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Image Courtesy of McLean County NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois 88th House District seat is up for grabs with two Central Illinois natives vying for the spot. The local farmer and current McLean County board member and the businesswoman from Decatur will face off in the primary elections. Chuck Erickson and Regan Deering are both […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is continuing their search for a new president with the third candidate’s public forum occurring on Feb. 26. This forum featured former professor and Associate Dean of ISU’s College of Fine Arts (now the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts), Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Ph.D. Following her time at […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is in the process of selecting a new university president following the sudden resignation of former president Terri Goss Kinzy last year. The finalists for the position will be speaking at public forums throughout the rest of February with the first occurring on Feb. 19 featuring Interim President Aondover […]
(Photo from left to right: Moderator Angelina Ruiz, Jag Bains and Matt Klotz) NORMAL, Ill. – Winner and runner-up respectively in the reality show “Big Brother” Jag Bains and Matt Klotz attended a Q-and-A session in the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University on Jan. 30 to speak on their experiences on the show […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The very first NCAA tournament to feature female athletes took place in 1981. From there, women’s sports slowly integrated into the mainstream, albeit facing its fair share of stigma in its fight to be recognized as legitimate. Women’s sports are now a regular fixture in professional and collegiate athletics, still fending off […]
Photo provided by Sister Cities Committee BLOOMINGTON, Ill – Bloomington may be known for its relationship to the town of Normal, but its real sister city is actually in Asahikawa, Japan. Japan has had a connection with Bloomington for a few decades, sponsoring a student foreign exchange program and building international relationships. Chairmen of the […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The silence on the quad was deafening as a little empty space by Cook and DeGarmo Hall was used to make a big statement. Illinois State University’s registered student organization Students Ending Rape Culture held their semesterly Clothesline Project which consists of T-shirts with phrases written by survivors of rape, sexual assault […]
Image Courtesy of Students Ending Rape Culture Instagram NORMAL, Ill. – According to the #MeToo movement’s official website, nearly 60 percent of collegiate women are sexually assaulted or harassed on their college campuses. One registered student organization here at ISU has had enough. Becca Mackey is the president of the RSO “Students Ending Rape Culture”. […]
NORMAL, Ill. – On a campus consistently plugged into the newest technological craze, the north side of Normal holds a beautiful place to unwind and unplug. The Horticulture Center is a 23-acre garden/observatory, and is home to various flowers and crops, complete with informational placards for many of the plants. The center is available to […]
Affirmative action has been the tip that balances the scales of equity in career and education-based opportunity since 1965. From then on, campuses and workplaces have diversified, varying perspectives have been introduced into spaces they previously were not allowed in, and representation has been seen as much more important than it once was. The Supreme […]