Month: April 2015

  Vol. 93, Iss. 12 Editors Emily Lucia Editor-in-Chief Taquisha Drisdell Assistant Editor  Will Basler Sports Editor Editing Team Emily Lucia Taquisha Drisdell In This Issue Will Basler Leah Cummins Taquisha Drisdell Maggie Mueller Ashly Schmitt Jacob Schlote Lauren Reeves Natalie Van Booven The McKendree Review is a student-run organization of McKendree University. The mission of The McKendree Review is to give students the opportunity to learn the news process and publish articles pertaining to their opinions and ideas. The staff does not agree with all statements and opinions, which rightfully belong to their writers. The McKendree Review Office can be found in Eisenmayer 208 on the McKendree Campus, at 701 College Rd., Lebanon, IL, 62254. Staff can be reached by email at mc...

As the Spring semester winds down we find ourselves bogged down by end of the semester tests, projects and papers. But one thing that always keeps me going is writing and reading. I have been so very blessed this semester that I have had the opportunity to write and edit and read article submissions for The McKendree Review. I was a little worried at the beginning of the semester that we would not get many articles, but as the semester drew on, I was very excited to see that students take to writing articles just as I do. Not because they have to, but because they want to. As you read this last online edition of the semester, remember that this paper would be nothing without the students who write for it. Also it would be nothing if not for you, the readers, who visit this website or pick ...

BY LAUREN REEVES Staff Writer Two weeks ago, McKendree University announced that they will change the graduation credit requirement from 128 to 120 credits. McKendree thought this adjustment would be a good idea for students, but the students have a few thoughts of their own. Freshman James Stanley, whom is studying to graduate with an Economics and Finance major with a minor in Environment Studies, believed the change wasn’t very significant. He also thought it all depended on your degree. “No matter what major you are pursuing, sometimes you will have to take more than 120 or 128 credit hours. It all depends on the degree’s requirements.” Stanley also believed that the decrease in hours will be a time saver for some students because they wouldn’t need to take the extra elective class...

BY MAGGIE MUELLER Contributing Writer Elizabeth “Liz” Gilman is a junior at McKendree University from St. Louis Missouri. She decided to come to McKendree because she was offered a full ride basketball scholarship. After two years of basketball, she decided to focus just on her degree in mathematics through the education program. Now, just being a regular student at McKendree she was a little out of the norm. She then made a decision to do something most students only dream of. Liz applied to study abroad in Europe. For the 2015 spring semester, Liz received the chance to study for the whole semester in Scotland. McKendree students can apply to take a full semester of college in another country all while still being a McKendree student. “Most of a student's financial aid will be applie...

BY NATALIE VAN BOOVEN Staff Writer Former U. S. President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” Nowhere in recent American history has this point become clearer than in the wake of 9/11, especially when the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001—in short, the USA PATRIOT Act—was passed. At the time, it was hailed as the thing we needed to stop terrorism on our own shores. In fact, enthusiasm for the Act was such that former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) was the only Senator to reject it. Now, 14 years later, several sections of the PATRIOT Act are set to expire in June, namely Section 206 (the roving wireta...

Understanding the Importance of Keeping Up-to-Date with the News BY LEAH CUMMINS Contributing Writer Until I took American Politics this semester, I never realized how many current events about which I did not learn. I noticed that a lot of college students ignore politics and say it does not apply to them (not including students majoring or interested in political science; this is just a generalization). However, many college students do not have a grip on current events. I personally am guilty of not always knowing what is going on in the world, but I still try to follow the news channels and see major events. After hearing the news every day in American Politics, I notice exactly how much I have missed when I do not take the time to learn about the daily news. Scrolling on Facebook or ...

BY JACOB SCHLOTE Contributing Writer I was lucky enough to attend the stand-up comedy event performed by Paul F. Tompkins. The show was great, and I cried with laughter on several occasions throughout his hysterical show. The event was almost sold out and rightfully so as I don’t think anyone was disappointed. The show was as he put it, “based on the life and times of Paul F. Tompkins.”   He told a semi-life story, and it just so happens that he has lived a very hilarious life so far. He is from a war family, and his dad fought in WWII; he noted that people were not supposed to talk about their feelings to anyone, and as a result, he kept them bottled up inside forever. Tompkins explained that because he was from that generation, he had a hard time with relationships and wanted someone w...

BY MAGGIE MUELLER Contributing Writer   Adam Tournier has been a professor of science at McKendree University for five years. Having his Ph. D in Physics Quantum Electronics, Adam, which is what he likes to be called by his students and faculty, teaches general science classes, such as Astronomy and Concepts in Science. Adam also teaches upper level science classes for students pursuing a physics engineering minor. Each fall semester, he likes to add a general university class for first year students called University 101, which is a general education requirement for all McKendree students. Adam’s favorite class to teach is his second semester calculus-based Physics Electricity and Magnetism. Adam was born in upstate New York. Throughout his childhood he lived in many different p...

BY LAUREN APETZ Staff Writer I attended this musical on March 3 at the Fox Theatre through the McKendree University Honors program. Through this program I was able to get to go see this musical for free. I had seen the movie so I thought I had an idea of what was going to happen, but I was still amazed and surprised about how great the performance was. I was so mesmerized by the set due to its beauty and the many surprises it held. There were moving stairs, fire, explosions, and the grand chandelier drop over the audience, which I was something I was not expecting. The way the staging was designed, the audience was sometimes actually a part of the performance and they even had actors out in the audience. Having this kind of involvement makes a musical so much more engaging. The Phantom...

BY TAQUISHA DRISDELL Assistant Editor        McKendree Share Your Story is a play which was a part of Global Awareness Week at McKendree University. The unique play was directed by Michelle Magnussen and the theater department. The play had a cast of twelve actors who are students at the university. The cast members were Taylor Anderson, Mignon Biggs, Victoria Day, Joshua Fleming, Tyler W. Jewell, Carliann Huelsmann, Adam Kaul, Logun Norris, Dakota Reed, Shaniese Tally, Chloe this, Natalie Van Booven. The concept of the play was for the cast to tell different stories about the experiences various students have had at McKendree University. The set of the play was created to mimic different areas of the campus. For example, they had the tables and chairs that are used in 1828, they had the ...