Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Today, the Illinois State Redbird baseball team was defeated by the Indiana State Sycamores 8-7 in extra innings. Great starting pitching from Sean Sinisko and powerful offense were some themes we saw from ISU early, but ultimately their momentum stalled. The Sycamores were able to claw their way back from the large deficit and defeat the Redbirds in the final matchup of the four-game […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL,Ill.- Following their 1-0 loss against Valparaiso to end the regular season, the Illinois State women’s soccer team now enters the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament as the number four seed finishing with a 4-4 conference record and 4-6 overall. The Redbirds are set to host the fifth seeded Northern Iowa Panthers in MVC quarter final play from Adelaide Street Field on Sunday, April 11. Redbird’s redshirt […]
This photo is courtesy of goredbirds.com. NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State baseball team dropped both games Friday against Indiana State. The Redbirds fell 4-2 and 6-1 in the first two games of their four game weekend series against Indiana State. Illinois State had a great outing from pitcher Colton Johnson in game one. Johnson threw six innings and had zero earned runs given up along with five strikeouts. The Sycamores […]
Photo courtesy to Chi Omega Illinois State University Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- The 45th annual March Madness philanthropy event will be hosted by Chi Omega at Illinois State University on April 11at 5 p.m. to benefit Make-A-Wish Illinois. March Madness is an annual dance competition in which participating Greek chapters on ISU’s campus will compete to raise money and awareness for Make-A-Wish Illinois. “This event has been around for […]
Photo courtesy of ISU Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Scoring runs and stealing bases aren't the only things Michele Calabrese can do. Calabrese, a junior utility player for the ISU softball team, is a teaching assistant for professor Erik Rankin. She helps teach his "POL 106 - United States Government and Civic Practices" class. After starting work as a TA for him in the spring of her freshman year, she says […]
Photo courtesy South Asian Student Alliance Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University’s South Asian Student Alliance is looking to spark conversations through their Conversation Hour. Wednesday nigth the SASA hosted a virtual discussion focusing on racism and how it affects the South Asian community. The founder of the organization, Anushree Rayarikar explains how a member inspired the event. “She took the initiative and wanted to start some conversations within the South Asian community. To really talk about how racism and […]
Photo courtesy AsiaConnect Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University is celebrating Asian Heritage Week April 5 –11. This week AsiaConnect encourages individuals to share their Asian cultural experience. President of AsiaConnect and associate professor at ISU, Li Zeng expands on the purpose of the week. “As the Asian and Asian American community, we are students, faculty and staff. We are busy. We don't have time to really get together. So, we plan events like this to bring everyone together […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL,Ill.- The Illinois State women’s soccer team (4-5, 4-3 MVC) host the visiting Valparaiso Crusaders (3-3-4, 2-2-3 MVC) at Adelaide Street Field for the Redbird’s final regular season game on Wednesday, April 7. With a win or tie in Wednesday’s matchup against the Crusaders, the Redbirds can secure a third-place finish in Missouri Valley Conference standings and guarantees them the opportunity to host the MVC Tournament […]
Adam Melchor is a 24-year-old Indie/Folk singer-songwriter from New Jersey who currently resides in Los Angeles to make music. His debut album, Melchor’s Lullaby Hotline Vol. 1, was released in mid-March and he took on a very creative process for this release that I have never heard of anyone doing. He began writing this album in February 2020 and once the pandemic hit, he decided to release a new song […]
