![Jacob Polakovich, senior forward, speaks to Tyler Henry, junior guard, after a timeout against Morehead State at the mens basketball game Saturday in the Screaming Eagles Arena.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC01214-900x602.jpg)
Gallery: Men’s basketball Homecoming Game vs Morehead State University 66-71
Quinton Watt and Emalee Jones
• February 7, 2023
![President Ronald Rochon embraces Archie the Eagle after the first half of the game against Western Illinois University Friday in the Screaming Eagles Arena.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DSC00755-900x600.jpeg)
Gallery: Women’s basketball beats Western Illinois University 88-75
Quinton Watt, Sports Editor
• November 15, 2022
![Junior Titus Winders runs during the NCAA Division II championship races.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image_2022-04-04_230948.png)
Titus Winders: For the love of running
Quinton Watt, Staff Writer
• April 5, 2022
![Micah Ellyson, freshman nursing major, and Anna Kegeris, freshman exercise science major, meet with Campus Outreach staff member America Sons (middle) in the Jazz Lounge.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image_2022-03-16_232532-900x675.png)
Students return from Spring Break maskless and feeling recharged
Sydney Lawson, Lifestyle Editor
• March 17, 2022
![Ronald Rochon became the president of USI in 2019.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/A0FD4FBC-9F16-4082-AD2E-787CC03C73FC-900x600.jpeg)
Q&A with the first Black president of USI
Sydney Lawson and Tegan Ruhl
• February 17, 2022
![Nicholas LaRowe, co-chair of the Division I Exploratory Committee, speaks about the DI Exploratory Committee at a Public Forum hosted by the Student Government Association Dec. 2, 2021.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Nick-LaRowe-speaking-900x600.jpg)
A look into the Division I Exploratory Committee
Fallon Heady and Sydney Lawson
• February 6, 2022
![Ron Romain, chair of the Board of Trustees, speaks at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. Romain said the board will make an official decision on transitioning university athletics to NCAA Division I by mid-February.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FUJI2087-900x600.jpg)
DI Exploratory Committee releases their final report
Ian Young and Tegan Ruhl
• January 18, 2022
![President Ronald Rochon announced at the University Updates session that he does not plan to close campus with the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0192-900x600.jpg)
Campus will not close for Omicron
Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief
• January 6, 2022
![Rochon announced the death of a faculty member from the Chemistry Department in an email to the campus community Friday morning.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0201-900x618.jpg)
Rochon announces death of a Chemistry Department faculty member
Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief
• December 17, 2021
![Students express mixed feelings about the Division I feasibility study. President Ronald Rochon announced Sept. 27 that the university would be studying the feasibility of transitioning university athletics to NCAA Division I.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0131-900x600.jpg)
Opinion: Students have mixed feelings about DI, it’s easy to see why
Sydney Lawson, Lifestyle Editor
• December 6, 2021
![Kindra Strupp and Tyler Henry stand outside the Screaming Eagles Complex filming a few takes for The College Tour.](https://usishield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FUJI0497-900x601.jpg)
“The College Tour” wraps up production on campus
Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief
• November 10, 2021
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