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Unexpected lessons

Megan Miller, Chief Copy Editor January 10, 2018
Almost every time I tell someone I’m an English major, they ask me if I want to be an English teacher.
Writing: going by the wayside?

Writing: going by the wayside?

Sarah Rogers, Opinion Editor April 11, 2017

There is an ethical and moral distinction between a diary and a journal. A diary is covered in pink taffeta with a heart shaped lock keeping its 9-year-old secrets from the prying eyes of 7-year-old...

Christina Hauger (Thalia), Jim Hunter (Tim), Melissa Henning (Sonia) and Devin Victoria McBride (Charlotte) rehearse a scene from The Conversation of the Keys. Hunter is also directing the play.

The curious case of love

Nick Leighty, Staff writer September 1, 2016

Evansville Civic Theatre’s main stage is usually reserved for family friendly plays, but their next production is anything but. Instructor in English Alice Shen kicks off the Civic Theatre’s...

Dropping it like a mixtape

Megan Thorne, Features Editor December 10, 2015
The Poetry Workshop students put out their first mix tape on Monday, featuring 18 poems and 9 students.
New writing lab brings more opportunities

New writing lab brings more opportunities

Steve Babcock March 19, 2014
A new writing lab at USI provides more specialized tutoring for English majors and International students.

Unique degree awaits state approval

Bobby Shipman November 19, 2013

The Board of Trustees approved a Master of Arts in English (MAE) Nov. 7, which will provide students flexibility instead of demanding a specialization like most graduate programs. Charles Conaway said...

English professor ‘makes department tick’

Haley Fulk April 3, 2013

Rebecca Evon, Jesse Daro and Sunny Hawkins have one major thing in common - they’re all names for the same person. Rebecca Evon, a young girl of a “sunny” disposition born to Pentecostal parents,...

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