The Shield To Release Magazine Unmasked At SGA, APB Partnered USI Event

The Shield, the University of Southern Indiana’s student-run newspaper, in partnership with the USI Student Government Association (SGA) and Activities Programming Board (APB), will host a kickoff event, Unmasking USI, in celebration of the end of the Spring Semester and for the release of Unmasked: Unmasking the Story of How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the University of Southern Indiana from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, April 24 on The Quad. The event is open to the USI community.

Unmasked: Unmasking the Story of How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the University of Southern Indiana is The Shield’s 56-page special edition retrospective magazine telling the story of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected USI. The magazine will feature four sections: Going Home, Returning to Campus, Entering New Normal and Managing COVID-19. Unmasking USI is making history as the first USI event to be hosted by The Shield, SGA and APB.

“The purpose of Unmasked is to reflect and remember the stories of the USI community during the global COVID-19 pandemic,” says Shelby Clark, Editor-in-Chief of The Shield. “This magazine will serve as a record for these moments in the University’s history. I am so proud of my incredible staff for investing their energy and efforts into this historic magazine in addition to the work they complete as full-time students and full-time Shield staff. We could not think of a better way to release our magazine than partnering with SGA and APB, making USI history once again with the event Unmasking USI.”

Unmasking USI will feature a cookout on The Quad, Kona Ice, giveaways, tabling from over 20 campus organizations and appearances by Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, USI President, Archie the Eagle and the USI Dance Team.

“Unmasking USI with SGA, APB and The Shield is meant to celebrate our return to normalcy,” says Taegan Garner, SGA President. “It has been so nice to see everyone on campus, and we want to celebrate where we have been and where we are going.”

Kyler Kennett, APB President, adds, “The Activities Programming Board is excited to work together with SGA and The Shield to put on an event that hopefully reaches the majority of campus and celebrates campus after COVID.”