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Sydney Lawson, biology freshman, tells the Student Government Association members why she is qualified to be the Senate chair. She was chosen as the first female SGA Senate chair in 30 years.

Female student elected to senate chair position for first time in 30 years

Ty Simpson, Staff Reporter April 23, 2016

At the Student Government Association meeting on Thursday, April 21, a female will call the meeting to order for the first time in nearly 30 years. On Thursday April 14, the SGA met in University Center...

GSA hosts event focused on understanding consent

Lori Mundell, Staff Reporter April 23, 2016

The importance and understanding of consent was the main topic of conversation at the consent panel on Monday, April 18. The event was hosted by the Gay Straight Alliance as part of IU Southeast’s...

The audience listens to speakers talk about human trafficking and how it is affecting the community.

IU Southeast hosts Southern Indiana Human Trafficking Awareness Conference

Connor Edrington, Staff Reporter April 15, 2016

Local organizations came together to inform the general public of the severity and effects of human trafficking in Indiana and around the world. IU Southeast held the first Southern Indiana Human Trafficking...

Horizon wins big at Indiana Collegiate Press Association convention

Horizon wins big at Indiana Collegiate Press Association convention

Horizon Staff Reports April 12, 2016

Twenty Indiana University Southeast journalism students and recent graduates collectively won 34 awards – including second place newspaper of the year – at the annual convention of the Indiana Collegiate...

Tuition changes coming for full-time students

Tuition changes coming for full-time students

Joseph Kauffman and John Boyle April 5, 2016

In the fall 2016 semester, IU Southeast is changing the way it calculates the cost of tuition for full-time students with the implementation of banded tuition. For some, it will be an opportunity. For...

Fighting financial illiteracy

Charlyn Corum, Staff Reporter April 5, 2016

Maybe the triple, venti, half sweet, non-fat, caramel macchiato is not a necessity. Budgeting, balancing, saving and paying are cringe-worthy words for college students. College students typically are...

Keep your politics out of my uterus

Keep your politics out of my uterus

Paige Thompson, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 5, 2016

On Thursday, March 24, Governor Mike Pence signed House Enrolled Act [HEA] 1337 in Indiana, effective on July 1. Referred to as one of the most strict abortion bills in the nation, HEA 1337 has destroyed...

A dead mans tale

A dead man’s tale

Jordan Williams, Features Editor April 5, 2016

On New Year’s Eve of 2015, as drinks were being poured and laughs were being shared, I was busy being dead. Thanks to a clerical error by the Social Security Administration, I was written off as legally...

Sports Are Life

Sports Are Life

Parker Henes, Sports Editor April 5, 2016

What do full time working students and full time student athletes have in common? They never have enough hours and are almost always broke. Sure, athletes have the enjoyment of playing in front of people...

Art made from a spatula

Parker Henes April 4, 2016

Cooking can be a bit of a challenge for most people. However, 10 kids can make it look like an art form. Prosser School of Technology is different from your traditional high schools. How fast...

Trumpet Player, Spoken Word Ron McCurdy playing his solo during one of the moods in the multimedia concert.

Langston Hughes Project performs at IUS

Tassy Payne, Staff Reporter February 24, 2016

There are many platforms one can utilize to express their political or personal views about ongoing issues of justice, freedom, culture, or civil rights. Some sing, dance, rap, paint and others can convict...

Adult life is sometimes underwhelming

Charlyn Corum, Staff Reporter February 9, 2016

Buying a house and having a family ends up being more complex than a childhood wish. Children fantasize over what their adult life will be like.  They dream about what occupation they want, how many...

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