternoon. Rain interfered with the tethered test the class had planned for the day, but students still enjoyed. The high altitude balloon launch is planned for Sept. 30.

Rain ruins day, not morale

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 19, 2017
Members of the international club sipped tea and ate cookies while discussing the stresses of the semester Wednesday afternoon. The Counseling Center pairs with the International programs office to put on the monthly event.

Chai Chat offers more than just tea

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 11, 2017
A variety of water games and activities were available to students at Kramers Lake Monday afternoon. Gabi Baker, public relations and advertising junior said she played all the water games except go off the trapeze. I wont go on the trapeze, Baker said. It looks too scary.

Day off filled with fun, friends

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 5, 2017
Shattering stereotypes

Shattering stereotypes

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 3, 2017
A force to contend with

‘A force to contend with’

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
September 2, 2017
Comics come to life

Comics come to life

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 29, 2017
One last song

One last song

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 29, 2017
Professors showcase creativity

Professors showcase creativity

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 23, 2017
All-American comeback

All-American comeback

Sarah Rogers, Feature Editor
August 21, 2017
Muy bien

Muy bien

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
August 15, 2017
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