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

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Exterior of the USI Arts Center where Candid is located. (Photo by Bryce West)

Candid art magazine to release new issue at the end of the semester

Bryce West, News Writer September 21, 2022

The student-run art magazine, Candid, is planned to release at the end of the Fall 2022 semester. Candid is an art-feature magazine run by students in the art department on campus.  Ashley Staib, Editor-in-Chief...

Sister Cindy shows a crowd of students a cup she received from a student during her speech outside the Arts Center Wednesday.

Students flock to see Sister Cindy on campus – ‘I haven’t seen this many people on The Quad at once’

Shield Staff September 21, 2022

Editor’s Note: This story contains explicit language and content. Roars and cheers could be heard across campus as hundreds of students gathered in the hot, beaming sun to watch Sister Cindy’s presentation...

University Faculty Play the Newlywed Game

University Faculty Play the Newlywed Game

Josh Meredith, Chief Photo Editor February 16, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFCFMfPk-NM Greg Blair, assistant professor of Art and Design and interim adviser of The Shield in Fall 2021, and Sara Blair, chair of the Art and Design Department, play...

Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief, gives her opinion about the possible transition to Division I.

Opinion: The problem is not DI – it’s communication

Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief February 3, 2022

The majority of problems students and faculty have with the potential transition to Division I is not the Division I distinction itself. Students and faculty feel administration is not listening to them...

Al Holen helps Ceramics student

Students make history in hybrid ceramics class

Josh Meredith, Chief Photographer February 3, 2021

On the outskirts of campus, nearing the end of University Boulevard lies the lonesome Dowhie Ceramics Center where Al Holen seemingly did the impossible.  Last semester Holen, associate professor...

Importance of campus art center, ceramics center

Importance of campus art center, ceramics center

Marissa Jacobs April 14, 2020

Art is an important part in the evolving world and has been used to express different ideas in ways that captivate others.  This is why the Arts Center is vital. Art is a broad word used to roughly...

Art Center does not reflect student needs, wants

Art Center does not reflect student needs, wants

Darrian Breedlove, Opinion Editor January 15, 2019

As USI continues to thrive and polish the campus with new shiny buildings, art students are forced to bottle up their frustrations and reluctantly retreat to the hovering bunker that is one of the least...

Intent different than impact

Nigel Meyer, Special to The Shield March 1, 2017

Cameron Clark was walking into the Art Center from the back entrance facing the parking lots Feb. 6 when he found an unfamiliar term chalked onto the wall next to the doors. The chalk read “Fight Cultural...

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