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Little info available regarding August robbery by sarah loesch editor@usishield.com @seloesch
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President Linda Bennett and USI alumni Cody Morris pass the torch at the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay.
Torch Relay includes university president, alumni by taylor o’neil hall tohall@eagles.usi.edu
The Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay made its way through Evansville Saturday with 24 torch bearers from Vanderburgh County, all with differing ages and backgrounds. One of the torch bearers was the university president Linda Bennett. Another was Cody Morris, a university alum. “It was such an honor to be nominated,” Morris said. “It felt surreal. I was among community leaders that I’ve looked up to
for a while now.” He was the third person to handle the torch in the relay. “I even got to hand the torch off to Dr. Linda Bennett,” Morris said. “It was a remarkable moment (passing the torch to Bennett) in feeling that I was part of something big,” Morris said. “It was also very relieving given the fact that the torch itself was fairly heavy.” The event was part of Indiana celebrating its 200th year of statehood. To help do that, the torch relay is going through all 92 counties in Indiana. The relay began in the
‘I’m thankful for it everyday’ New men’s golf coach teaches new technique, team bonding by megan thorne opinion@usishield.com @MeganRThorne
Daniel Wyatt said he has always had a passion for instructing golf. “I never thought I would be a golf coach in my life for a university but t h e path l e d me in that direction,” Wyatt Wyatt said. “I’m thankful for it everyday.” Wyatt is the new head coach for the men’s golf team for the 2016-17 season. Wyatt said he was originally a golf teaching professional, when he was offered the coaching opportunity. “It’s awesome,” Wyatt said. “It’s something I was really looking forward to doing and I’m glad (the players) have allowed me to become a part of the team.” He said he has three upperclassmen that have been “tremendous leaders” and have been really receptive to the change. Wyatt said he really
wants to help the team with mental mindset when it comes to playing. “Our leaders are doing everything they can to help the team week after week,” Wyatt said. “We’ve worked on mental mindset and how to be able to control your nerves while on the golf course.” Grant Saylor, a sports management senior, said he has known Wyatt for the last five years, when Wyatt became his swing instructor at the Golf Academy. “He’s really great,” Saylor said. “He knows when to be social and when to take things seriously and he knows what we are doing to help us.” Saylor said he never felt that in previous years the team was able to bond due to strict practices. “With Wyatt we are becoming a lot stronger,” Saylor said “We are becoming a strong team overall.” Saylor said Wyatt is always involved when it comes to something they need to work on. “Everything he does to help, helps our team move up on the leadership and individually,” he said. Since Saylor has known Wyatt for five years, he said he feels like a friend is helping him instead of a coach to player divide.
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state’s original capital, Corydon, and will make its way to Indianapolis. The torch ended its journey through Evansville at Old National Bank on Riverside Dr. with a closing ceremony. The ceremony included a performance from the Helfrich Park Stem Academy band and local singer Gina Moore who sang “Back Home Again in Indiana.” Mayor Lloyd Winnecke ended the ceremony by proclaiming Sept. 10 as Indiana Bicentennial Day and extinguishing the flame from the torch.
The university issued a Rave Alert Friday afternoon notifying the campus of an attempted robbery that occurred in late August. The alert told students that Public Safety had been notified Friday and that there was no immediate threat. The Shield reached out to Steve Woodall, director of USI Public Safety, and received no comment. Ben Luttrull, media relations specialist for University Communications, reached out to the Shield and said the investigation was being handled through the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department and all questions should be directed to them. The Shield contacted Sheriff Dave Wedding about the attempted robbery, but without more information Wedding said he could not identify the incident in question. He said he could be reached again if more information was available. In a longer notification, titled Safety alert--attempted robbery, it said that the incident occurred along a walkway on the northeast side of campus and that the sheriff’s department had taken the description of two suspects. The alert said it seemed to be an isolated incident, but students are encouraged to travel in groups. That information was sent to Wedding who said he would look into it.
Study abroad completes fifth year by sarah loesch editor@usishield.com @seloesch
Daria Sevastianova is a big proponent of international education. The associate professor of economics has now been taking business students to Osnabrück, Germany for five year as part of The International Summer University collaboration. Sevastianova said when the program first started she couldn’t say if she saw five year into the future because it depends heavily upon the interest students have each year. “I like to think of it as a self-sustaining study abroad program,” she said. In the beginning the interest relied heavily on promotion Sevastianova would have in class, but now word of mouth is helping the program continue. The students who do join the program spend 3 ½ weeks studying at the University of Applied Sciences of Osnabrück, Germany - Hochschule Osnabrück as well as learning about different cultures. “First and foremost it’s an academic partnership,” Sevastianova said. “(Students) earn five credits, three of the five Photo courtesy of daria Sevastianova come from a business course of their choosing Students studying abroad in Germany take a weekend trip to visit Paris and the Eiffel Tower. Student’s weekends are and the remaining two are reserved for culture trips and most of their days are filled with academic classes.
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