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The Shield

Video: SpringFest 2023 Holi Festival of Colors

Video: SpringFest 2023 Holi Festival of Colors

Ethan MacCowan, Staff Videographer April 19, 2023

The South Asian Student Association and Activities Programming Board hosted the annual SpringFest event, Holi, the Festival of Colors, 3-5 p.m. Friday at the Rice Plaza. Holi is a culturally significant...

Students sit in the basement of University Center East after being evacuated during the tornado warning at 12:30 on Friday.

University evacuates people to safety locations due to Evansville tornado

Shield Staff March 3, 2023

3:20 p.m. Update: Damage reported around the Evansville community by EvansvilleWatch includes closed roads, lights down on Green River Rd. and the roof being lifted off of St. Joe Church on West St. Joseph...

Students walk outside the Business and Engineering Center Aug. 22. Aug. 22 was the first day of Fall 2022 classes. (Photo by Crystal Killian)

Gallery: First week of Fall 2022

Crystal Killian, Staff Photographer August 30, 2022

Homecoming 2022 kicks off Jan. 31. Coronation of this year's homecoming majesties will be held Feb. 4 in the Screaming Eagles Arena.

Campus community flies into Homecoming 2022

Fallon Heady, Staff Writer January 27, 2022

Homecoming 2022 will be a week full of superheroes, school pride and alumni celebrations leading up to coronation and the homecoming basketball games.  Homecoming Week 2022 is Jan. 31 through Feb....

Nursing major Eleanor Conley climbs over a fence by the Lloyd Expressway Wednesday evening. Conley was first on the scene when a car rolled off the expressway. There were no fatalities.

Breaking News: Women’s rugby team helps rescue a mother and child in car crash

Josh Meredith, Cobi Schieferstein, and Shelby Clark November 10, 2021

A car flipped on a ramp leaving the university heading East to the Lloyd Expressway Wednesday evening around 4 p.m. There were no fatalities. Students from the women’s rugby team helped a woman and...

The Shield flag Oct.  9, 2021.

From the Archive: Opinion: O.J. Simpson: Morally guilty, but legally not

Carol Hudson, Opinion Editor October 14, 2021

Message from 2021-2022 Editorial Staff:  The first issue of The Spartan Shield was published Oct. 15, 1968. The Shield Staff is celebrating The Shield's 53rd birthday by digitally republishing stories...

Students and faculty join hands during a prayer vigil in the afternoon of Sept. 11 outside the U.C.

From the Archive: New York Tragedy rocks USI

Travis Neff, Staff Writer October 14, 2021

Message from 2021-2022 Editorial Staff:  The first issue of The Spartan Shield was published Oct. 15, 1968. The Shield Staff is celebrating The Shield's 53rd birthday by digitally republishing stories...

University of Illinois Springfield gathers near home goal three minutes into the second half Friday. USI lost the game against UIS 2-1.

Women’s soccer team loses third game in a row

Patrick Baker, Holly Hodge September 25, 2021

Women’s soccer team faces another tough loss. The women’s soccer team lost a tough battle against the University of Illinois Springfield at home Friday. This is the third game in a row the team...

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