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Indiana voters will head to the polls Nov. 3 to elect federal and state lawmakers, including representatives for districts covering USI. The 2026 general election includes races for the U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana Senate. For voters in U.S. House District 8, House District 76 and Senate District 59,...
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Students and community members protested outside Liberty Arena Sept. 23 as entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary spoke about artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and wealth creation at USI. The demonstration coincided with “Mr. Wonderful, AI and Wealth Creation: An Evening with Kevin O’Leary,” part of the Romain College of Business Inn
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The Oct. 8 Student Government meeting was the last before they move to their new biweekly schedule. Last week members passed resolutions to meet every other week and establish committees to meet during the off weeks. The newly established committees are community and belonging, safety wellness and sustainability and rules committee. They will meet for...
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In a 1993 article for Wired magazine, best-selling author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, declared, “soon … I will have artificial intelligence agents roaming the databases, downloading stuff I am interested in, and assembling for me a front page, or a nightly news show, that addresses my interests. I’ll have the 12 top stories that...
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The Backrooms began as a single unsettling photo posted on 4chan’s “/x/” board in May of 2019. The original description introduced key elements: moist carpet smell, mono‑yellow walls, buzzing fluorescent lights, and “noclipping” out of reality. The Backrooms had a large cultural impact on the internet, and by 2022 it was one of the most...
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Ella Gogel is not only a catering worker at USI, but also a student. Working in college is not easy, especially while trying to keep up with your education. But Gogel chooses to help keep the university’s food and catering production running, helping all of her fellow students. Gogel says, “I feel appreciated by the...
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At their meeting on Oct. 1, SGA members unanimously passed two resolutions that will move their meetings to a biweekly schedule while their subcommittees meet during the off weeks. The subcommittees are community and belonging, safety wellness and sustainability and rules committee. Jennifer Roberts from the Dean of Students Office visited to discuss the upc
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On Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, Anne Berg, assistant professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, presented at the fifth annual Edward D. and Regina Rechnic Holocaust Series in Carter Hall. Her presentation, “Zero Waste Holocaust,” detailed how waste management was weaponized by the Reich to control and monitor prisoners within the death camps as...
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