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By: Mara Nolan Intern Michael Rousculp won the 2022 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research sponsored by the IUSB Library. According to the IUSB Library website, this award is a $500 prize “designed to honor undergraduate students who demonstrate sophisticated research skills and adept use of library resources into original scholarship.” Michael Rousculp, who graduated from […]
By: Mira Costello Co-Editor Do you want to be more active in those clubs you signed up for during Welcome Week? Do you have a packed schedule, but still want to support your campus organizations? Do you just want more Instagram followers? If your answer to any of those questions is “yes,” look no further […]
By: Mira Costello Co-Editor After taking a few years off from their annual book sale, Schurz Library is now hosting an open daily sale that students can check out whenever the library is open. All items are $1 and can be purchased on a cash-and-carry basis. The sale items – which include fiction, nonfiction, and […]
By: Mira Costello Staff-Writer Spooky, scary…scrabble games? Everyone has their own style of kicking off Hallo-weekend, and for Gamer’s Guild, it’s board games, costumes, friends and food. On Oct. 29 from 4:30 to 7 pm, the club partnered with Franklin D. Schurz Library to hold a Halloween game night in the Wiekamp Educational Resource Commons […]
By: Cassidy Martenson Intern Indiana University South Bend will be closed from Nov. 20 to Feb. 7, thus eliminating on-campus study spaces for students. As students head home to finish out the semester, there are plenty of options to study off campus to suit individual needs. The first thing students should do is consider their […]
By: EVA MONHAUT Staff Writer Pick up your favorite book and celebrate your freedom to read because National Banned Books Week is Sept. 23-29. National Banned Books Week is held every year at the end of September and celebrates the freedom to read. Libraries all over focus on books that have been challenged or […]
By CHRISTINA CLARK Staff Writer clark66@umail.iu.edu “Weight” can be applied to actual objects as well as experiences and emotions. The assigned and chosen articles a person carries with them through a difficult period in their life will change as they continue after the journey. As a part of the Big Read St. Joe County project […]
By: RANDALL MOSSMAN Staff Writer @randmoss Standing in the reception area, looking out at the Saint Joseph River, it almost seems a shame that the Writers’ Room is only temporarily in its current location. Due to the ongoing renovations of the Administration Building, many campus services, such as financial aid, admissions, parking, student counseling and […]
By: RACHEL ALTUM Staff Writer Are you an Apple, Kindle or Nook fan? The Schurz Library now has you covered. The library recently received a $5,764 Library Services & Technology Act grant to establish an e-reader checkout program. There are now two iPad Minis, three Kindle Fire HDs, three Nook HD+s and two Kindle Paperwhites […]
By NICK WORT Staff Writer Every year, the Schurz Library at IU South Bend holds the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research to honor student research excellence. The deadline to submit a project for the prize, Feb. 22, is fast approaching. “The prize is designed to reward students’ academic scholarship” said Nancy Colborn, the chair of […]