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Friday, November 21, 2008
blueprint

$200 million = 1,000 jobs

New retail development project will be constructed near USI

On the West side of Evansville, not far from the University of Southern Indiana, there will one day sit a large, 222-acre developmental project. It will start 200 yards north of the interchange and proceed three miles along the west side of the highway. Full story

News

Bennett drops out of CWU presidential race

USI Provost Linda Bennett withdrew her name from Central Washington University’s (CWU) presidential search after returning from a visit to the campus in October.

Presidential search committee narrows field

The presidential search and screen committee interviewed 11 of the remaining candidates for the University of Southern Indiana’s open president’s position last week.

Words with Weinzapfel

You’re scheduled to speak Nov. 20 in Rice Library.  What kind of issues will you address? I will speak to a Political Science class as my role in local government.

Security looks to ‘dry’ out campus

In the wake of a large, off-campus student alcohol bust, drinking on campus continues to be a problem.   “The whole underage bust situation has shed some light on USI students and alcohol. It’s an issue,” one student said.

Shots, medicine and moms at the Student Health Center

 A sign hanging on the receptionist window inside USI's Student Health Center - located in the lower level of the Health Professions building - sums up the clinic's new, direct motto.

Student Life

Recipes and rage

How one man survives the overabundance of food and family

Turkey. The staple of any traditional Thanksgiving meal, the turkey provides the makeshift chef with a truly terrifying, Silence of the Lambs experience. If frozen, allow the turkey plenty of time to defrost. Online cooking Web sites (Foodnetwork.com, elise.

Hadi Shrine Circus celebrates a Diamond Jubilee

Instead of dreading the great aunt who pinches your cheeks until they turn numb on Thanksgiving Day, take refuge in the fact that people far crazier then your family are coming into town that weekend.

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  • Twilight comes to theaters

    In September of 2006 Stephenie Meyer, a mother of three from Phoenix, Ariz., published the first book in the Twilight saga that would unknowingly become a phenomenon.

    A different kind of Civet

    All female punk band plans to visit Evansville

    Civet ; A small, spotted, cat-like mammal native to the tropical regions of Africa and Asia, whose feces are used to make a kind of coffee that is considered a delicacy in some Southeast Asian countries.

    Sports

    flag football

    Oopty Oop and Dream Team crowned champions

     As the NFL season rounds the halfway mark, USI students completed their battles for glory on a different sort of gridiron.

    USI student competes for team USA

    While some University of Southern Indiana students sport the USI jersey, sophomore Sean Herron sports a jersey of different sorts. In several weeks Herron will put on the team USA jersey to compete in the World Powerlifting Championships.

    Search begins for new soccer coach

    Within the next several days, the University of Southern Indiana’s Athletic Department will post an opening for the men’s head soccer coach position.

    Men's Cross Country team bound for nationals

    On October 25, both the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country team were crowned GLVC champions as they competed against nine other teams in Rolla, MO.

    Opinion

    Help us, help you

    I hope you all understand the purpose of this page. The reason I want to make this clear is because I feel like there are many misconceptions that surround newspapers and particularly the opinion section.

    Boxville ultimately empty

    Slapping the word “awareness” on an experiment or a cause is a good theory, but does not work without proper follow-up and activity.

    Blackboard blues

    I am not a technology person. Seriously.  I`m the girl who didn’t get texting on her phone for three months because she couldn’t figure out how to put spaces in between her words.

    High CD prices cause downloading

    Tuesdays are one of the most important days of the week.  If you’re an avid music listener, buyer, downloader, or maker, then this is the day that new albums hit stores.

    Photo of the Day

    Next show

    Sunday, December 7, at 8 a.m.

    USI's student media discusses the state of the economy with Greg Valentine, director of the center for economic education and USI's coordinator of business teacher education.

    Issues on The Edge

    A monthly public affairs program produced by students from Access USI, 820 The Edge and The Shield. Airs at 8 a.m. on the first Sunday of each month on 820 The Edge.