NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University is continuing their search for a new president with the third candidate’s public forum occurring on Feb. 26. This forum featured former professor and Associate Dean of ISU’s College of Fine Arts (now the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts), Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Ph.D. Following her time at ISU, Mullenix began working at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she served as a […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University is in the process of selecting a new university president following the sudden resignation of former president Terri Goss Kinzy last year. The finalists for the position will be speaking at public forums throughout the rest of February with the first occurring on Feb. 19 featuring Interim President Aondover Tarhule. Aondover Tarhule, Ph.D., began working at the university as the Vice President for […]
(Photo from left to right: Moderator Angelina Ruiz, Jag Bains and Matt Klotz) NORMAL, Ill. – Winner and runner-up respectively in the reality show “Big Brother” Jag Bains and Matt Klotz attended a Q-and-A session in the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University on Jan. 30 to speak on their experiences on the show and the importance of representation. The fight for a more diverse media has been a […]
Photo provided by Sister Cities Committee BLOOMINGTON, Ill - Bloomington may be known for its relationship to the town of Normal, but its real sister city is actually in Asahikawa, Japan. Japan has had a connection with Bloomington for a few decades, sponsoring a student foreign exchange program and building international relationships. Chairmen of the Sister Cities Committee Jeff Kroesch went into detail about the history of our relationship with […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The silence on the quad was deafening as a little empty space by Cook and DeGarmo Hall was used to make a big statement. Illinois State University’s registered student organization Students Ending Rape Culture held their semesterly Clothesline Project which consists of T-shirts with phrases written by survivors of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence all hung next to each other on clotheslines. SERC President Becca Mackey went […]
Image Courtesy of Students Ending Rape Culture Instagram NORMAL, Ill. - According to the #MeToo movement’s official website, nearly 60 percent of collegiate women are sexually assaulted or harassed on their college campuses. One registered student organization here at ISU has had enough. Becca Mackey is the president of the RSO “Students Ending Rape Culture”. Through this organization, students are not only able to learn about and fight against rape […]
Affirmative action has been the tip that balances the scales of equity in career and education-based opportunity since 1965. From then on, campuses and workplaces have diversified, varying perspectives have been introduced into spaces they previously were not allowed in, and representation has been seen as much more important than it once was. The Supreme Court’s decision to end race-conscious admission tipped the scales of equity off balance, creating a […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The City of Atlanta, Georgia experienced a shooting leaving one dead and at least four injured this afternoon. This marked the 164th mass shooting of 2023. Firearms were the leading cause of death in children in 2020. In a society where kids are commonly greeted by metal detectors before the faces of their teachers, it is clear that gun violence is a grave issue, affecting the lives […]
NORMAL, Ill. - From Susan B. Anthony to Roe v. Wade, the fight for women's equality is seemingly endless. Whether it be from pride or prejudice women have historically been excluded from powerful conversations, even when the conversations were about their human rights. This exclusion led women to force their way into the spaces they were not accepted in before, a practice still commonly occurring today. While the screaming voices […]
