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Sporting a shirt that reads “mud-slinging pyromaniac,” senior art major Denise “Mickie” Streets uses the pottery wheel as she works on a ceramic mug Monday in the Dowhie Ceramics Studio. Streets will have two of her ceramic sculptures shown in the Juried Student Art Exhibition April 3-May 1 in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries.
by abigail suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi.edu Denise “Mickie” Streets will graduate this April with one of her sons. Streets came from a family of painters, but failed art as a child because she wasn’t good at drawing. A few years ago, she decided to go to college, where she discovered 3D art and her potential. She participated in the student art exhibition all four years. The McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries will hold its annual Juried Student Art Exhibition April 3–May 1 to showcase student artwork ranging from paintings to sculptures. The university hires a non-university affiliated juror to select about 150 pieces of artwork from the 450-500 pieces submitted each year. Streets submitted two ceramic sculptures into the gallery, both of which
were accepted. “It’s extremely stressful because you don’t know what (the juror’s) aesthetic is, you don’t know what their favorite medium is. You don’t know (if) they are going to prefer large over small pieces or paintings over ceramics,” the senior art major said. Her first piece, “A Sin Against Nature,” depicts a sea turtle swimming through rusted pipes that were discarded in the ocean. “I really love the environment, and I’m especially fond of sea creatures,” she said. “I made this piece in the hopes that maybe somebody will pay attention and someday our society will stop polluting the oceans and the only planet that we have.” She made her second piece “Mocha Diffusion Mug” because of its challenging process.
After forming the mug on the pottery wheel, Streets used an acid-based slip called mocha diffusion tea, which ate through parts of the mug to form designs that look like trees. “It’s a pretty difficult process in the ceramic world,” she said. “I was lucky that finally, after a few weeks of testing, I actually managed to find a method that works.” Streets said her passion lies with sculpture, although she loves nature photography as well. “I capture and document nature in our world because we’re destroying it at a very quick rate,” she said. “Some of these things that I like to photograph might not be around in my grandchildren’s generation for them to enjoy.” One of the two pieces junior Triston Modlin-Filippi submitted made it into the exhibit.
Student ‘recognized the good in people’ by abigail suddarth acsuddarth@eagles.usi
T h e Hopple family was trapped inside their home with no electricity for a week during an Hopple ice storm seven years ago. To entertain themselves, the youngest son, Tyler, and the oldest daughter, Alyce, invented a rhyming game so fun they couldn’t stop rhyming three days after the family’s power came back on. Tyler Hopple, a junior computer information systems major, died March 17. As a child, Tyler loved “Power Rangers” comic books and “Spider-Man,” Alyce, a USI alumna said. “He would usually just listen to what (his three older siblings) wanted to do and support us in that, but he didn’t really identify a career path in his own life,” she said. Tyler jokingly picked out jobs such as being a sumo wrestler to make his family laugh, Alyce said. “He was really good at quickly getting to know a person or in our situation getting to know us very in depth,” she said. Alyce said the most important thing to Tyler was forming and maintaining strong relationships with the people he cared about. “I think he recognized the good in people and wanted to demonstrate that he was at their level and a good person too,” she said. When Madison Eaton first met Tyler, she noticed how kind and genuine he was, she said. This impression only grew stronger the longer she knew him. “He was purposeful to always smile and talk with me, even if it was simply in passing on campus,” the junior nursing major said. The two often played volleyball together and took an art class together their sophomore year.
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Wi-Fi failure prevents Assessment Day by Gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi Kylah Hollins showed up to her speech class Monday only to find out it had been canceled. Hollins, a freshman education major, should have received an email from her professor about the cancellation, but the lack of campus Wi-Fi prevented her from getting the news. “It also kept me from uploading an essay to Blackboard,” she said. “When it finally started to work, it was past the time it should have been submitted.” Information Technology sent an advisory at 9 a.m. Monday stating that as of Friday morning, the department increased the university’s Internet capacity. The advisory stated when students returned to campus Sunday, the capacity was consumed. “We need to get better WiFi,” Hollins said. “They say
SpringFest to feature varying performances by Megan Thorne, Nick leighty
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they’re working more on it, but they must not be working on it enough.” IT considered the possibility that the university’s network was under attack “either from outside the campus or from a hacked device on campus.” Such at-
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tacks are known as “denial of service attacks,” and IT Director Richard Toeniskoetter said they’ve been reported by other universities recently. Because of the unreliability of the network, the university canceled Assessment
Day. According to the university website, Assessment Day results are used to qualify the university for accreditation. The results are also available to faculty members to adjust curriculum.
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When country singer Emily Earle thinks of music, she thinks of a painting. “My definition of music would look like a pretty abstract painting,” Earle said. “The canvas is music, the texture of the paint is the rhythm, the colors are the melodies and the overall concept of the painting is the words.” Earle attended Berklee College of Music for three years before moving to New York when she was spotted by NBC’s “The Voice” and appeared on season three. The country singer is one of several acts performing at SpringFest 2016, including comedian Drew Lynch and mystifier Mike Super. From ‘The Voice’ to SpringFest Earle said she has been
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surrounded by music all of her life and has been playing guitar and singing from a young age. She started writing poems in middle school, she said, and found people would listen to them if she sang them instead of read them.
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Politicians stress importance of ‘good citizens’ by Gabi Wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi When freshman Kate Grudzinski looks at former Senator Richard Lugar and Congressman Lee Hamilton, she sees “sincerity and kindness.” Lugar and Hamilton participated in a moderated discussion with President Linda Bennett concerning “Civility in American Politics” March 23, in a packed Carter Hall. “It was really good to be able to hear the perspectives of two seasoned veterans in politics, especially since one of them is Democrat and one’s Republican, and to see how well they work together despite how partisan our system is right now,” Grudzinski said. The political science major, who also plans to run for public office, said Lugar and Hamilton are right when they say there’s a lack of civility in politics. “It’s definitely something that bothers me as a young person to see how politics is going (right now) and how difficult it is to pass any sort of legislation because no one is willing to compromise,” she said. “It really has to be an effort to try to be civil in politics and in life.”
Lugar said now is the time for students like Grudzinski to be considering careers in not only public office, but careers in which they will serve the public. “I hope a large number of students at USI will be thinking about the possibilities at some point in their lives for public service,” he said. “It may not be elected office; it could be a number of ways to serve human beings. There’s nothing more satisfying.” Hamilton said the college generation and younger must be taught about the “obligation of citizenship.” “The government needs the prod from citizens, and if we don’t get it, our government is going to be in big trouble,” he said. “The people
coming out of our universities have to supply that.” Hamilton also said it’s up to higher education to provide the future voters with skills in being civil and responsible members of society. “If we don’t produce good citizens, all the science and technology and engineering and math won’t be worth a diddly damn,” he said. Hamilton said by being on different boards and commissions, he had to learn to see the people he worked with as humans rather than members of a different party or of opposing opinions. Lugar and Hamilton touched on political issues, such as being opposed to term restrictions and the conduct of politicians like senator
Former Senator Richard Lugar speaks to Rachel Johnson, a sophomore political science and economics double major, during the reception March 23, in Traditions Lounge following the moderated discussion. Lugar and former Congressman Lee Hamilton spoke to the public on civility in politics Wednesday in Carter Hall.
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Ted Cruz, but both kept returning to a singular concept. “Civility is the lubricant. It’s the essential,” Hamilton said. “Without it, we don’t get very far.” Interim Dean of Liberal Arts and History Professor Michael Dixon said he’ll use Lugar and Hamilton’s message of
civility and apply it within his own teaching. “We’re reading a political speech in my Latin class in which there are undertones that are not very civil,” Dixon said. “I can point out what I heard tonight…and show that a political debate that happened 2,000 or so years ago is still relevant.” He said the discussion
challenged the audience to think of its responsibilities in terms of government and citizenship. “Any conversation about civility in politics transcends to civility in the workforce, in one’s jobs, in one’s classrooms,” Dixon said. “Benefit is the only thing that can come out of such conversation.”
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Wasps invade Orr Center, distract students by nick leighty ndleighty@eagles.usi.edu
While in his World Mythology class last spring, Cecil Neville noticed something wasn’t quite right. His classmates were scanning the room with worried looks. A group of wasps had entered the classroom. What was a typical day of lecture turned into a wasp-swatting contest in minutes. Neville’s class wasn’t the only one with this problem. Mariah Richardson had to flee her workplace at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies the Tuesday after spring break because more than a dozen wasps swarmed the room. Once the maintenance crew came in and sprayed, the wasps could be taken care of with a flyswatter. Since the incident, the room has stayed open thanks to Richardson swiftly taking care of the individual wasps that intrude. She noticed the
wasps are attracted to the lights, so she keeps the lights off to keep attraction to a minimum. For three years, wasps have been a common problem for the Orr Center, but it was never as bad as it is now, said Center for Interdisciplinary Studies administrative assistant Gayle Jessie. When faculty members in the Orr Center notice wasps flying around, they report it to Jessie, who reports it to the custodial staff. English instructor Jenn Horn encountered wasps several times last Spring and sent multiple reports, but has not had many encounters this semester. “You can tell something is going on because you can see students are having trouble paying attention to whatever is happening in class, they’re more watching the wasps,” Horn said. When Horn sends in a report, she said the response is usually quick.
SGA requests Senate change finals dates by gabi wy news@usishield.com @ShieldsterGabi All Matt Peak wanted to do during graduation was get on stage, “wear a funny hat” and leave. Peak, who graduated in 2015, said he couldn’t enjoy the ceremony with the thought that he still had finals left to take. “The entire process was absolutely ridiculous,” he said. “Give me my diploma when I graduate. Don’t mail it to me or make me come back and sit in a classroom.” Faculty Senate will vote to recommend administration reevaluate the current finals schedule and academic calendar Friday. Peak said he and many of his peers worried about the possibility of having to retake classes. “I feel like graduation should be the exclamation point at the end of your academic career, but there was an ellipsis,” he said. “It wasn’t really the finish line.” Senior Sarah Wagmeister responded to The Shield on Facebook and wrote she’s seen some individual professors offer early finals for seniors, but none of her current courses allow that. “I have family coming in, but I have to study instead of spending some time with them,” she wrote. Student Government Association President Alexa Bueltel visited the Senate meeting March 18, and presented SGA’s resolution to modify finals so seniors finish all their exams before graduation. SGA passed the resolution last semester. Bueltel intended to meet with Faculty Senate in January, but several
Senate meetings were canceled because of inclement weather. “It’s a very anticlimactic graduation for seniors because as they’re sitting in the audience and they’re here getting ready to graduate, they’re not really done,” Bueltel said. “They have in the back of their minds that they have finals to study for.” She said she’s seen other schools be successful in modifying finals for seniors. “We looked at IU and Ball State and they have it figured out so that graduation happens after all finals are taken for all students,” Bueltel said. “If they can all figure it out, why can’t we?” Representative Jason Fertig said the university’s finals schedule has had the same structure since 2002. “There’s no perfect solution to this because everyone sees it from a different angle,” he said. “If you push graduation forward, you have the issue of housing contracts. If you push it back, you have to figure out if we can hold class on days we currently don’t.” Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Shelly Blunt said altering the date of commencement would have a downfall. “I think there’s concern that participation in commencement would decrease (if you move commencement back), like who’s going to stay, either faculty or students,” she said. Senate Chair Rex Strange suggested they send a recommendation to the president’s office to possibly reform the academic calendar even though it is projected for five years. Fertig will write a formal resolution based on the discussion to be voted on Friday.
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English instructor Brianne DiBacco has noticed students become distracted by the wasps and said it affects the classroom dynamic. If one person notices and draws attention to it, then everything is thrown off. “It’s definitely a disruption. We’ve got a student freaking out or jumping out
of their seat and chasing the wasp,” DiBacco said. “It throws everything off, especially the shorter classes.” Custodial Services Supervisor Donald Broshears said the insects become less active as the year goes on, and as the temperature falls, they begin to enter buildings. “It’s like a trap. Once it’s
art show continued from Page 1 come and at the end of the day, that’s what matters.” In the future, ModlinFilippi said he wants to paint customized motorcycles and cars. Though he said art can be frustrating at times, he advises aspiring artists to let their successes motivate them. “The most important thing is to believe in yourself,” he said.
The psychology major spent more than 40 hours working on “Transcendent,” an ink recreation of a Rosa Bonheur drawing of a bull, for a class. He also painted a pair of Vans, which did not make it into the gallery. “I paint and airbrush custom shoes and I think the concept was there, I just didn’t have enough time to put into them,” he said. “I had a lot of fun doing them and am satisfied with the out-
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Senior art major Denise “Mickie” Streets carefully places the handle on her ceramic mug Monday in the Dowhie Ceramics Studio.
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wi-fi continued from Page 1 Katherine Draughon, executive director of the Office of Planning, Research and Assessment, said specific departments will reschedule their own assessment times, but there will be no formal reschedule for Assessment Day as a whole. “Assessment Day takes about three months to put on,” she said. “It’s too late to cancel classes again. We have to wait until next se-
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mester.” If the university were to start administering tests but the network fails, USI would be charged for the test but not receive the results. “We’ll be missing a year of data,” Draughon said. “It’s unfortunate.” IT sent an email at 3 p.m. Monday stating the network had been restored. “Our staff engaged external consultants and we have
determined this was a systems failure on our gateway to the Internet, and it has been rectified by the gateway system’s provider,” the email stated. “Because the gateway was malfunctioning, we investigated the possibility of an external attack and have determined this was not the situation we were experiencing.” Even though the network was back to operating nor-
mally and data was secure, Assessment Day remained canceled. “The firewall apparently just malfunctioned,” Toeniskoetter said. “When we called Cisco, there were no errors to pinpoint. If we see this behavior again, we’ll call them. We’re in good shape at this point.”
“He worked in the back room and one day I was throwing stuff away back there and we stopped and just started talking about documentaries randomly and it was just fun,” the junior English major said. “He said that he preferred history documentaries and I thought that was cool.” The two bonded over Marvel and tattoos, Mc-
Neely said. “He had a Spider-Man tattoo and when I first met him, he had just gotten an octopus tattoo,” she said. Whenever they saw each other at work, Tyler would make a point to talk to McNeely or smile and wave at her, she said. Tyler nicknamed McNeely “MC Neely” because of her name’s spelling, she
said. “Anytime he would see that I was not happy about work or something, he would come over and say, ‘Hey, MC Neely, keep your head up,’ or just come over and talk to me,” she said. “It was surprising and really heartwrenching when we found out (he died). He’s missed.”
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“As crazy as it sounds, I could not remember the primary colors. He told me he was able to remember because they were three of the Power Rangers colors,” Eaton said. “Since then, anytime I have to remember the primary colors, I think of Tyler and the Power Rangers.” Hannah McNeely met Tyler last summer when she began working at Target.
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USI Security Incident Log 03/22/16 - 03/29/16 Theft Recreation Fitness and Wellness Center 3/22/16 3:39 p.m. Traffic Accident University Boulevard 3/22/16 6:08 p.m. Illness Report Recreation Fitness and Wellness Center 3/22/16 9:18 p.m. Welfare Check Public Safety Building 3/23/16 2:01 p.m. Theft Recreation Fitness and Wellness Center 3/23/16 5:48 p.m. Fire - Alarm - Cooking 982 Varsity Dr - Willard Bldg 3/24/16 7:30 p.m.
in the building, it can’t find its way out,” Broshears said. “If they knew how to get out, they’d get out.” With an issue like this, maintenance is actively looking for entrances the wasps may be able to get in from. Broshears said the bending and swaying of the building creates new cracks that are so
small, they’re hard to spot. “You can’t go up and hermetically seal the building,” he said. Broshears has worked at USI for 22 years and said wasps have been present ever since he has, but they have only recently gotten worse. Maintenance has contacted Arab Pest Control to help combat the issue. They have tried multiple treatments, from fogging to aerosol spray, but they are always looking for a combination of treatment and exclusion that works. Broshears said they have done everything practical to send the wasps out of the building, but if anyone has any suggestions to take care of the problem, they are open to them. “We’re aware of the situation and we do everything we can to get rid of them,” Broshears said. “We’re as proactive as can be.”
Battery - Simple Assault 815B Bushkill Ln. - Bayh Bldg 3/25/16 11:16 p.m. Harassment Parking Lot E 3/27/16 8:28 p.m. Property Damage - Other Residence Life Community Center 3/28/16 9:27 a.m. Alcohol Offenses - Public Intoxication 8035B OʼDaniel Ln. - Hendricks Bldg 3/29/16 2:15 a.m. Alcohol Offenses - Underage Consumption 8035B OʼDaniel Ln. - Hendricks Bldg 3/29/16 2:15 a.m.
Information gathered from USIʼs Public Crime Log, provided by USI Safety and Security.
SGA seeks executive clerk Student Government Association (SGA) announced an opening for the position of executive clerk. The student will be required to attend all SGA General Assembly meetings as well as Executive Board Meetings (Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m., respectively). The executive clerk must record minutes and attendance at all SGA meetings, retreats and functions. The clerk will also be the SGA’s official historian and complete basic office and filing work related to SGA. SGA bases salary on a maximum of 15 working hours per week at minimum wage. The clerk must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.25. Qualifications listed on
SGA’s website include being a “great notetaker,” an efficient time manager and someone proficient in Microsoft Word. Interested students must fill out an OrgSync form at www.orgsync.com/43251/ forms/156135.
10k to end running series As a continuation of the Romain Subaru Screaming Eagles Running Series, the Spring into Fitness 10k run will take place April 9, at the USI side of USIBurdette Trail. Participants can pick up their packets at the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center the night before the race from 4:30 to 7 p.m. or the morning of the race
starting at 7:30 a.m. The course will have participants running along the trail starting at 9 a.m. Those wishing to participate may register online before April 2, or in person the day of the event. Registration costs $20 prior to April 3, and $25 after.
Library to host game night
The David L. Rice Library will host Game Night @ the Library from 5 to 9 p.m. April 6, in the Rice Library 4th floor reading room. Students will be able to relax and enjoy board games and snacks. Games include Farkle, Trivial Pursuit, UNO and Scrabble, among others. The event is free and open to all students.
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‘It makes my everyday life hell’ Palestinian student talks politics, Trump’s effect on U.S. FAR FROM FAMILIAR by Megan Thorne features@eagles.usi.edu @ShieldsterMegan The Shield interviewed three international students to see how they were acclimating to life at a U.S. university. In this weekly series, The Shield revisits Deena Bregheith, a junior English major from Palestine, to find out her opinion on U.S. politics. The Shield: Do you have an opinion about politics or Trump? Bregheith: I don’t think I need to have an opinion about (Trump). The other day I was thinking something funny. What if Trump Bregheith wins and he actually brings all the plans and ideas he has in mind into reality? What would America look like? He advocates for everything America is not, so I think it would lose all of its glory and strength. There should be another nation in our world that elevates and reaches that point and takes
America’s spot. I had this conversation with my roommate, and I said a couple of other countries that would take the chance and take America’s place in the world. But it would be a disaster if he wins, really for each and every person in this country, and I can’t imagine the mess that would happen if he wins. The Shield: What do you think about U.S. politics? Bregheith: I don’t speak politics. I hate it. I don’t like the word hate, but I only use it for politics. I just don’t like politics. In Palestine, it makes my everyday life hell. Politics makes the lives of tens of millions of people hell. So I just don’t like it. I mean, when I think about it, some people are really good from the inside and they just want to get to know each other and just live with each other, and then comes a politician and he is like, “We are at war” or “We are going to war with these people.” It’s just 99 percent of people are good and peaceful, and then there’s one percent — the politicians — who are always telling us we need to kill each other, and we listen to them because they have the power and they have the
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Deena Bregheith (far right), a junior English major, joins her friends in front of the Lincoln Memorial during her trip to Washington, D.C.
money. It’s really interesting to see Trump’s idea of the wall. A lot of people say, “I just want him to win to see how he will make that wall, because it’s not even possible to make a wall.” But it is possible. It happened in Berlin and it’s also in Palestine. We have that separation wall in Pal-
estine, and the wall in Berlin is nothing compared to that wall. It actually separates two areas from each other. It’s really huge and it’s still being built today. We need to learn from others’ mistakes. I’m sick of this; just one or two people speaking for the millions and they lead people astray — people who are not
really educated. The Shield: What do you think about the voting situation? Bregheith: Even if I wanted to vote, I can’t, and thank God I’ll be gone for the election. But a big problem I hear from a lot of young people is they always choose the least worst
candidate. It’s not because he’s good or she’s good, it’s they are least worst. You say I just want him because I don’t want that one to win. Maybe that’s why the voting rate in the states isn’t that high.
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“I remember I started writing songs with my guitar in high school because a history teacher said she wanted us to explain the renaissance through a media form,” Earle said. “She said it had to be portrayed through the career we wanted to go into or a dream, and I explained mine with a song. That was the first song I wrote.” In New York City, Earle said she was told people at “The Voice” had listened to her YouTube videos and wanted her to come out and perform a song. “It’s really fun,” Earle said. “You’re out there for a couple months and you get really close with other contestants. To this day, I play songs with (the contestants) and we meet up on the road. It’s a cool community… it was very nerve-racking, though.” After “The Voice,” Cee Lo Green had all of his contestants perform in a Las Vegas show with him, including Earle. When it comes down to nerves, Earle said it varies depending on the show. She said she isn’t sure what makes one show more nerve-racking than another. It just happens. “I love playing,” she said. “Sometimes you’ll be traveling alone and you start to question, ‘Am I supposed to be doing this?’ or ‘Am I supposed to be here?’ and after the first guitar solo has been played or the first song, I know why I do it.” When Earle thinks about music, she said she just smiles. “I love every part of music, but the thing I love most would be the way you can communicate with a person through music,” she said. “Even if someone doesn’t understand the words or the point of the song, they can understand the emotion behind it. Or if there is a melody that feels good, they can get the message.” Earle said when she is on the road, it’s just her and her guitar, but she uses Skype to stay in touch with her family. She said she moved out of Colorado when she was 18 and currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where her boyfriend and friends live, but most of them are musicians and understand that she is always on the road. “It makes you really appreciate the time you have with people,” Earle said.
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Students make their way down the zipline on campus behind Rice Library during the 2014 SpringFest.
She said for SpringFest, she will perform some of her new songs to see what people like. “I have also been learning a lot of fun cover songs,” she said. “I’m excited to sing and I’m excited to see (the festival). I’ve been following the posts and I’m excited to be a part of it.” Earle said she will stick around after the show to hand out postcards, sign autographs, sell CDs and talk to people about the show. “Every stage is different and every audience is different,” Earle said. “The cool thing I always love about it is everyone is there for a good time, for the most part, and I go out with the same mind set. I make sure I’m having a good time and they are having a good time and share some stories.” SpringFest adds variation to line-up Springfest Committee Co-Director Kayla Fein said she wanted to recreate what SpringFest is about and create
a new image. Her goal was to transform SpringFest into something new and exciting for students to enjoy. Springfest was canceled in 2013 because of the end of a collaboration between USI, the University of Evansville and the Ford Center came to an end. Since then, the SpringFest committee has looked at new ways to draw students to the event. “We went into our first meeting with the goal of recreating what SpringFest is,” Fein said. “Because of the falling out with UE...we really had to come back and show that we don’t need that huge concert to still be a success on campus.” Musical acts will still happen, but Fein said they will not be as large scale as they used to be. In previous years, the Friday night event would take place at the Ford Center. But now, there will be three nights of events, including a Friday night afterparty with DJs K Theory, VANDL and DuClaw.
The goal is for the afterparty to simulate an actual club scene. “They’ve got some music that’s out there. They’ve got some music that’s popular and it’s going to be a great show,” SpringFest Committee Co-Director Alex Hoffmann said. When the SpringFest Committee searches for events, it is looking for something that will appease a large crowd, yet also have name recognition. Smaller events will take place throughout the week, including airbrush trucker hats, inflatables, tattoo artists and a hot air balloon ride that will replace the zip line from previous years. Students will also see the return of the Kona Ice truck and have the chance to ride around in SpringFest’s own version of “Cash Cab.” The acts include Earle, Drew Lynch, a comedian who placed second in last year’s “America’s Got Talent” competition, and Mario Super, a mysterifier who won the NBC show “Phenomenon.”
The committee did not want to book the same things students would see on campus. “All four of those things
are totally different,” Hoffmann said. “You won’t see much of the same stuff out of any of them.”
FASt FACTS What: When: Cost:
April 6-8
Who: When: Where:
8 p.m. Wednesday
Who: When: Where:
8 p.m. Thursday
Who: When: Where:
7 p.m. Friday
What: When: Where:
SpringFest 2016 All events are free
Drew Lynch Carter Hall
Emily Earle Carter Hall
Mike Super Mitchell Auditorium
EDM After Party 9 p.m. Friday Physical Activities Center
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Festival to show award-winning films
by Megan Thorne features@usishield.com @ShieldsterMegan Patrick Higgs didn’t know his paper route at age 9 would lead him to an acting career. His advice is to “just do it.” Higgs is the artistic director for the Alhambra Film Festival, where he schedules films, sorts through content and puts the program together. The film festival started as a fundraiser last year to raise money for the restoration of the Alhambra Theatre. This year, the festival has more than 325 submissions with 51 countries represented. Seventy films made it through to the festival with a chance to win the grand prize of $3,000 or the $1,000 award for audience choice award, based on audience votes. The Alhambra Theatre is a historic movie theatre in the Haynie’s Corner Arts District designed by Frank J. Schlotter. It opened Sept. 27, 1913 as a movie theater. Restoration began in 2003 and is expected to be completed by 2017, according to the festival’s website. “Everyone always procrastinates and your first film is probably going to be the biggest piece of crap you’re going to make,” he said. “But once you get that under your belt, you’re good… (The festival) will help you network with other people that have done what you want to do or what you have done and that’s one of the great things about
it.” Higgs started out in commercials as a child and had roles in movies like “Fatal Attraction,” “Lucid,” “Sacred Hearts” and many other films, especially low budget Indie films. “We really do shoot a lot of movies in this area and that seems to be growing in the last four years,” Higgs said. “The festival will have films from around the world … and the directors are communicating with our local people. It’s a really neat thing to bring the creative forces together like that.” Higgs said he remembers when he was a teenager and the Alhambra Theatre was the place his generation would go and see bands. Malcolm Cook said he wants to raise awareness for the theater and the best way to do it is to have a fundraiser by having a film festival. “It’s rewarding because we all want that theater restored,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to get the public involved and it’s exciting because we get 100 filmmakers from across the world and the audience gets to interact with them.” The festival is in its second year and saw a 55 percent increase in film submissions from the previous year. Cook said some of the films featured have placed at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival and many other festivals around the world. “One of the films was a Sundance audience choice award winner… and was edited by a local Evansvillian,”
Cook said. “The name of the film is ‘The First Girl I Loved’ and it stars Morena Baccarin, the teenage actress in ‘Deadpool.’ So that’s someone audiences will recognize.” Edwina Mosley, a junior communication studies major, said she wants students who love film to know about the festival. “Film festivals aren’t big in Evansville yet,” Mosley said. “But you know it is growing and it is an activity to do. And those types of people with a creative streak, they can get out there and submit films at a fairly reasonable price to get their name out there.” As an intern for the festival, Mosley had the opportunity to judge some of the films. “I got to see a lot of interesting stuff and I was surprised by the young talent, especially the high school ones,” she said. Mosley said people are surprised she was able to watch so many films for the judging process. “My professor asked me, ‘How do you watch so many films? You’re going to drive yourself crazy.’ But it’s not like that, the short film category has some films that are only a minute,” Mosley said. Mosley said April 8, festival will host Cinema for Students Day where students will have question and answer sessions with Filmmakers. This is free for students with a valid student ID. For more information, go online to alhambratheatrefilmfestival.com.
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Stockwell Elementary fifth graders Jaden Baker, Kaden Clements and Cayden Purl follow junior elementary education major Kaylee Hill Tuesday as they walk the USI-Burdette Park Trail during the Spring Elementary Visit Day. More than 600 elementary school students and teachers visited campus to participate in a campus-wide scavenger hunt. Teacher education students led these scavenger hunts and told the students various facts about the university as they went.
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Superman vs. Batman film: three movies in one In theaters now Somewhere in this bloated hulk of a film are two interesting superhero stories. For all of the negativity I’m about to sling at this film, it’s worth noting that character development is well done. By the final fight scene, I started to actually like Superman (Henry Cavill), something I thought would never happen after the “Man of Steel” finale spent an hour doing nothing but reminding viewers what the 9/11 attacks looked like in graphic detail. It seems director Zak Snyder read some of the mountains of criticism for the film’s oppressively dark tone and his choice to turn Superman into a collateral-damage happy idiot with a heart of gold. His solution to this criticism? Funnel it into one character. Batman (Ben Affleck) no longer has chosen to fight crime purely to bring justice to Gotham City. Oh no, now the Dark Knight dons his iconic cowl purely because Superman knocked down a WayneCorp building 18 months ago. Bat-fleck is, in a word, refreshing. With a new backstory and actor, we’re primed to see a Batman we’ve never seen before. In the same way Superman is far more broody and less of a mouthpiece for proAmerica propaganda, Bruce Wayne is a man driven to do good for the wrong reasons. A core feature of Batman is his one rule: Never kill. Snyder’s Batman doesn’t give a crap, frequently offing nameless gunmen in his
quest to defeat the alien menace that is Superman. While this new kill-happy Batman is bound to change a lot of how he operates as a character, such as his relationship with The Joker, a character built entirely around the fact that Batman never kills. Bat-fleck would simply put a 9mm between Joker’s eyes and go about his day. Ever write an essay for class that reads really well, but the assignment requirements force the author to sprinkle a ton of reference to an overarching idea throughout? SvB is that in film form. Snyder loves him some symbolism, to the point where it becomes masturbatory in act three. As any professor who ever has mentioned a comic book during lecture will tell you, superheroes are the modern version of ancient myths. Where ancient myths had gods to idolize, we have superheros. Read the above paragraph about a thousand times and you’ll know what it’s like to watch SvB. I honestly don’t think there is an uninterrupted 20 minutes of this movie
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where a character doesn’t make a ham-fisted comparison to ancient mythology or reference a metahuman as a “god.” It gets old fast. Too bad his introduction to the world is in a movie trying to put three films’ worth of stories into two hours. I believed Zak Snyder when he announced a five-hour cut of this film exists. In the end, there are three films trying to break out of this mess: What should have been the final two acts of “Man of Steel,” an origin story for Affleck’s Batman and a set-up film for the Justice League. Oh, and for those of you going purely to see Batman and Superman duke it out, the “fight” lasts all of five minutes before what the trailers explicitly tells us is going to happen, well, happens. An honest title for this film would be “Dawn of Justice,” as all SvB actually does is finish off Superman’s story arc from “Man of Steel” (see: he’s realized his actions have consequences), introduce a new Batman and then spend a good chunk of time setting up next year’s “Justice League Part One.” If you’re a DC fan and open to some artistic liberties taken with the characters, you’ll enjoy “Superman Vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice.” If you’re just a normal moviegoer, you might choke on all of the forced symbolism, metaphors, and sometimes confusing fight choreography. Fun, but you need to go in forewarned.
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Screagles Call Question: “How do you cope with USI WiFi when it crashes?”
Name: Mario Gutierrez Major: Biology (pre-med) Grade: Freshman Answer: “I just go with it. I know the professors will understand and change the curriculum accordingly.”
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Set high Concerned priorities about concerts by Osman Bien Aime by Ellen cooper fecooper1@eagles.usi.edu To the dude who snorted what seemed to be cocaine off of some girl’s behind on USI_snaps this weekend, get your life together. Anyone who follows the account USI_snaps on Snapchat knows what kind of crazy things their fellow college students are up to. Pornographic videos, drinking and images of drug use are more than common on USI_snaps and all of its predecessors. It seems like drug use has become the norm among college students. Dualdiagnosis.org reports that 47 percent of college students have tried marijuana, more than 13 percent have tried ecstasy or other stimulants and 62 percent of all college students prescribed with ADHD medication are selling it or giving it away to friends. That’s a problem. I’m not here on my high horse (no, not that kind of high), looking down my nose at fellow students. I’ve experimented with some drugs. However, I regret those experiences. Being out of control and doing things you will later regret isn’t healthy. Obviously, there is a difference between smoking weed from time to time and scratching your face off be-
cause of your meth addiction. Just because one thing isn’t as bad as another does not mean it’s OK. Granted, you’re allowed to screw your life up as much as you want. People should have the right to make stupid decisions, including doing drugs, as long as they’re not causing harm to another person. In fact, I think the so-called war on drugs is one of the worst things our country has done in recent history, but that’s an opinion for a different time. The bottom line is: You get to make your own decisions. If you want to toke it up everyday or pop Molly on the weekends, be my guest. It’s your right to choose to be an idiot. But we are in college for a reason. We’re here to learn, to better ourselves, to make an impact on society. Sniffing what appears to be cocaine off of some girl’s booty isn’t going to get you any closer to those goals. Think about what you’re doing. Does it benefit the greater good? Does it bring you closer to your goals in life? If you answered “no” to those questions, you may need to reevaluate your actions. You are worth more than the temporary highs you seek.
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orbienaime@eagles.usi.edu USI SpringFest won’t have a huge concert at the Ford Center this year, and it’s got me a bit disappointed. Large musical acts have always been a staple of the annual event, but as the reins get pulled back this year, I have to wonder if the days of Smash Mouth and O.A.R. are behind us. Most freshmen won’t recall, but SpringFest used to close out the week’s festivities with a huge concert, and it’s grown every year since its inception. In 2014 it returned larger than ever from a year-long hiatus, collaborating with University of Evansville and hosting Smash Mouth at the Ford Center. This was fol-
lowed by O.A.R. in 201 at the Ford Center. We’ve seen successively bigger and more prominent performers play for us, so I was caught off guard to learn that they would be replaced with something else this year. Between the bouncy castles, dueling pianos and ziplines, this event has always been for the students, a way to offer a break from studying. Personally, I’ve always had classes back-to-back and work immediately after, so the concert afterparty has always been the only thing I could actually attend. For the many students in my situation, to know that the one thing we can actually experience has been altered or removed entirely is disheartening, and it must be the same for new students who never
got to experience it before it went away. This year’s afterparty will have an outdoor rave and a team of DJs. It’s a simple way to give students great music and save money while doing it, but what if this is the start of a trend and next year’s events get downsized further? I don’t doubt SpringFest 2016 will be fun. There are still going to be performing artists on campus, though not on the scale of previous years. If February’s Stupid Cupid dance is any indication, USI can throw a good party, so the rave should be pretty good, too. However, SpringFest is my favorite time of the school year, and now that cost is a real factor, it’s hard not to consider its future.
Grade: Sophomore Answer: “I don’t really. It makes me really mad and I don’t get on the internet.”
Name: Jacob Bowels Major: Undecided Grade: Freshman Answer: “I turn on a personal hotspot and use my data on my phone. It makes me really angry.”
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Sometimes quitters win This might come as a shock to some, but I’m not mad about the Internet troubles USI had this past week. Sometimes, the best course of action requires completely canceling prior plans, and the university pulled it off with flying colors. In fact, I’m kind of happy with how the university handled the most recent in a long line of Internet problems, including outright canceling Assessment Day in hopes of avoiding an Internet nightmare. This came as a great relief to those wondering if Internet issues meant the test might become some sort of printedout paper nightmare. With that step comes the true lesson to be learned from #Wifimageddon2K16: Don’t be afraid to pull the plug when the time comes. I’ve yet to learn this lesson myself and have suffered for it. For the first seven weeks of the semester, I gleefully planned a camping trip with my closest friends for the first weekend of spring break. Checklists were made, bags were packed way in advance, transportation was arranged. Everything was set. I was hype. Except I had a big test a few hours before everything was scheduled to kick off
Name: Kristin Stinson Major: Physical therapy
(which I stressed out about so much I caught a sinus infection the night before), and I wasn’t doing hot on funds, and the weather turned out colder than predicted. Because I didn’t have the gumption to pull the plug and reschedule the trip (or simply do something closer to home), five people and a dog ended up shivering their tails off. We huddled around a campfire that cost $4 an hour to operate on store-bought wood, drinking either bottled water or ginger ale in hopes the little bit of vitamin C
would help alleviate our tense muscles, sore from shaking all night. Dreams of hiking, reading, telling stories and cooking great food were destroyed by the bitter reality that is camping in Indiana in early March. They say quitters never win. “They” haven’t spent the night cuddling a pile of camping supplies in the back of an SUV wondering why they hadn’t just played laser tag with friends and spent a night drinking and watching bad documentaries on Amazon Prime.
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‘Pay it forward’ Softball prepares for special cause games by Caitlin Golden
pitcher. “All of my teammates are close to my grandmother,” Braun said. ”She is very personable — very bubbly and talkative.” Braun said she lives right next door to her grandmother, so when teammates visit, they have the opportunity to get to know her. The coaches and players from each team will wear a colored ribbon representing the person they choose to honor. Sophomore first baseman Marleah Fossett plans to honor her cousin, who has Down syndrome. Fossett said this game means a lot to the team because they are playing for people. “It’s going to be a tough game because we all have people we have lost or people who are sick,” Fossett said. “But, at the end of the day, we are giving them a good show.” The second game’s theme is “Play for Kate.” Kate Bruggenschmidt, who was a member of the local softball travel team The Bomb Squad, died last summer in an ATV accident at age 11. Bruggenschmidt’s family will attend the game.
crgolden@eagles.usi.edu The softball team decided to honor senior infielder Toni Braun’s grandmother, Vicki Tuggle, this year. Tuggle became paralyzed three years ago. Braun said she’s excited for Tuggle to see her play again. “It’s cool to have a lot of family and friends and have a lot of people to come out for it,” Braun said. “Before (Tuggle) got her disease, she came to almost all of my games.” Ever since her diagnoses she’s been in a wheelchair. Having her come out next week is going to be a big deal, she said. The softball team is dedicating its games April 2-3 to two special causes. The team plans to honor Awareness Day on April 2, where players and coaches from USI and the University of Indianapolis will play for someone they know and love who has been affected by disease, illness, handicap or other causes. Last year, the team dedicated its game to graduate assistant Brooke Harmening’s grandmother. At the time, Harmening was a senior
Golf breaks multiple records
by Caitlin Golden
finished third out of 27 teams last weekend at the Perry Park Spring Fling tournament hosted by Lewis University, in Perry Park, Kentucky. “We have a very good team and have the potential to (break records), but we played a lot better than what I had expected,” Garrison said. The team also set an 18hole record and 54-hole record. “We played awesome. The girls played really well and finished well,” Head Coach Lu Anne Howerton said. “(Garrison) had played the best golf I’ve ever seen her play.” This tournament was different than others because it has 27 holes for each round, but Howerton had no expectations going in. “They worked really hard over spring break and we knew we had a good chance,” Howerton said. “(Garrison) was hitting the ball right at the pins and making every birdie. She played unbelievable for 27 holes and gave herself every opportunity.” Three girls finished in the top 15 and five finished in the top 25. Howerton said when players do that, you know you’re going to put up big numbers. Their next tournament is the Maryville Spring Invitational in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where the team hopes to continue its success. “We’re just going to keep practicing and build on the good things we did last weekend,” Garrison said. “We will try to keep playing well and continue that into the regionals.”
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Brittanie Garrison broke a 12-year-old record during the last golf tournament, a feat she attributes partly to the weather. “It was perfect weather, especially Friday, and it wasn’t very windy, and I hit the ball well,” she said. “It was like everything was going right.” Garrison shot the lowest single round in USI’s history, with a 68 (-4). The record was previously
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set by Alisha Luigs in 2004. She also had a three round total of 219, the lowest score for a 54-hole event that was previously held by teammate Allison Koester. The women’s golf team
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Freshman Lindsey Barr attempts to tag out a member of the University of Illinois Springfield team before she reaches her base during the March 25, game at the USI Softball Field. The infielder/catcher had two RBIs and scored two runs and a homerun during the game.
Her younger sister Emma is throwing the first pitch. Both teams will wear ribbons and green bracelets in her honor. Head Coach Sue Kunkle
said these games mean a lot to the team because the players are giving back to their community. She said it is important to the girls on the team to “pay
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it forward.” “I think a lot of it is very near and dear for a lot of us,” Kunkle said. “We are a very tight family and when our extended family is ill or
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The Verbal Commitment By Sarah Loesch
Respect the ribbon ward came almost immediately. A fews days later, the idea of “Play for Kate” developed. The second game of the softball team’s awareness weekend will honor the memory of the 11-year-old girl.
Kate Bruggenschmidt died in an ATV accident in the hour or so she had between her doubleheader softball games. Her mother, Ashlee Bruggenschmidt, said the support of friends and family after-
The game is about bonding together and showing strength and support within the community her parents continue to be a part of. Some people may question what this game will accomplish.
Does it help if the team wears green in her honor? Does it help if her sister throws the first pitch? I imagine it helps a lot. Softball teams came by the bus full to pay their respects at Bruggenschmidt’s showing. “I think that says a lot about the softball community and how important those relationships are,” Ashlee said. “We saw firsthand it wasn’t about wins or losses, it was about those relationships.” USI Softball Coach Sue Kunkle also attended the showing and presented the family a signed USI jersey. “We had talked (at the showing) that (the USI team) wanted to do something,” Ashlee said. “Not only for the softball community or The Bomb Squad (Bruggenschmidt’s travel softball team), but for our family.” Ashlee said giveback or
briefs lenge. Hammond won the hammer throw with a throw of 163 feet and 9 inches. He earned three top-five finishes during the meet. He was fourth in the discus throw and fifth in shot put. Broughton won first for the 1,500 meter race. He finished in four minutes and 0.38 seconds.
Baseball moves into rankings
The baseball team is back in the national rankings after winning three of the four games against Bellarmine University last weekend. The Eagles are No. 30 on the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper/ABCA Top 30 Poll. The team is also ranked 14th on the HeroSports.com Division Top 25th.
Tennis continues streak The men’s tennis team extended it’s win streak to 4-0. The team was led by seniors Jack Joyce and Joel Stern, who brought their own record to 5-0 this year. Freshman James Hardiman won his No. 3 singles match. The team is now headed into conference play. It has played the last 10 matches on the road and will return to home court this week.
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Juniors Chase Broughton and Micheal Hammonds both earned first place finishes for the men’s track and field team during the Bill Smith Chal-
Women’s track and field finishes first The women’s track and field team earned four firstplace finishes at the Bill Smith Invitational. This was the first meet of the 2016 outdoor season. Seniors Jessica Reeves, Jordan Jones and Kaylen White rounded out the upperclassmen with first place finishes. The team also earned the top two spots in the 4x800meter relay. Reeves won the 1,500 meter race with a time of four minutes and 49.45 seconds. Jones won in a field event with her javelin throw of 96 feet and 6 inches. White finished the 400-meter hurdles in one minute 8.47 seconds.
Junior Crystal Blair earned third-place in the pole vault with her 10 feet 10 inch throw. This broke her own outdoor school record.
Archuleta earns 500th win Tracy Archuleta, head coach of the baseball team, won his 500th career game in the team’s win against Bellarmine University. Archuleta won 148 games during his six years at the University of WisconsinParkside, and reached 352 wins here at the university. During the eight seasons with him as coach, the Eagles won two NCAA Division II National Championships. Archuleta received two ABCA National Coach of the Year honors.
awareness games help people choose positivity over negativity. She said in the face of tragedy, that choice presents itself and the positive often comes from giving people hope. “You have to make your heart bigger than the hole,” she said. She said all the “Play for Kate” games, the shirts and the ribbons help the family. “That’s what helps us heal,” Ashlee said. “That’s what helps us know her legacy is still alive.” When teams come together for a specific cause, it shows the true power a sport can have. Some people say sports can’t make any real difference in the world. I strongly disagree. If the platform of athletics is used correctly, it can make a great deal of difference. Sometimes making a dif-
ference simply means shining light on an issue. The first step to working on or fixing a problem is understanding it. Besides playing a game in honor of a fellow softball player, the team will use the weekend to unite for multiple causes. Each team member will wear a ribbon of their chosen color to represent a cause during the April 2 game. If someone looks up the meaning of a colored ribbon, that’s one more person who knows a little something about a disease affecting people around them. Helping isn’t always something that can be measured monetarily, and it doesn’t always mean individuals are fixing a problem themselves. Sometimes a simple ribbon, or game dedication, can make a difference.
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HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE CLOSES at 6 pm on wednesday, may 4, 2016.
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Residents should move out 24 hours after their last final or by 6pm on May 4, whichever comes first, HOWEVER, if you have a late afternoon or evening final on Wednesday, May 4, you can wait to check out by noon on Thursday, May 5. You must submit a Stay Late Request if you have a late Wednesday final.
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If you need to stay later than 6pm on Wednesday (for any reason), please fill out the Stay Late Request form. Please be specific with your reason to stay late. If you need to stay late due to a Wednesday final, please include the class number, class name and time of final scheduled for Wednesday, May 4. To complete the Stay Late Request, please log into myUSI, click on the Housing icon to the left and go to the appropriate online form. Remember this is a request and subject to approval by HRL staff.
All residents must sign up for a check out time with their RA by Wednesday, April 27. RA check outs will be Thursday, April 28 through Friday, May 6. During the check out you will turn in your key. For apartments, the last resident to check out will turn in the mail key. Things to do before you check out: · Remove all your belongings · Clean your apartment thoroughly (empty drawers, cabinets, refrigerator, etc.) · Make sure your apartment is in the same condition as when you moved in and all furniture is accounted for · Report all maintenance concerns via Fix My Home: www.usi.edu/housing/fix-my-home · Remove all decorations from doors and windows · Take out the trash When packing up belongings residents are encouraged not to leave items in their vehicles overnight. This provides opportunity for theft.
What if i need to stay past may 4? If a resident needs to stay past 6pm on Wednesday, May 4, fill out a Stay Late Request by Friday, April 29. Remember this is a request and subject to approval by HRL staff. If a resident needs to stay after May 8, but not the full summer then complete a summer housing contract. Residents will be charged by the day ($25/day) for all days in Housing after May 8. To complete the summer contract, please log into myUSI, click on the Housing icon to the left and go to the appropriate online form. The summer contract will be available online April 1. Remember this is a request and subject to approval by HRL staff.