October, 2015 - The McKendree Review

15Oct

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Review Crew

[2015-2016] Vol. 94, Iss.2 The Review Crew

Vol. 94, Iss. 2 Editors Lauren Reeves Editor-in-Chief Anna Belmonte Assistant Editor Editing Team Lauren Reeves Anna Belmonte In This Issue Erica Pour Sarah Goetze Teagan Schwab Kyle Franke Grace McDowell Benjamin Richter Marquis Cherry Ally Deiters Anna Belmonte Lauren Reeves 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 mckreview@mckendree.edu...

15Oct

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Letter from the Editor

Leditor from the Editor

Welcome to another exciting edition of the McKendree Review! We are very excited about this issue! As we continue to grow, we want the majority of our articles to be student news oriented rather than what is happening around town. For this reason, a majority of the stories we cover will come from our students, but will cover off campus events if our students are involved. We are their voice, and we do our best to make sure that we are accurately presenting their views. We understand that we must remain unbiased, but our student's voices come first. We will not sugar coat hard topics. That being said we would like everyone we interview to be completely honest with our staff member to ensure we are accurately portraying the information presented to us. Also, we are always looking for new t...

15Oct

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Campus News, News, Perspective

What’s all the Yammer about?

BY ANNA BELMONTE Staff Writer Join groups. Get connected. Build yet another Facebook-like community. It will replace email; it will make Academia easier; it will keep you informed. We have been hearing a lot about Yammer, that McKendree made the switch from email to social media and that students and faculty should use it. While there is a lot of support for the transition, there is also prevailing dissent in the campus community. Some people just don’t want something new, and they don’t like hearing that change is a must. So what is the big deal? What opinions about Yammer are circulating campus, and why do people feel the way they do? What is all the yammer about? Let’s explore the issues that sprouted Yammer and the potential it unlocks. We will also look at the good, the bad and t...

15Oct

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Campus News, Perspective

Please don’t cry about Wi-Fi

BY LAUREN REEVES Staff Writer This semester, students have sent numerous emails. Dialed in hyperventilated & breathless calls. And, frantically marched their way to the Information Technology (IT) department located in the lower level of the Marion K. Piper Academic Center. Why are the students doing this? The reason is that the students of McKendree University are fed up with the Wi-Fi capabilities offered. However, there is nothing to fear. Students no longer have to worry because IT is here to help. The department is aware of the issues users are facing when working with the Wi-Fi. Over the summer, IT was allowed to expand their offices in order to hire more staff members to combat all the issues that students may face. What most students don’t know is that McKendree has over 6,000 ...

A Poll on the Polls: Are students engaged and informed on the upcoming presidential election?

15Oct

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Local News, Perspective

A Poll on the Polls: Are students engaged and informed on the upcoming presidential election?

BY GRACE McDOWELL Staff Writer “Trumping” Politics: The Poll (given to 20 McKendree students): When is the next presidential election? Can you name any candidates running? Who is leading in the Democratic polls? Who is leading in the Republican polls? Have you watched any of the Republican debates? Do you have an interest in politics? Do you enjoy being informed on upcoming elections? Are you a registered voter? Responses: 2016 (11x), November 2016 (6x), Unsure (2x), November 2015 Trump (20x), Clinton (17x), Bush (14x), Carson (6x), Sanders (6x), Fiorina (6x), Cruz (5x), Rubio (4x), Biden (4x), Huckabee (3x), Paul (3x), Santorum (2x), Walker (1x), “failed CEO woman” (1x) Clinton (7x), Unsure (7x), Sanders (3x), Sanders or Clinton (2x), Trump Trump (15x), Unsure (4x), Clinton Yes (12...

15Oct

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Greek Life? What’s that?

BY: ALLY DEITERS Staff Writer What is it about McKendree University that makes Greek Life less appealing or not as big as it could be? Could it be that we don’t have Greek housing where we could throw parties? Or could it be that it’s too expensive for students here? Or could it be that people don’t even know we offer it here because it’s not promoted very well? All of these reasons are very possible. We want to clear up all these questions and begin to make Greek Life a big organization on campus. What does it mean to be Greek? It’s really not all about the partying, (like all the movies show us…) there is so much more to it. You learn leadership skills, partic...

15Oct

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Football Update

BY KYLE FRANKE Staff Writer Until their loss this Saturday at the hands of first place University of Indianapolis, the McKendree Bearcats Football team had won 10 games in a row dating back to last year. Prior to the 10-game win streak was a 0-6 start to the season, a season in which they had four preseason All-Americans to start the year. Ferris State handed the Bearcats a 75-15 beating in the very first game of the year. “It wasn’t the start we were looking for, starting the season with a loss like that just kind of demoralized us,” said wide receiver Mike Thompson. The football team was the joke of the campus. “It wasn’t fun. We just had to block out all ...

15Oct

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Advice, Local News

The nightmare of a stolen car

BY ERICA POUR Staff Writer Have you ever walked out of a grocery store and forgotten which row you parked in? You frantically look around and punch your key’s lock button, hoping to hear your car chirp in response. Of course, within a few moments, you typically realize that your slight panic attack was premature because your car was parked exactly where you left it. Unfortunately, when a scenario like this happened to me, my car never chirped back. Though here at McKendree I’ve had everything from laptop chargers to Ray Ban’s snatched from me, I never thought that St. Louis would be the place where my most expensive possession would be taken. An auto theft occ...

15Oct

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Campus Events, Entertainment

Cheers to 187 Years

BY Sarah Goetze Staff Writer Many times students criticize McKendree University falling short on feeling like a college campus, however, during this past weekend, McKendree did anything but disappoint. Homecoming weekend had campus exploding with energy as it was filled with students, alumni, family and friends. Although many activities and competitions, such as Bearcat Games and Chalk the Walk, started Monday for registered student organizations, Friday night started the fun for the remainder of campus. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) held a headphone dance on campus. During this time, students danced together while individually listening to music throu...

15Oct

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A crowded university

BY MARQUIS CHERRY Staff Writer McKendree University continues to expand every year with an all-time high of undergraduate students living on campus. In the past years, parking on campus has been a major issue among students, and nothing has changed. One would assume that since the university is growing, the administration would combat this issue, but this has not been the case. When I asked student Adrian Wentland about what would be his short-term goal about the parking craze here on campus, he replied, “I would love people to start using the Bogey Bus as an alternative or simply walking to class.” But is the Bogey Bus a trustworthy resource to pick up all the resid...