Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- Clutch hitting and elite defense led the way for Illinois State baseball on Sunday, as the Redbirds (16-22, 7-5 MVC) defeated Evansville (20-18, 5-10 MVC) 3-1 to capture a game and series win against their conference foe. Third-year freshman Sean Sinisko tossed seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts, five hits, and no walks in what was his best outing of the season. The left-handed […]
Nashville indie rock group Kings of Leon kicked off March 2021 with their eighth album “When You See Yourself.” Frontman Caleb Followill explains his inspirations for this album in an interview with Apple Music saying, “Life is the vein that runs through this album. I wrote songs about youth, I wrote songs about being at the age where everything feels like it’s going so […]
By: Abbey Munro Many of us associate the name Miley Cyrus with Disney Channel. We remember the iconic songs that lit up our childhoods and even high school experiences (I mean really, name one high school dance that didn’t play Party in the USA at least once). Maybe some of us think about the cut-off-all-her-hair twerking era of Miley that dropped a lot […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Saturday the Illinois State baseball team (15-22, 6-5 MVC) swept Evansville (20-17, 5-9 MVC) in both games of a doubleheader, only a day after falling 12-0 in Friday’s series opener. They took a rainy first game 6-3, behind a home run and two RBIs from Ryan Cermak and a six inning, five-strikeout, two-run winning outing from pitcher Jordan Lussier. Jake McCaw also had two hits and an RBI of his own, and pitcher Derek […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Community reigned true in the Uptown Circle last night. Support crowded the hill in front of the Children’s Discovery Museum to honor the lives that were lost on March 16 in the Atlanta spa shooting. Student organizers shared the realities of their lives. One of the organizers Yvin Shin says the ceremony was to help start discussions on what has been happening in the Asian American and […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Nineteen votes led Tom Crumpler to victory this municipal election. Crumpler won Ward 9 against opponent Jim Fruin. “It felt really great, you know. I went into the election you know really not having any experience in Bloomington city government. Just really wanting to have the opportunity to serve the community. I feel like I worked really hard—really starting in December and January. Getting myself out in […]
Photo Courtesy of ISU Latina/o/x Graduate Student Association Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. - Latina/o/x Graduate Student Association got started due to the lack of spaces for graduate students and specifically for students of color. One of the founders of the organization, Omar Gómez says the foundation of the organization is attract graduate students who are getting their masters or doctoral degree that identify as Latina/o/x. “ISU previously didn't really have […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Softball team hosted their I-74 rivals, the Bradley Braves in a double-header. After a tough 3-2 loss to Southern Illinois on Sunday, the Redbirds bounced back on Thursday afternoon, beating the braves not once, but twice in a double-header sweep. The Redbirds shut out the braves in both games, winning game one 8-0 in six innings, and game two 7-0 in a full seven innings. […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, ILL. - Illinois State Women’s basketball star JuJu Redmond will be taking her extra year of NCAA eligibility and will return for her final season with the Redbirds. After spending her first two year at Tallahassee Community College Redmond has blossomed into an excellent two-way player for Illinois State. She looks to finish her Redbird career in style. “Next season I’m looking to be great, […]
