March, 2020 - The McKendree Review

30Mar

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Opinion

I Prefer Corona With a Slice of Lime

Magdalena Knapp, Editor in ChiefDear Diary, It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday morning. I should be in the United States. I should be sitting in Senior Thesis right now, looking at Dr. Boysen while he is writing down the plan for today’s class. Instead, I am back at home in Italy. I am looking at Dr. Boysen through his webcam, while he shares his screen with the class in order to teach us something about SPSS. This is a new situation for me. A situation that no one would have expected could happen only three weeks ago. Three weeks ago everything was different; my cap and gown for graduation came with the mail and my roommate and I tried them on and took funny pictures with them. We were excited and thrilled that the moment we were working for since 3.75 years was finally coming closer. Little did we...

27Mar

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Advice

The Gen Z Approach to Mental Health

Laurynn Davey, Contributing Writer When scrolling through your social media accounts, such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram, you are most likely to find at least one dark humor joke or meme floating around. Many of these jokes will even find their way onto the ‘popular trends’ lists. In the most recent generation, known as Generation Z (Gen Z), anything ranging from a minor inconvenience to a first world problem, mental health issues, and even World War III, are often turned into a joke as a way to cope with potential threats. “How else are we supposed to cope with the debt crisis and war when we’re all basically screwed?” questioned Emily Lease, a sophomore at McKendree and advocate for mental health. It appears that dark humor is used by Gen Zers to escape emotional damage; ...

24Mar

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Vic’s Tuesday Tunes #3

By Victoria Sananikone, Editor Photos and gif from Google Welcome to the third installment of Vic’s Tuesday Tunes! As a lover of music, I thoroughly enjoy sharing my tunes with others who share my obsession or those who are simply looking for new music to listen to. Please enjoy the music listed below that I have been listening to frequently within the past month. You and Me- Penny & The Quarters This is such a sweet song, one that encompasses the definition of love to a T. This is the kind of song that you sing out loud by yourself and pretend that you’re Adele incarnate. The tune is old fashioned, channeling the impression that it was recorded in the 70’s; however this soul band found fame much later in 2010 after “You and Me” was featured in the film Blue Valentine. Blue Valen...

23Mar

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Katherine Gemmingen, Head Copyeditor Featured Image from Columbia University Hello, fellow Bearcats. My co-editors and I hope that everyone in the McKendree community is safe and healthy during the craziness that has occurred in just the last couple of weeks. Although we may not be having physical classes for the rest of the semester, the Review team is still striving to post content as regularly as we can. For that purpose, we need your help. We want to hear from you. Tell us about your experience with online classes, sports ending, quarantines, and anything else you want to discuss. This is a challenging time for all of us, and while I am neither a people person or an optimist, I do think we need to try to stay connected to each other. This is a strange, stressful time for us all. Our...

4Mar

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Attention McK, AEC is around the corner!

Magdalena Knapp, Editor Students, Get your calendars ready, sharpen your pencils, and write this date down: Thursday, April 23, 2020 On Thursday, April 23, 2020, we will have our annual Academic Excellence Celebration where you all can present whatever awesome and unique project you were working on this whole year. This is your moment to show that students are more than Netflix-watching, coffee-drinking and in-their-pajamas-to-class people, but that you are really creating something significant during the school year. To those who are undecided on whether to present something or not, think about this: Yes, it is great to have good grades, flawless attendance, and to turn in your homework on time, but many students do that. You have to be unique. By presenting your work at AEC you will be...

4Mar

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Profiles

Limitless: A Man and his Brand

Christopher Fernandez, Contributing Writer Photo Credits: Ifeolu Adeoye To some, the ideas of limitations in life have kept them from reaching many different places, but for one man and his brand, that mold is in the process of being broken. Ifeolu Adeoye, a man of just 21 years, has started a fight for the betterment of people in the form of a clothing brand. Limitless is a brand that was started just this year and Ife had so much to say about the process and his inspiration behind his company. Although he was raised in Decatur, Illinois, Ifeolu’s family started from his parents' humble beginnings in Africa. The town’s motto was simply the word “Limitless” and through this, he put his brand out into the world. Taking motivations from this and several motivational speakers, he wanted t...

2Mar

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Speech and Debate Team on a Roll

Article and Pictures contributed to by Joseph Blasdel, Director of Speech and Debate; McKendree Review staff McKendree University's Speech and Debate Team is one of the teams on campus that does not get enough credit for what they achieve. This season has been one to remember! Regular season is over for them, but they are not done yet. Our Speech and Debate Team is going into their post-season. Most of the performances will be hosted on our campus, so do not miss out on them! Mitch Deleel and Adeja Powell both showed their talent by turning in their best performance of the season, going undefeated at the University of Missouri’s National Warm-Up, while defeating the 7th, 8th, and 12th ranked teams in the country. Adeja was also awarded the Best Speaker Award for her individual performance...