NORMAL – This past weekend Uptown Normal hosted its annual Sweet Corn Circus. The sweet corn circus celebrates the agricultural roots of Normal and welcomes Illinois State University’s students back to campus. Uptown was full of students and members of the community enjoying corn and circus entertainment. One student, Alana Guggenheim, talks about her favorite part of the Sweet Corn Circus. “I really like that you get to see local […]
NORMAL – Illinois State University’s Bone Center hosted a panel covering the effects of equal pay on women. The panel, “Equal Pay: Behind the Rally Cry”, covered a broad range of topics from tips on supporting women in the workplace to tips on negotiating salaries appropriately. The panel was made up of Ann Perry a member the YWCA McLean County Board of Directors, Pamela Cooper of Illinois Career Center, Kyle […]
The 2019 Redbird Volleyball Team (Photo Courtesy Anthony Ferretti/WZND). NORMAL – Competition and Drive: that's Redbird Volleyball's mindset heading into the upcoming season with a young but determined squad. Head Coach Leah Johnson helped lead the program to a 25-8 record in her second season at the helm of the Redbirds. Those 25 wins helped them earn a regular season conference championship and an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. […]
The RedZone opens up the semester by introducing the new crew. RedZone vet Hector Carrion takes the reigns as host and is joined by newcomers Joey Dwyer and Scott Wrzala. The boys opened up the show recapping the Redbirds baseball postseason run and checking on the birds who entered the MLB via the draft this spring (2:23-10:20). Next up were the ISU fall sports as both the football and volleyball […]
(Photo Courtesy JB Pritzker Facebook page) CHICAGO – Illinois is the second state in the US to enact the Immigrant Tenant Protection Act following California in 2017. Governor JB Pritzker passed the act into law protecting immigrants from harassment or threats from landlords. Specifically, the law allows the tenants to seek civil action if a landlord evicts them due to their immigration status. Landlords are also prohibited from threatening to […]
NORMAL - Illinois State University’s Police Department welcomes the newest member of their team, Paw-fficer Sage. Sage is a part of the new community engagement unit from the department. As a certified therapy dog, the unit hopes Sage can bring comfort to people in the community “Her job is to make people happy, from people who miss their to pets, to people who have gone through traumatic events,” one of […]
NORMAL – Incoming and current Redbirds flocked into the Bone Student Center for ‘Fear the Bird Kickoff’ Sunday afternoon. Events like this during Welcome Week keep students busy while getting them accustomed to campus. “I thought there was a lot of different fun activities to do out on the quad and off the quad,” said Freshman Mikaley Smith “It’s just been really eventful.” Smith added that she’s excited about this […]
