Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Swimming and Diving team started their new season on the right foot, besting Evansville 155-144 Saturday afternoon at the Horton Pool. Freshman Eva Reyes had a perfect opening to her Redbird career with wins in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. This strong start earned her qualifying marks for NCAA Zones in both events, as well as Missouri Valley Conference […]
Photo Courtesy IllinoisState.edu NORMAL, Ill. - An award-winning author will be coming to Illinois State University to discuss her works. Author Emil Ferris will be coming to ReggieCon to discuss her novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters, with different panelists who are faculty at ISU. ReggieCon is a monthly event where experts with a passion for comics and pop culture come together to share their thoughts on an artist or […]
METAMORA, Ill.- A local Highschool football program, who has a familiar mascot, has been in the process of building a positive culture around the sport and their community for years now. This program is Metamora High School. The Redbirds started out hot this season with five consecutive wins, three of which were won by more than thirty points. The next three weeks resulted in losses; however, the Metamora squad has […]
Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State swimming and diving is hosting their season opener on Saturday, October 23 against Evansville. The Redbirds are very young this year, and MVC preseason polling has them picked to finish fourth in the conference. One of the leaders for the team this fall will be senior Sarah Hein, who is coming off a strong junior year in which she finished with a […]
Photo Courtesy APAC Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. - The Asian Pacific American Coalition serves as a safe space for Asian Americans and for people who want to learn more about the heritage of Asian culture on campus. APAC, Vice President Christine Aganon explains how they are currently working on growing as an organization. "Recently, our organization is working on getting new members because last year was difficult with COVID and […]
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Photo courtesy of @IllinoisStateU Twitter NORMAL, Ill. - October usually signals the coming of Halloween costumes, vibrant orange and red leaves, and chilly temperatures. And while the costumes will still be prominent this fall, the latter two may not. Due to climate change, this October has been unseasonably warm-- breaking or almost breaking temperature records across Central Illinois. The first two weeks of the month saw average temperatures ten to […]
Photo Courtesy Bloomington Police Department. BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The LaSalle County Coroner has determined drowning as the cause of death of former Illinois State graduate student Jelani Day. "After consideration of the currently known circumstances surrounding his death, based upon review of the extensive available investigation, medical, and dental information, and after postmortem examination with multiple ancillary and special studies, the cause of death of this positively identified 25-year-old, male, […]
Written By: Madeline Moore On May 14th, 2021 J. Cole released his sixth studio album The Off-Season, with this album, Cole steps back from his usual form of writing and storytelling, and instead uses clever word play and shows off more of his creative side. The album includes 12 songs, all landing on the Buildboard top 40, with features from 21 Savage, Morray, Bas, Lil Baby, and 6LACK. The album […]
