Things don’t always turned out as planned
Megan Miller, Chief Copy Editor
April 16, 2019
My time at USI ends in two weeks, and I can’t say I’m excited. I mean, I won’t have to worry about being swamped with homework, but at least after four years, I know what to expect from college. I have no idea what to expect for myself even two months from now. But if there’s anything I’ve learned in ...
Fall festival lacks appeal of fall season
Alleigh Dillman, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
Ah, finally October. The weather starts to cool down, scarves, boots and flannels start to make their annual appearances, and the ever so famous Pumpkin Spice everything returns for the season. For the city of Evansville, however, October is especially known for the Fall Festival, the one-week event ...
Class of 2022 Convocation
Jordan Auker, Chief Photographer
August 20, 2018
https://youtu.be/DDwcgPJ5xGI Convocation here at USI is an event where freshman split off in their own colleges to learn a little more about their professors and the degrees they are studying for. We got to sit down with Victoria Lewis, a freshman Mechanical Engineering major, to talk to us about...
A big fish in a little pond
Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 3, 2018
Photo courtesy of Vanessa Smith The first time Vanessa Smith traveled by herself, she flew to Miami, Florida, as the sole representative of the organization she joined just months before. The freshman public relations and advertising major scouted tables during the involvement fair in the fall, looking...
Freshman overcomes adversity
Gabi Wy, Features Editor
February 9, 2017
Immediately after high school graduation, Clifton Jett’s mother sat down with her son and asked if he wanted to pursue college. “I was diagnosed with a learning disability in the second grade and was held back,” Jett said. “Since then, I’ve struggled academically. I decided to come to college be...
Roommate Reality
Sarah Rogers, Opinion Editor
January 9, 2017
The probability of being lifelong friends with your freshman roommate is unlikely. The probability incoming freshman will actually believe that is even more unlikely. It seems most students come into college with an expectation that living with someone they have never met before will play out like...
More than a T-Shirt member
Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 24, 2016
Freshman Clifton Jett wanted to join “everything” college had to offer. The day before classes started, he spoke at the first Christian service offered by university Religious Life. He feels he belongs at the multicultural center, and as a theatre major, he’s auditioning for his first U...
Walking into Welcome Week: New students introduced to college life
Riley Guerzini, Staff Writer
August 17, 2016
Moms and dads unloading vans packed with clothes, TV’s and mini-refrigerators, faculty members guiding students around campus and an ice cream and movie night – these are just a few things to discover during this Welcome Week 2016.
(GALLERY) ‘It’s so beautiful’
Gabi Wy, Features Editor
August 17, 2016
Light rain pattered the sidewalks as freshman Alicia Fredrick and her mother, Katherine, arrived on campus the evening of Aug. 16. The two were all smiles after a three-day road trip from California.