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The Shield

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

The Shield

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

The Shield

USI has a lot of events coming up this April to attend.

April: Upcoming in life

Katie Hurst, Lifestyle Editor March 26, 2025

Important Dates: Mark your calendars for key academic dates: Priority registration runs from March 31 to April 4. Spring Engaged Learning Day is April 1, there will be no classes. The 2025-2026...

Students have expressed their frustrations about false fire alarms across campus over the past year.

Students express frustration over false fire alarms

Bryce West, Assistant News Editor April 27, 2023

Students have expressed their frustrations about false fire alarms across campus over the past year. Although false fire alarms have been going off across all of campus, most of the alarms have been affecting...

Housing and Residence Life provides further details on the Animal Friendly Policy for the 2023-2024 academic school year. (Illustration by Clare Girten)

Housing and Residence Life releases further details on Animal Friendly Policy for 2023-2024 academic year

Ian Young, Staff Writer March 22, 2023

Housing and Residence Life released further details on the Animal Friendly Policy for the 2023-2024 academic school year. HRL announced the Animal Friendly Policy during the Fall 2022 semester. Since...

Residential students using their residential address at Housing and Residence Life are being blocked from ordering the free COVID-19 testing kits administered by the Biden Administration.

Residential students unable to order free COVID-19 testing kits

Sydney Lawson, Lifestyle Editor January 27, 2022

Students living on campus are unable to place an order for the government sanctioned free COVID-19 home testing kits due to their campus mailing address being recognized as a business address.  The...

Housing and Residence Life is working on a pilot program to help students find their ideal living situation.

Finding housing as a transgender student

Megan Thorne and Emma Corry December 4, 2019

Jaxen Margason lived with female students his first two years at USI. The senior history major previously went to Vincennes University where he had his own room. Margason’s mother emailed Housing...

The EWSU advised students, faculty, staff and administrators to boil water for at least 10 minutes before using along with using bottled water to brush teeth or cook. Water bottles were placed on water fountains across the university.

Students quench for solution to multiple boil advisories

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2019

The Evansville Water and Sewage Utility have placed a boil advisory on the university’s campus as well as in housing for the second time in three weeks, frustrating students as they have been unable...

Winter storm warning issued

Winter storm warning issued

Noah Alatza, News Editor January 11, 2019

A winter storm clipper system packing strong winds and heavy amounts of precipitation is barreling towards the tristate region and university campus. The National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Paducah,...

‘It feels like a summer camp’

‘It feels like a summer camp’

Noah Alatza, News Editor November 26, 2018

Survey results from housing residents were “very much in favor” of changing the current overnight visitation policy, Student Housing Association Executive Director Holland Davis said.   “We are...

Freshman Ana Steensland throws a snowball at other students in a snowball fight when classes were canceled on Friday near the Public safety Building on January 12.

Winter Storm Watch issued

Noah Alatza, News Editor November 13, 2018

The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Vanderburgh County including the entire University of Southern Indiana campus effective 3 p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Thursday....

Student Housing Association to recommend change in visitation policy

Student Housing Association to recommend change in visitation policy

Noah Alatza, News Editor October 29, 2018

The Student Housing Association (SHA) is considering a recommendation to the university administration that would change the current overnight visitation policy.  The current policy for campus housing...

USI lags behind rest of the country on gender-neutral housing

USI lags behind rest of the country on gender-neutral housing

Noah Alatza, Community Engagement Manager February 27, 2018

At nearly every state and private institution in Indiana, gender-neutral housing has been on the books for more than a decade. State colleges including Indiana University, Indiana University-Purdue...

Sadder-day mail

Sadder-day mail

Noah Alatza, Community Engagement Manager January 17, 2018

What are first-world inconveniences? Ordering items online and waiting for them to arrive is surely on the top of the list. But when you have one less day to receive those orders, the inconveniences...

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