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Photo provided by the Children’s Discovery Museum NORMAL, Ill. – The Children’s Discovery Museum opened the new and improved Luckey Climber on October 9 to create a safer and more family-friendly structure for the community. Executive Director Beth Whisman said, “The Luckey Climber has been around for nearly 20 years, it served almost two million […]
Photo provided by Professor John McHale NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University Professor John McHale has been awarded the Santa Barbara International Diversity Film Script award for his script “Nurses Versus the Virus.” McHale shares the award with his coauthor, Registered Nurse Xavier Jackson. The two met over 15 years ago but recently worked together […]
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 […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal Town Council approves updates to the town personnel code during the second council meeting of the month on October 16. The council was asked to approve a comprehensive update to the personnel code. The chapter applies to classified employees, those that are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State’s Homecoming Week included many different events, athletics, and even a display case, located in Milner Library, of artifacts from the past. Illinois State’s University Archivist April Anderson-Zorn spoke about the importance of this display case and in depth about a few artifacts. A few of the artifacts shown in the […]
Photo provided by Professor Ann Coddington NORMAL, Ill. – Whether it’s reducing, reusing or recycling to help create a better and healthier planet, Eastern Illinois University Professor Ann Coddington expresses a new way to spread the message. Over the last few weeks, Professor Coddington had her artwork displayed at the Joe McCauley Gallery at Heartland […]
Photo provided by University Housing NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University has recently accepted its largest freshman class in nearly four decades. With ISU only having three residence halls, Tri Towers, Hewett-Manchester and Watterson Towers, to accommodate over 18,000 undergraduate students on campus, there has been some discussion of overcrowding within the residence halls. University […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University’s new indoor practice facility, north of Horton Field House, was officially opened on September 30. After waiting since the groundbreaking ceremony in 2022, teams can finally practice on the new field. Redbirds were able to get on the field the next day. The […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – Faculty at Illinois State University are in the process of forming a union for tenure-track professors. The process of organizing this group has been going on for over two years now according to Assistant Professor of History Keith Pluymers, a faculty member who has been heavily […]
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”. […]