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

The Shield
Students decorate sugar skulls Thursday in the Liberal Arts Center.

Gallery: Día de los Muertos honors the lives of those who have passed

Alex Mendoza, Assistant News Editor • November 6, 2024

Hispanic student organizations held a Día de los Muertos celebration Thursday in the Liberal Arts Center. The event included face painting, sugar skulls to decorate and paper flower creation stations...

Cody Saton, junior computer information systems major, accepts a prize from Kathrine Barnett, president of the anthropology club. Saton won the prize for most creative costume dressing as Willy Wonka.

Gallery: multicultural Halloween party

Josh Meredith, Chief Photo Editor • November 4, 2021

The anthropology club celebrated Halloween in Carter Hall Monday offering games and prizes to students. Other clubs had the chance to table and inform attendees on the Fall holidays and traditions...

International Club, Panamanian Association and Spanish Club joined together to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with a kickball tournament Sept. 28, 2021. National Hispanic Hertiage Month, Sept. 15 - Oct. 15, was enacted as an official month of observance Aug. 17, 1988.

Students celebrate their heritage through student organizations

Casey Clark, Chief Copy Editor • October 21, 2021

Editor's Note: This article was originally published Oct. 14, 2021, in the print issue "Falling for Student Organizations."  International Club, Panamanian Association, Gamma Phi Omega International...

Local dance instructor Heidi Garza leads attendees at the university’s Day of the Dead celebration in a salsa dance. The annual event featured Garza’s Latin dance lessons as a new component of the three-hour celebration in the Liberal Arts Building.

Celebrating the dead

Gabi Wy, Features Editor • November 3, 2016

On Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, Gabriela Aguilar feels a connection to her half-sibling Ramses. The sophomore biochemistry major admired the festive display with a friend at the university’s...

Fiesta to feature cultures

Abigail Suddarth • October 28, 2015

Fiesta Latina is a “fun” event to show off the Hispanic culture, Aura “Cristina” Gonzalez said. The Hispanic Student Union will host the dance from 8-11:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in Carter Hall and will...

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