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BY MINDY ALLEN Think of all the places you shop. You probably frequently visit the local Wal-Mart, the local Dollar General or even the McKendree bookstore, where, most likely, your items are stuffed into the thin, plastic bags that you throw away when you get back to your room, save to use for your trashcan or hopefully, if you are environmentally conscious, you recycle. In California, though, according to the Wall Street Journal, the state legislature recently passed a bill that will ban the use of plastic bags if the governor, Jerry Brown, signs it. Obviously, a ban on plastic bags would improve the quality of the environment. In the state of Illinois, Chicago approved a ban on plastic bags back in April of this year that will take place August 2015. Joseph Erbentraut of Huffington Pos...

BY DONNA BICK It will not be long before cold season starts making its way to campus—and that nasty bug spreads about McKendree University like wildfire. Did you know that cold and flu season typically occurs between the months of October and May? One of the main reasons why we get sick during this time is because we stay indoors more than we go outside. All it takes is for one person to catch a cold, and then BAM! That sucker infects almost everyone on the campus. In case you have not seen The Dr. Oz Show, there is an episode where Dr. Oz talks about combating colds. I personally have benefitted from his advice. He lists over-the-counter medicines on his website, but my personal favorite is anything with zinc. Anytime I feel like I am getting a cold, I take a Zinc pill to combat that nas...

BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS (BELLEVILLE, Ill., Sept. 14) The McKendree University women's tennis team won its second match of the weekend on Sunday with a 6-3 win over Webster University. The Bearcats improved to 2-0 and will host Tiffin University on Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m., in Belleville, Ill., at Kings Point Sports Club. Match-By-Match Results McKendree University 6, Webster University 3 Sept. 14, 2014 - Belleville, Ill., Belleville East High School Singles Marissa Lewis (WEBSTER) def. Kelcie Comley (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) (MCK) 7-5, 7-6 Monica Behrle (WEBSTER) def. Anna Mernick (Swansea, Ill./Belleville West) (MCK) 6-3, 6-3 Kaylen Kress (WEBSTER) def. Sara Janulavich (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) (MCK) 2-6, 7-6, 10-5 Tori Lindsay (Shiloh, Ill./O'Fallon Town...

BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS (BELLEVILLE, Ill., Sept. 14) The McKendree University men's tennis team earned its first victory of the season on Sunday with a 8-1 win over Brescia University. The Bearcats improved to 1-1 overall and will head to the ITA Regional held in Indianapolis, Ind., on Sept. 19-21.     Match-By-Match Results McKendree University 8, Brescia University 1 Sept. 14, Belleville, Ill., Belleville East High School Singles 1. Maximilian Aviles (San Bernadino, Calif./Citrus Valley) (MCK) def. Tom Roidl (BRESCIA) 6-1, 6-1 2. Brad Dunn (BRESCIA) def. Blake Kebblewhite (Elanora, Queensland, Australia/Palm Beach Currumbin ) (MCK) 6-7, 6-3, 10-7 3. Arapeta Collier-Waiomio (Gold Coast, Australia/Coombabah High School) (MCK) def. Joshua Ackermann (BRESCIA) 6-2, 6...

BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS McKendree University Bass Fishing Leads After Day One at FLW Central Invitational (GILBERTSVILLE, Ky., Sept. 13) The duo of seniors Dustin Pendegraft (Summerfield, Ill./Lebanon) and Phillip Germagliotti (Highland, Ill./Highland) weighed-in a five-fish limit of 15 pounds-13 ounces and ended day one in the lead by just under one pound at the FLW Central Invitational on Saturday on Kentucky Lake. The McKendree anglers and the other top 14 teams from day one advance to the final day where the top 10 finishers will qualify for the 2015 FLW College Fishing National Championship held on Lake Keowee in Seneca, S.C. Only 17 of the 45 boats competing on Saturday weighed in a five-fish limit, while six boats weighed in no fish. Sophomore Brian McClanahan (Elkville, I...

BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Crane, Reiniger Lead McKendree Women's Soccer in 7-0 Rout over Hannibal-LaGrange (LEBANON, Ill., Sept. 6) Senior forward Natalie Crane (Granite City, Ill./Granite City) and sophomore midfielder Alyssa Reiniger (Maryville, Ill./Collinsville) each had two goals for the McKendree University women's soccer team in a 7-0 win over Hannibal-LaGrange University in the home opener on Saturday. The Bearcats improve to 1-1 on the season and will host Missouri Valley College on Tuesday, Sept. 9 for the final non-conference game of the season at 7 p.m. Crane opened the game with back-to-back goals to push McKendree out to a quick lead. Her first came off an assist by junior midfielder Cassie Kaiping (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) in the sixth minute, and she found the ba...

BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Cerna's Hat Trick Not Enough In 5-4 McKendree Men's Soccer OT Loss to Oakland City (LEBANON, Ill., Sept. 7) Senior forward C.J. Cerna (Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville) recorded his first collegiate hat trick with three goals on Sunday, but a late rally by visiting Oakland City University proved to be too much in a 5-4 overtime loss to spoil the McKendree's men's soccer home opener. The Bearcats fall to 0-1-1 overall and begin Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Friday, Sept. 12 at Maryville University at 2:30 p.m. Cerna put McKendree in front, 1-0, in the 20th minute after he scored off the first collegiate assist from freshman midfielder Zino Efenedo (St. Kitts and Nevis/NEPA Secondary School). The Mighty Oaks went on to tie the game in the 22nd min...

WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY KIMBERLY BENNETT This comic was created for three reasons: We decided the Review could use another form of variety (such as comics). "Emberlyisms" was established to publish variant forms of Emily Lucia and Kimberly Bennett's whacky conversations they have on a daily basis. Fox's Sleepy Hollow returns on Sept. 22. Considering both Emily & Kimberly love Sleepy Hollow with a passion, they could not resist paying tribute to the TV show.

We are going to start providing Word Searches as well. The same rule applies; if you think you can find all of the words, email us your solutions by Sept. 20, and your photo will be featured in our next issue. The solutions will be published in our next issue.  

The following Sudoku is the solution for the previous Sudoku in the last issue.                    Below is the new Sudoku for this issue:                    If you think you can fill the new one out and win, send it to the McKendree Review (mckreview@mckendree.edu) by Sept. 20, and we will feature your picture in our next issue!