A lot has happened over the last few months of waiting for the album. From the harassment of a North Carolina weatherman to ...

Despite less-than-ideal weather for an outdoor event, the 5th ever-River City Pride Festival saw a crowd of people hit the ...

Nico Armeanu is a junior studio art and German major. Armeanu joined The Shield in Spring 2024 as a photographer and now serves as the arts and entertainment editor. Armeanu was the district winner at ...

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 ...

Pep band anniversary Katie Hurst, Lifestyle Editor 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 ...

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 ...

Carter Hall was full of second hand clothes Monday and Tuesday during the Clothing Swap event held by the students of the social work program at USI. Their first try at this during the fall semester ...

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 ...

During the April 10 SGA meeting, members began final preparations for the transition to the organization’s next general assembly and executive board. Election polls closed April 13 and results were ...

Bathrooms are the backbone of our society. I’m completely serious. The advancements in plumbing technology and how common bathrooms are in buildings are some of the best things to come out of modern ...

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 ...