NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University students who are registered to vote can now vote early for the midterm election coming up. Kerem Tasdan, the Election Fellow at the Center for Engagement Center, explains why ISU students should take advantage of early voting. “Early voting is a great tool for voters and specifically ISU students to be able to utilize when it comes to voting just so that they can […]
Photo provided by Jakai Martin NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University is built upon seven core values: learning and scholarship, individualized attention, diversity and inclusion, civic engagement, respect, integrity, and collaboration. Multiple of these values have been disregarded within recent memory and ISU is now facing backlash by students in light of events involving homophobia on campus. On Wednesday September 28th, 2023, members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity were accused […]
NORMAL, Ill. — Students gathered at the Bone Student Center to watch classmates put their debate skills to the test. The annual College Democrats versus College Republicans debate, hosted by the Student Government Association, took place Monday. The debate covered a variety of topics, such as public education, healthcare, abortion and more. One of the more controversial topics was abortion, which the parties strongly disagreed on. “I believe in protecting […]
NORMAL, Ill. - September 21st saw the debut of a new Netflix original series that has audiences turning their heads and wanting more. Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story premiered to massive critical acclaim, reaching the number one most watched show on Netflix that week with nearly four billion minutes watched in the first four days. As time passed and the series became the ninth most watched English-language show […]
NORMAL, Ill. – Redbird Alumni Brian Weber recently came back to his alma mater at Illinois State University to provide students with aspirations of working in the world of sports with an idea of what the industry is like. "When I was looking to graduate I really didn't know where I was going to end up," said Weber. "It was definitely difficult at first, but I knew all it would take […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – On Friday October 14 the board of trustees convened at 9:00 a.m. The meeting included swearing in new members of the Board of trustees, a memorial to Adam Peck, a time for public comments, and celebration of this week's homecoming festivities, and the reveal of the renaming of Redbird Arena to CEFCU Arena. The meeting began with the swearing in the […]
Photo provided by Recovery for Redbirds NORMAL, Ill. - The Recovery for Redbirds program at Illinois State University is a place for students who are struggling with addiction and other compulsive actions can come together and work through things with their peers and get help from professionals. The program which has been around since 2017 has actively helped any and all students in the surrounding area of Bloomington-Normal. “The idea […]
Photo provided by Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. — All sexual assault victims are guaranteed to have a voice on Monday. From 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Steppingstones, Flame and Students Ending Rape Culture hosted the Clothesline Project on the quad. The event is symbolic to those who have been victims of sexual assault. These people are given the opportunity to write their testimony on a T-shirt, which is hung […]
NORMAL, Ill. - As we enter into the fall season, colds, flus, and other viruses become more frequent amongst students here at ISU. But there are some ways in which individuals can better protect themselves that should be mentioned. With this being the third straight year of COVID during flu season, COVID boosters and flu shots are highly recommended at this time of year. As there are now safer versions […]
