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Photo courtesy ISU Facebook Page NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Athletic Department released their Plan for Social Change Monday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2020. The department claims that Illinois State athletics is committed to responding to the list of demands put out by Redbird student-athletes on Sunday via social media. As athletes, We demand change, […]
Photo Courtesy of Illinois State University Student Health Services Page NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University President emailed students Friday evening to provide an update on how COVID-19 was affecting campus. President Larry Dietz stated the University was monitoring the cases on campus and in the community. He acknowledged the growing number of cases since […]
Photo courtesy Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Even 57 years after the March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King’s message about equality for black lives still rings true. The March on Washington was led by Dr. King on Aug. 28, 1963 as part of the Civil Rights Movement. The march serves as one of the […]
Photo Courtesy to the CDC NORMAL, Ill.- McLean County Health Department is reporting 80 new cases of COVID-19 today, Aug. 28, 2020, bringing the total to 1372 cases. Currently, 526 individuals are isolating at home. Three individuals are currently hospitalized. There are 827 individuals that have been released from isolation and are considered recovered. There have been 16 COVID-related deaths in McLean County. […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Staying healthy through a pandemic is even more difficult when fitness centers and gyms have to operate at less than full capacity, but the Illinois State Recreation Center is navigating through COVID-19 and exercising every avenue. Limited capacity meets different criteria with the state of Illinois and university of health and wellness centers, […]
Photo courtesy to ISU Event Management, Dining, and Hospitality Facebook page NORMAL, Ill- Illinois State University has made changes campus-wide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the areas that has been impacted has been the campus dining centers. Day to day operations now have a much different feel than previous years. When preparing food, […]
Photo courtesy Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Redbird athletes and coaches took to social media to express their frustrations over a statement made by ISU Athletic Director Larry Lyons. Lyons is quoted saying, “All Redbird Lives Matter.” The statement was taken as a play on words from the Black Lives Matter Movement’s opposition “All Lives […]
Photo courtesy to the CDC NORMAL, Ill.- McLean County Health Department is reporting 56 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing our total to 1292 cases. At this time 493 individuals are isolating at home. Three individuals are currently hospitalized. There are 780 individuals that have been released from isolation and are considered recovered. There have been 16 COVID-related deaths in McLean County. The age breakdowns for the […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is reporting 353 positive cases of COVID-19 on campus and a 19.3% positive rate. Cases are continuing to rise as the University begins to offer walk-up testing on campus. If a student tests positive they are immediately contacted by the McLean County Health Department to begin contact tracing. According […]
Photo courtesy to Young America Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Everyone that lives at Lodge signed a lease to live there before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Residents’ leases began at the beginning of the summer and end next May. Lodge resident and petition organizer Anna Adams pays $765 of rent for her apartment and access to […]