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NORMAL – Thursday marked another Founder’s Day on the campus of Illinois State University, and to kick off the festivities, many gathered in the middle of the quad for the annual Bell Ringing Ceremony. Founder’s Day was created to remember the founding of the university back in year 1857. However, the event has evolved and […]
NORMAL – The Illinois State Planetarium hosted their Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter show on Saturday. It showcased the exploration of dark matter, The Big Bang theory and it’s anticipated discovery at the Large Hardon Collider. The show was narrated by Academy Award winner, Tilda Swinton. Vincent Manzella, a physics major […]
NORMAL – Illinois State University is bringing a focus on world religious literacy to its’ International Seminar Series this spring. The seminar focuses on worldwide topics every semester to allow the community to become well versed on international issues. The series hosts guests experts of the selected topics and are available for questions after the […]
NORMAL – Illinois State University has announced that it will be remaining closed throughout the entirety of Thursday, January 31. This announcement from the university has come after initially closing from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning. The university is now set to re-open on Friday, February 1, unless otherwise noted at a later time. Lows […]
NORMAL – Illinois State University has announced the cancellation of all classes on Wednesday, due to extreme winter weather conditions, bringing dangerously low temperatures to much of the Midwest. The cancellation period will be in effect from 11 p.m. Tuesday evening until 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning. A Wind Chill Warning will be in effect from […]
University Program Board’s first event of the semester will take place Saturday night (photo courtesy/University Program Board). NORMAL – The University Program Board is hosting Back in the Groove Saturday night. UPB’s first event of the semester will give students a chance to get a head start on their New Year’s resolution. They can participate […]
The Center for the Visual Arts in January 2019. (Photo by Joe Kennedy/WZND) NORMAL – Former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner granted Illinois State University 9.6 million dollars to help renovate and repair the College of Fine Arts. The university has been waiting 10 years for renovations for the CFA, this came on one of Rauner’s […]
NORMAL – Tuesday morning, all Illinois State University students and faculty received an emergency alert concerning the safety of students with the presence of ice on campus. Emergency Management alerted the campus of the safety precaution and cancelled all activities and classes before 10 am. However, some professors made their classes mandatory despite the emergency […]
Illinois State University workers repair water main break on campus Wednesday afternoon (Photo by John Murray/WZND). NORMAL – Due to a water main break on the Quad, Illinois State University Plumbing Shop, along with contractors, will have an emergency water outage at Old Union and Williams Hall beginning shortly after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday until further […]
NORMAL – Tuesday morning, all Illinois State University students and faculty received an emergency alert concerning the safety of students with the presence of ice on campus. Emergency Management alerted the campus of the safety precaution and cancelled all activities and classes before 10 am. However, some professors made their classes mandatory despite the emergency […]