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The honey toast at 2nd Language features a warm loaf of crispy-crunchy toast, warm miso syrup, fresh seasonal fruit and vanilla gelato April 1. (Photo by David Graber)

2nd Language: Best for an indulgent snack

David Graber, Staff Writer April 19, 2023

My adventurous taste buds brought me on a journey through Evansville to 2nd Language at 401 NW 2nd St. for a second time. In all honesty, it has been about seven months since my last visit, as I was...

The salad bar and dessert bar will be combined to create a better flow of traffic. The new combined station will be U-shaped, allowing for an employee to be of assistance at all times. (Photo by Alyson Collins)

Chick-fil-A adding milkshakes, Sodexo replacing MrBeast Burger among changes coming to campus dining

Alyson Collins, Staff Writer March 22, 2023

Sodexo announced changes to campus dining beginning in Fall 2023, including milkshakes at Chick-fil-A, MrBeast Burger being replaced, a renovation to The Loft and the Sweets Spot Bakery leaving. The...

A streetside view of Café Arazu at 17 W Jennings Street in Newburgh Feb. 14. (Photo by David Graber)

Café Arazu: Mediterranean cuisine, Persian grill, delicious flatbread

David Graber, Staff Writer March 1, 2023

I never really know what to say whenever someone asks me one of my most dreaded questions: “What’s your favorite restaurant in Evansville?” So many choices pop into my head from all the different...

Sodexo delivered an arrangement of food and beverages from Asian cultures for ASUs first meeting Monday in University Center East 2205. There was Ramune, a Japanese soda, vegetable fried rice and mochi, an ice cream with a rice paste. (Photo by Alyssa DeWig)

Asian Student Union hosts their first meeting as an independent organization

Alyssa DeWig, News Editor August 31, 2022

The Asian Student Union hosted their first meeting of the 2022-2023 school year as an independent organization Monday. Sabrina Yamashita, president of ASU, led the groups first “Emochi Chat” meeting...

The former location for Fiesta Fuego will soon be replaced with Mein Bowl.

New restaurant to replace Fiesta Fuego in Fall 2022

Alyssa DeWig, Staff Writer April 27, 2022

Plans for new restaurants and dining options on campus are currently in the works for Fall 2022, including a restaurant called Mein Bowl, robotic vending and a ghost kitchen.  Rebecca Diamond, director...

Informational boards of David L. Rices life and the time he served for the university.

Campus community celebrates first David L. Rice Day

Bryce West, Shelby Clark, and Clare Girten April 2, 2022

Students and the campus community honored David L. Rice, the university’s first president, at the first David L. Rice Day Friday. The event began around 11 a.m. and ended around 1 p.m. in the Rice Plaza.  The...

Nathan Payne,  the program coordinator for Center for Campus Life, passes out SpringFest 2020 T-shirts at SpringFest 2021.

SpringFest to return with events as COVID-19 protocols change

Ian Young, Staff Writer March 23, 2022

SpringFest is back with food, concerts and events for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day event is scheduled from April 6 - 8, 2022, and is bringing back past SpringFest...

Sodexo employees serve students in The Loft Wednesday night.

Students want more dining options; Sodexo wants more students

Fallon Heady, Staff Writer March 3, 2022

The campus community wants to see more dining options on campus, but Sodexo is struggling to have enough student participation at campus dining options and enough student workers to provide more dining...

First format of the Eagle Access Card, Oct. 14, 1999.

From the Archive: Eagle Access card provides convenience

Brogan Baxter, 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...

Mpho Mashabe (left), a graduate student studying public administration, stirs ingredients for the dish, jollof rice, that will be representing Ghana as Kow Pik Yok (right), a freshman English teaching major, prepares her food, bak kut teh, for Malaysia Thursday in The Loft’s kitchen.  Both dishes will be served at the International Food Expo Friday in Carter Hall.

The Freshman 15 can go both ways

Nik Cunningham, Publications Editor September 9, 2020

The freshman 15 was a joke between my dad and me before I came to college; usually going in only one way: up. I didn’t realize that it could also go in the other direction as well. I didn’t even think...

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