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Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill.- Children of color, their families and communities, have been treated differently and face harsher punishments in the education system. ISU’s Department of Psychology invited Columbia College’s Professor of Early Childhood Education Mariana Souto-Manning to speak on Thursday, Feb. 27 in Schroeder Hall. Souto-Manning’s talk was titled “Race, Racism, and […]
NORMAL, Ill.- To celebrate Therapeutic Recreation Month, the Student Fitness Center held their annual Adaptapalooza event on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Adaptapalooza has been a yearly event and is in its sixth year. This event lets people participate in physical activities adjusted for those with disabilities. This is one way the university is taking strides to execute their pillar of diversity and inclusion. ISU Instructional Professor of Parks […]
Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill.- Illinois State University President Larry Dietz has named Vice Provost Aondover Tarhule as the vice president for Academic Affairs and provost, effective July 1. Jan Murphy, who has served in the role since 2017, will retire this summer. Tarhule currently serves as vice provost and dean of the Graduate […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- Be Strong Gym in Bloomington hosted the WUAP Winter Open Sunday. The power lifting competition had 40 competitors, 15 of which were lifters from Be Strong. Owner, Drew Whitted started this gym nine years ago and just recently moved locations to a bigger lot due to the growth of the company. Whitted has […]
Photo courtesy to McLean County Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Student Health Administration sent out a mass email and released that The McLean County Health Department has confirmed three unrelated mumps cases at Illinois State University. The cases are unrelated, so it is not considered an outbreak. In all three cases, the patients were in their early […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Several young artists took to stage their talents during an Open Mic event on campus. One young rapper, OTN Bam has performed at this event for the second time and he said he will cherish this experience forever. “It’s like a grassroots project, you see it come from the ground up so it’s […]
Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill.- The center for Community Engagement and Service Learning at ISU provides an educational screening tonight, Feb. 25 in the Normal Theater. The screening of a new documentary called, “Activized” will be shown to students wanting to get involved more with engagement around the university. Throughout the school year, the […]
NORMAL, Ill – Graduate students at Illinois State University used the Board of Trustees meeting as a platform to protest low wages. Groups of graduate students stood in solidarity with posters demonstrating their frustration. At the meeting, students held signs labelled “ISU works because we do.” A student representing the Graduate Workers Union expressed the grievances […]
Photo courtesy to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Facebook page SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- College Illinois is a state-subsidized program dedicated to providing funds for struggling students. The rising price of college has become a problem for the stagnant amount of money being invested by parents. However, Governor J.B. Pritzker has a solution to this issue: money. With 27 […]
Feral Feminism is an independent online journal that was created by an Illinois State faculty member who is also in charge of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. NORMAL, Ill.- Ela Przybylo talked about the struggles of writing journals, especially feminist journals, at the Professional Speaker Series Friday, Feb. 21. The talk titled “Publishing as […]