Author: Jake Pearson
NORMAL, Ill. – A faculty member at Illinois State University has brought home the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Director of ISU’s Publications unit, Dr. Steve Halle, earned the award for The Loose Pearl, a poetry book written by Paula Ilabaca Núñez and published by Halle’s press, co•im•press. PEN America was founded in […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Student Government Association (SGA) at Illinois State University has passed a bill to create a Student Resource Awareness Fair that will host different organizations on campus to promote better campus lifestyles. The Student Resource Awareness Fair will take place on March 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bone […]
NORMAL, Ill. – A script written by an Illinois State University School of Communication professor has earned the 2023 Award of Excellence from the internationally recognized Broadcast Education Association. Professor John McHale’s script “Blood Brothers” went head to head with more than 250 colleges and universities around the globe. The plot centers around a troop […]
NORMAL, Ill. – It’s all about marquees and headlines for one Illinois State University student who followed his childhood dream. Television production major and ISU senior Ben Meenan, along with other cast and crew members, put their minds together to create a full feature-length movie. The film titled SUNDAY* is set in a world where […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Dr. Andy Morgan has been announced as Illinois State University’s new assistant vice president/dean of students. Morgan assumed his new role on January 17th, the first day of the spring 2023 semester at ISU. Dr. Morgan is a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where he also […]
Photo provided by Illinois.gov NORMAL, Ill. – The 2022 Midterm elections have come and gone and to the victor go the spoils. State of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker excitedly announced that he was reelected, overcoming his opponent Darren Bailey of the Republican party. First elected in 2018, one of Pritzker’s highest praises as well as […]
NORMAL, Ill. – A new publication is releasing on the campus of Illinois State University that is seeking to create its own identity in the pursuit of an uncensored experience. The magazine White Noise is a magazine that brands itself as anything and everything. Music, photography, poetry, and anything else that you might put under […]
NORMAL, Ill. – A year has passed since the Redbirds last went head to head with the Missouri State Bears, but since then, the Redbirds have added new weapons to their artillery. Coach Allie Matters led her Redbirds into her first bout with Steven McRoberts and the Bears. Coming off of a loss last […]
NORMAL, Ill. – September 21st saw the debut of a new Netflix original series that has audiences turning their heads and wanting more. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story premiered to massive critical acclaim, reaching the number one most watched show on Netflix that week with nearly four billion minutes watched in the first […]
NORMAL, Ill. – A monthly event involving comic book and convention-culture is recognizing LGBTQ history in October. October is LGBTQ history month and ReggieCon is ready to tackle this topic. ReggieCon which prides itself on deconstructing gender ethnicity and race through movies and comic books, will be taking a dive into a graphic novel called […]