By: Brandon Moran Concert date: 6/2/18 The old Taylor may be dead, but the new Taylor is alive and slaying everyone in her presence. Taylor Swift’s reputation Stadium Tour has been taking over the world with its high energy, insane stage presence, and fireworks. With Taylor disappearing from the spotlight over the last three years, she’s back with a vengeance. This was my fourth time seeing Taylor perform live and […]
By: Brandon Moran The debut album Morgan Evans will make you fall in love with him completely. Born and raised in Australia, music has always been a part of his life. Evans released several albums and EPs before hitting his stride in the United States, while also touring with Taylor Swift and Thirsty Merc. Relocating to Nashville, Evans was able to land a recording contract with Warner Music Nashville in […]
By: Keegan Johnson Jacques Berman Webster, or as you know him from his rapper name, Travis Scott. Born in Houston, Texas, Travis broke into the music world with personally one of my favorite albums, Rodeo. With such tracks as “3500” and “Antidote”, Travis Scott became a household name in the music industry. During his time making music, he has always talked about releasing what he thinks is his best album, Astroworld. […]
By: Jamie Rago I have always been a fan of Twenty One Pilots so this was special to me. They have amazing talent and I’ve never disliked anything they put out. I have seen them live and this has made me believe that they are so real and so much more talented than media makes them out to be. So again, when I had the chance to review this album […]
By: Sydney Davis The Black Eyed Peas have returned after an 8-year hiatus with their new album Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. A major change seen on this album is that the female lead Fergie is missing. It was confirmed by Will.I.Am that Fergie would not be a part of the upcoming album due to her working on her solo projects. In his interview with The Daily Star, he […]
NORMAL – The Illinois State Redbirds (11-8; 4-2) will travel to Peoria to take on their I-74 rival Bradley University (9-10; 1-5) on Wednesday. The Redbirds will come into the matchup winners in their last two games, including their first road win against Evansville last Saturday. The Redbirds will try for their second consecutive road win on Wednesday, after splitting the season series and losing in Peoria last season. Before […]
NORMAL - The Illinois State Redbirds (10-8, 3-2 MVC) returned to Redbird Arena Tuesday night to defeat the Southern Illinois Salukis (9-9, 2-3 MVC) 59-58. Both teams came out shooting in the first half by trading field goals. A three-pointer from Zach Copeland opened up the scoring for ISU under three minutes into the game. Copeland's three-pointer was the first of five for ISU in the first half. ISU forced […]
The Center for the Visual Arts in January 2019. (Photo by Joe Kennedy/WZND) NORMAL - Former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner granted Illinois State University 9.6 million dollars to help renovate and repair the College of Fine Arts. The university has been waiting 10 years for renovations for the CFA, this came on one of Rauner's last days of being the Governor so he decided to give the go. The renovations […]
NORMAL - Tuesday morning, all Illinois State University students and faculty received an emergency alert concerning the safety of students with the presence of ice on campus. Emergency Management alerted the campus of the safety precaution and cancelled all activities and classes before 10 am. However, some professors made their classes mandatory despite the emergency alert. These conflicting statements left many students confused, due to the fact there was no […]
The win marks the first time since the 2013-14 that the Redbirds have had back-to-back 10 win seasons (Photo by WZND Multimedia). NORMAL – Illinois State women’s basketball (10-6, 3-2 MVC) continued their winning ways on Friday night, as they defeated in-state rival Southern Illinois (8-7, 1-3 MVC) 60-52 in Missouri Valley Conference play. The Redbirds were led by senior Simone Goods who tallied her sixth double-double of the season, […]
