BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Contributing Writer(s) The McKendree University women’s soccer team lost a conference match to Drury University on Sunday 4-2. The Bearcats fall to 5-8 overall and 4-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference […]
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McKendree University Men’s Soccer Falls to No. 25 Drury 2-0
BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Contributing Writer(s) The McKendree University men’s soccer team was unable to upset No. 25 Drury University on Sunday in a 2-0 loss. The Bearcats fall to 3-7-2 overall and 3-6-1 in the […]
McKendree University Welcomes Bearcat Statue
There’s more to the Bearcat than What Meets the Eye! BY KIMBERLY BENNETT Editor-in-Chief A few days into the 2014-15 academic year, McKendree University installed a new Bearcat statue in front of Holman Library as […]
McKendree University Hires New Faculty and Staff During Summer
Over the summer, McKendree University hired a total of 12 new faculty and staff members during the summer of 2014. For the next several issues, the McKendree Review plans to publish profiles for each of […]
Troubled Waters: The Shooting of Michael Brown
BY NATALIE VAN BOOVEN Staff Writer NOTE: Because this story is still happening (the most recent event being the blockade of Interstate 70), I will focus on the first 17 days of events, from the […]
McKendree Speech and Debate Opens Season Strong
BY JOSEPH BLASDEL, PH.D. Contributing Writer The McKendree University speech and debate team opened its competitive season in strong fashion, taking home X awards last weekend at two tournaments. Seventeen schools attended the University of Indianapolis […]
Getting to Know You! Meet McKendree’s New Public Safety Officers
BY EMILY LUCIA Just in time for the new semester, Public Safety added two new members to their ranks. Lance Hunt and Brittney Newport join the 17, now 19 member staff, and both are very […]
The Ban of a Common Staple: Plastic Bags
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 […]
McKendree Women’s Tennis Improves to 2-0 with 6-3 Win over Webster
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 […]
McKendree Men’s Tennis Defeats Brescia 8-1 for First Win of the Season
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 […]
Two Write-Ups Written on McKendree University’s Bass Fishing Team
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 […]
Three Write-Ups Written on McKendree University’s Women’s Soccer Team
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 […]
Three Write-Ups Written on McKendree University’s Men’s Soccer Team
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 […]
Pamela Manning, Ph.D. Sparks Interest of Medical Doctors
BY PAMELA MANNING, Ph.D. Pamela Manning, McKendree’s Assistant Professor of Education, was invited to speak at the National Medical Association Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii on Aug. 3, 2014. In response to her book, My Child […]
Department 101: English and Writing
English and Writing Brings More to the Professional World than You May Think… BY KIMBERLY BENNETT The McKendree Review is proud to present the first segment of an ongoing project featuring different departments of McKendree […]
McKendree University Softball Completes 2015 Recruiting Class
BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS (LEBANON, Ill., Aug. 15) – McKendree University softball coach, Evelyn Bean, recently completed her 2015 recruiting class. Lucienda Adams of Dahlgren, Ill., Rebecca Franke of Trenton, Ill., Emma Lewis of Bethalto, Ill., Abbi Liske […]
McKendree University Men’s Soccer Picked to Finish 12th in GLVC Pre-Season Poll
BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS (LEBANON, Ill., Aug. 27) – The McKendree University men’s soccer team has been picked to finish 12th out of 16 schools in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) in 2014. The league’s […]
McKendree University Women’s Soccer Picked to Finish 11th in GLVC Pre-Season Poll
BY MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS (LEBANON, Ill., Aug. 28)- The McKendree University women’s soccer team has been picked to finish 11th out of 16 schools in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) in 2014. The league’s annual […]
A Tribute to Robin Williams
BY KIMBERLY BENNETT “Oh Captain! My Captain!” –Dead Poets Society Millions experienced a tragic loss on Aug. 11, 2014 when the media informed the world of Robin Williams’s shocking demise. According to The New York […]
A Profile of McKendree’s Model U.N. Program
BY BRYAN GROSS For most of us here at McKendree the time of year when Model U.N. rolls around is nothing more than a time in which we should all run for the scant comfort […]
Alarums, Excursions and Politics in Thailand: Part 3
BY NATALIE VAN BOOVEN Sept. 19, 2006 was a watershed day in Thailand. On that day, after crossing the line once too often, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a military coup. Trouble began […]
The “Kill Switch”
BY SHARON BEARD Every morning, millions of people board the subway paying more attention to their cellular phone than their surroundings. A passenger checks his or her email, and just before the doors close, a […]
Mehgan Birdsong: A Woman Making a Difference
BY BRITANI BEASLEY St. Louis Native and McKendree University senior, Meghan Birdsong is a Speech Communication major, with a Public Relations emphasis, and has a minor in Spanish. When asked how many years she has […]
Roszell Mosely: Born Again
BY JANELLE JANKOWSKI Even though women are stereotypically associated with having stress-related weight issues, this is most certainly not always the case. Roszell Mosely, a student attending McKendree, spent his freshman year worried about his […]
McKendree’s Scott Campus: Center at Scott
BY GRETCHEN BUEHRLE Contributing Writer Did you know that the Lebanon Campus is not the only facility McKendree uses to offer courses to Bearcat students? Other than the main campus, there are two other campuses, […]
