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Ashley Wallace: Acting out in class

Marc Andry, Staff Reporter December 5, 2019

While traversing the halls of the Knobview and the Ogle Center, if the sounds of laughter, playful yelling and elaborate accents are heard, the classroom of Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Performance...

Gaven and Rocio Lozada-Smith have much in common, including the degrees they are pursuing. Both are business majors at IU Southeast.

Married IUS students both pursuing business majors

Anna Smith, Staff Reporter December 1, 2019

Gaven and Rocio Lozada-Smith met by chance while Rocio was out shopping with her family. After that serendipitous encounter, she quickly got in contact with Gaven through a mutual friend. The Lozada-Smiths...

Natalie Bowman gives assistance to her wardrobe crew as they design a new costume. (left to right: Alyssa Fry, Erin Hogle, Natalie Bowman, Alex Conn).

Natalie Bowman: The Costume Queen of IUS

Marc Andry, Staff Reporter December 1, 2019

Beneath the Robinson stage, an old storage room is now a fabric wonderland bustling with the activity of sewing machines, tailors and costume designers all thanks to the efforts of costume shop manager...

IUS professor forms Muslim Student Association

IUS professor forms Muslim Student Association

Jordan Gregg, Staff Reporter December 1, 2019

The IUS Muslim Student Association, founded by Assistant Professor of Elementary Science and Technology Education Sumreen Asim, held its inaugural meeting Friday, Nov. 1. Asim said she collaborated with...

Polly’s Freeze continues to dish out sweet service after 67 years of business

Polly’s Freeze continues to dish out sweet service after 67 years of business

Aubryn Crotchett, Staff Reporter November 9, 2019

Polly’s Freeze, the famed Georgetown ice cream stand, closed for the season after celebrating its 67th year of business Sunday, Oct. 20. In 1952, Polly’s Freeze opened as a local roadside stand...

Club Spotlight: Public Relations Student Society of America

Club Spotlight: Public Relations Student Society of America

Jordan Gregg, Staff Reporter November 9, 2019

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is a product of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) that provides networking with peers and professionals in the public relations industry....

From left to right President Leslie Venzor, Recruitment Officer Josiah Pohl and Secretary Sarah Fischer at the Multicultural Student Union’s weekly meeting in UC 122.

IUS Multicultural Student Union celebrates diversity

Emily Elliotte, Staff Reporter October 30, 2019

Page four of the Registered Student Organization Handbook emphasizes a Diversity Statement, prohibiting each organization from discrimination of any kind. Several student organizations, including the Multicultural...

Tamara Gooch (right) answers a question while Jess Lee listens. Photo by Sydney Randall.

Two professional photographers captured IU Southeast’s attention at the Ogle Center

Sydney Randall, Staff Reporter October 29, 2019

Renowned professional photographers Jess Lee and Tamara Gooch came to IU Southeast to speak about their experiences and share the beauty of nature and wildlife within their images at the Ogle Center Thursday,...

The Starlight water tower overlooks a pumpkin patch as families search diligently for the perfect pumpkin

Huber’s: a Kentuckiana fall tradition

Jordan Gregg, Staff Reporter October 21, 2019

As a packed, rickety wagon approaches an expansive field filled with vivid orange pumpkins, it is hard to deny the old cliche — fall is in the air. Visiting Huber’s Orchard and Winery during the fall...

Professor Rebekka Meixner-Hanks diligently works on a new stage set she is designing for the IU Southeast Theatre Department.

One-woman show at the Ogle

Marc Andry, Staff Reporter October 21, 2019

Two towers, each standing two and a half stories high, sat on both ends of a two-story castle. This set, spanning 60 feet wide, was designed by Theater Professor Rebekkah Meixner-Hanks, for a production...

Club Spotlight: Women in Computing

Club Spotlight: Women in Computing

Aubryn Crotchett, Staff Reporter October 21, 2019

Members and officers brainstormed ideas while snacking on Jersey Mike’s sub sandwiches at Women in Computing’s October meeting on Monday, Oct. 14. Women in Computing (WIC) is a club at IU Southeast...

Tor Chaleunphonh, sophomore graphic design major, explains his idea for the mask to his classmates.

IUS fine arts students bond during Harvest Float production

Logan Stephens, Staff Reporter October 6, 2019

The bead-throwing of Mardi Gras combined with the candy-giving of Halloween on Saturday, Oct. 5, for IU Southeast’s Mardi Gras and Halloween-inspired floats at this year’s Harvest Homecoming Parade...

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