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Im really glad for the opportunity

‘I’m really glad for the opportunity’

Megan Thorne, Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2018

Sarah Loesch said she joined The Shield because she felt it was what she was supposed to do. “I grew into it once I was there and I realized that it was what I wanted to be doing as well,” she said....

Sherrianne Standley became the adviser for The Shield in 1976. Standley said she challenged her students to be fair and accurate.

Setting the foundation

Sarah Rogers, Features Editor October 1, 2018

Sherrianne Standley walked onto campus in January of 1976 as the new adviser for The Shield with upheaval in the newsroom. The students Standley was now in charge of were writing about faculty members...

The Shield has named Riley Guerizini managing editor of the student publication effective Monday.

Guerzini named managing editor

Noah Alatza, News Editor September 11, 2018

The Shield has named Riley Guerzini managing editor of the student publication effective Monday. He served as news editor for two years and community engagement for the past month. “I am excited for...

Staff Editorial: We choose to celebrate

Staff Editorial: ‘We choose to celebrate’

Staff Editorial August 22, 2018
The Shield has undergone numerous changes over the course of the past five decades. We’ve changed names, paper sizes, logos and staffs. However, there is something we have never changed. Our passion to deliver the truth to our readership.

Understanding a misunderstanding

Staff Editorial March 29, 2017

Last week two advertisements were removed from Shield newsstands. The ads were placed that week and were for a promotion offered by Boudoir Noir’s Exotica, an adult entertainment store in Evansville....

We want to know you – the students

USI Shield Staff August 21, 2013

Staff editorial  Welcome newcomers and those who are returning to campus. We wanted to prepare you: students are important to The Shield. And you may be photographed or asked to give your input on...

News Flash: ‘I don’t care it’s my last day’

Jimmy Pyles May 2, 2013

Editor’s note: What follows is a tribute to Delta Gamma’s Rebecca Martinson, who wrote a widely-publicized, offensive email to her sorority sisters about their shortcomings as a chapter. If you are...

Drag queens entertain USI audience

Dennis Marshall April 17, 2013

In the times of Shakespeare, women were not allowed to perform in the theater, so men had to perform the roles of women. Many believe that the term drag originated during this time and was an acronym for...

‘It doesn’t matter who you love’

Meredith Harris April 17, 2013

Corey Dean said he was “culture shocked” when he came to USI’s campus because there are many accepting people here. The freshman biology major came from a “hick county” - Gibson County, Ind....

Finding talent in the tri-state

Zane Clodfelter April 17, 2013

When you ask Southern Indiana baseball Head Coach Tracy Archuleta about recruiting, it’s clear that one of his primary goals is finding talent around the tri-state. “Every time we go out we try...

SGA elections still leave seats empty

Jessie Hellmann April 3, 2013

Student Government Association (SGA) elections, which wrapped up early Saturday morning, left 93 percent of positions open and had votes from 7 percent of the entire student population. Nine USI students...

Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville potentially moving from USI campus

Jessie Hellmann February 27, 2013

Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville is expanding and possibly leaving the top floor of the Health Professions (HP) building. Due to a shortage in physicians across the country, IU-Evansville,...

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