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

The Shield

Students and faculty join hands during a prayer vigil in the afternoon of Sept. 11 outside the U.C.

From the Archive: New York Tragedy rocks USI

Travis Neff, Staff Writer October 14, 2021

Message from 2021-2022 Editorial Staff:  The first issue of The Spartan Shield was published Oct. 15, 1968. The Shield Staff is celebrating The Shield's 53rd birthday by digitally republishing stories...

The "Remembering Our Fallen" war memorial ran from Jan. 22-28 in the Screaming Eagles Arena.

Display memorializes fallen veterans

Emma Corry, Features Editor January 28, 2020

A wall displayed the memorialized and young faces of people in military uniform, their photos surrounded by post-it notes covered in hand-written messages picked up from surrounding tables next to the...

‘Don’t wait for calamity’

‘Don’t wait for calamity’

Brandon Cole, Staff Writer September 14, 2016
When the planes slammed into the Twin Towers 15 years ago, the country was at a standstill. Why does it take tragedy for us to come together as people, believe in God or even realize just how precious life is?
An American flag hangs over the Lloyd Expressway by way of the Perry Township Fire Department Wednesday morning to commemorate Sept. 11, 2001. 

By Caleb Riley/The Shield

Flag flies high to commemorate 9/11

Troi Genders September 11, 2013

Everyone who entered USI’s campus from the Lloyd Expressway Wednesday morning was greeted by an American flag waving above the overpass from the ladder of a fire truck parked on University Boulevard. Perry...

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