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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 […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The City of Atlanta, Georgia experienced a shooting leaving one dead and at least four injured this afternoon. This marked the 164th mass shooting of 2023. Firearms were the leading cause of death in children in 2020. In a society where kids are commonly greeted by metal detectors before the faces of […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Tensions were high at the Student Government Association’s unplanned meeting on Tuesday, where the members of SGA voted on the job security of its secretaries with the polarizing powers available to Student Body President Patrick Walsh. SGA recently moved to revoke Walsh’s ability to fire a secretary without approval from any other […]
NORMAL, Ill. – From Susan B. Anthony to Roe v. Wade, the fight for women’s equality is seemingly endless. Whether it be from pride or prejudice women have historically been excluded from powerful conversations, even when the conversations were about their human rights. This exclusion led women to force their way into the spaces they […]
NORMAL, Ill. – In a male dominated field a new student run organization at ISU is looking to narrow the disparity between men and women and break barriers into the world of sports. Girls Club is a registered student organization created to give women interested in sports a place to express that interest in an […]
NORMAL, Ill. – In a town surrounded by corn and college students, Mass VR provides a portal to not only first-person interactive gaming, but a new wave of technology. From Mario Bros. to Metroid, gaming has been a household staple throughout the 2000s, but in the last few years a whole new perspective of gaming […]
Photo provided by Waiting Room Records NORMAL, Ill. – The corner of North Street and Broadway Avenue features a quaint vinyl shop with a wide variety of music genres, vintage, grunge aesthetic, and a friendly cat named Murph who greets you at the door. Waiting Room Records has been a part of Uptown Normal since […]
Photo provided courtesy of Western Illinois University NORMAL, Ill. Governor Pritzker’s latest project was music to the ears of Western Illinois University students and staff as he pledged $119 million to the school with the promise of building a new performing arts center on his October 7th appearance at WIU. “When it’s completed this […]