One of the biggest challenges of my past year as the Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Shield has also been a blessing. Miguel Garcia, junior kinesiology major, and Nicolle Castillo, sophomore ...

Since writing about “Emergence,” Sleep Token’s first single for the upcoming album “Even in Arcadia,” the story blew up on the USI Shield website overnight, gaining over 1,000 views, the highest being ...

USI’s Arts Center has recently been the center of political backlash, as alumna Bailey Roby’s latest art piece has been deemed controversial and offensive. The art piece, “America: Land of the…,” was ...

I’ve gotten to write a lot of different stories this year and so far my favorite piece was my story that wrote about the USI pep band and their celebration of their 35 season here at USI. This story ...

Yesterday I stepped out of the Arts Center, still haggard from Last Wet Clay Day, to take pictures of the building for this article. The title Last Wet Clay Day sounds a little absurd, but to simplify ...

Springfest 2025 brought country to the USI campus on Friday. Beginning act Kashus Culpepper started the concert off strong with great originals. Main act Willow Avalon followed and gave a strong ...

Linda Bennett arrived on campus in 2003 as the vice president for academic affairs and provost, eventually becoming president in 2009—a position she held until her retirement in 2018. Her journey to ...

March Madness is back and I’m here to redeem myself after last year’s utter disaster of a bracket that I filled out. That monstrosity can be found here. After some consideration, I’ve come to the ...

Colleges around the country have dealt with censorship for a long time, especially within their student media and publications departments. Problems can arise for various reasons, such as faculty and ...

Returning to Screaming Eagles Arena after a road loss against Lindenwood, the University of Southern Indiana women’s basketball team looked to move up in the Ohio Valley Conference standings and ...

In November, the Presidential Search Committee entered phase two, recruitment and application, for the university’s fifth president. According to the USI presidential Search web page, the Academic ...

2024 has been a wild year for music. There were many albums I loved that were released this year, but I forced myself to narrow it down to just 50 albums. This list will be in sections, with the ...