Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL- With both teams coming into the game with a 0-3 record, it will be the first time they have met winless against each other since 1906. The Redbirds have played back-to-back top-five teams on the road but will return home this weekend. In those two games, ISU put up a combined score of just 23 points compared to their opponent's 42 points. The Redbird defense […]
NORMAL, Ill.- A Normal resident says he sees a shortcoming in the Normal Town Council. Karl Sila says the council is dominated by the current mayor, Chris Koos, and the Town manager Pamela Reece. Sila was part of a protest at Koos’ bike shop, a protest in regards to the Coronavirus shut downs. Sila says the shutdowns were prolonged and negatively affected students, especially being that students work in many of […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Normal Town Council approved a contract of more than $350,000, and approved the reappointments of various commissions Monday night. The $356,662 contract to George Gildner Inc. is a Sump Pump Discharge and Storm Sewer Improvements Project. This was among the Omnibus Agenda, and was unanimously approved. One item that was pulled for discussion by Stan Nord was the motion to approve reappointments of various boards, commissions, and […]
I feel like I should type this whole album review in all caps for Rico Nasty and to express my excitement, but I’ll refrain. Fans were patiently waiting for Nightmare Vacation since early Fall of 2019. Then after six years in the game, she released her debut studio album Nightmare Vacation on December 4, 2020. Rico explained in an interview with Dazed that the album "is not based on one […]
NORMAL, ILL.- The season has not effectively ended last Friday after all, as ISU women’s basketball still has some hoops left to play. The Redbirds have just received a bid to participate in the annual WNIT tournament. It will be the first postseason play for Illinois State since 2013. The tournament will see 32 teams face off at four separate regional sites. Each team is guaranteed at least two games […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Monday night saw the Redbirds volleyball team complete a sweep of the Missouri State Bears. In the opening set, the Redbirds jumped out to an 11-7 lead thanks to a pair of errors by Missouri State's Amelia Flynn and Brooklyn Cink. Later, up 16-10, ISU surrendered a 4-0 scoring run and it was a two point contest, 16-14. The teams proceeded to trade […]
Photo courtesy to Facebook BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- The Bloomington-Normal Branch of the NAACP began planning for a “Meet The Candidates’ Forum” for District 87 and Unit 5 over one week ago. In the midst of planning the forum, some social media posts surfaced regarding school board candidate, Jon Reed. Reed is now a former candidate. "Jon Reed’s reprehensible, hateful and detestable language. Reed’s repulsive Facebook posts deeply offended marginalize groups," said […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State Volleyball came back after missing 3 weeks due to not having enough players medically eligible to play. The Redbirds played host to the Missouri State Bears, who held the best record in the conference at 8-2 on the season. This didn't scare the Redbirds as they would go out and dominate the Bears. Leading the way for the Redbirds, Kaylee Martin […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State women’s soccer team is back home as they are hosting the visiting Indiana State Sycamores on Saturday, March 13. This will be the Redbirds second game at Adelaide Street Field this season. Senior forward Sarah LaFayette explains what it means to the team to finally be able to play at home. “It's been so long and it felt like that,” said […]
