Victoria Sananikone, Editor Gifs and pictures from Google Welcome to the fourth installment of Vic’s Tuesday Tunes! As a lover of music, I thoroughly enjoy sharing my tunes with others who share my obsession or […]
Category: Articles
Parenting in College? A Walk in the Park!
Mikayla Walton, Contributing Writer Pictures from Mikayla Walton Being a college student is rough. Being a parent is rough. But, juggling college course work and being a parent? It’s a walk in the park. Jurassic […]
An Academic Excellence Day That Connects The World
Magdalena Knapp, Editor in Chief Pictures: mckendree.edu Many things have changed over the past few weeks because of the Coronavirus. It has changed the way we used to live, the way students go to school, […]
The Most Awarded Video Game of All Time
Victoria Sananikone, Editor Photos from the courtesy of Google DISCLAIMER: I am no gaming connoisseur. In fact, some may even disregard this review based on the misogynistic idea that I am a woman. However, I […]
Giving More Than the Status Quo
Meredith Geyer, Contributing Writer Energetic, goofy, caring, feisty, competitive, wearing Lululemon pants…these are just a just a few words that characterize Nathan Townsend, McKendree swim team’s new assistant coach. After growing up in Kingwood, Texas […]
I Prefer Corona With a Slice of Lime
Magdalena Knapp, Editor in Chief Dear 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Don’t Be Lazy, Take The NSSE!
Magdalena Knapp, Editor in Chief First-year and senior students, listen up! Some of you might have received an email during the past week about the “NSSE” (spoken: Nessie) survey. While most students probably have skimmed […]
She Puts the K in McK
Mikayla Walton, Contributing Writer Featured image: Facebook/ Kaylyn Ruiz Many students here at McKendree know Kaylyn Ruiz as the woman who works while delivering fantastic customer service with a smile in Ames or chatting with […]
Music As a Full-Time Job
Claire Jennings, Contributing Writer Kara Grafton, a 21 year old senior at McKendree University, has reached the busiest point of her college career. As a major in Music Education, her final semester at McKendree is […]
Remembering Kobe
Jhaidyn Brown, Contributing Writer Pictures: google.com The greatest to ever do it? That question seems somewhat unreal to ask now with this passing 5x NBA champion, 18x NBA All-Star, 2008 NBA’s Most Valuable Player, and […]
Presidential Affinity for McKendree
Katherine Gemmingen, Head Copyeditor Photos from McKendree University Near the end of January, I sat down for a meeting with McKendree University’s new president, Mr. Daniel Dobbins. The campus never really had an official “welcome […]
The Realities of Public Relations
Laurynn Davey, Contributing Writer Whenever friends and family ask what my major is, I confidently tell them Public Relations. However, I can always feel that confidence start to dwindle when they ask the following questions: […]
Working For a Multi-Million Dollar Company From My Room
Kyle Shahenian, Contributing Writer This past summer I was fortunate enough to work for DriveTime, a used automobile company, as a Robotic Process Automation intern at their national headquarters in Tempe, AZ. At the conclusion […]
Faterday
Story and pictures by Meredith Geyer, Contributing Writer If Saturdays couldn’t get any better, imagine if they were the one day of the week you could have sugar, carbs, or anything truly delicious. My boyfriend, […]
What’s the Deal with Coronavirus?
Kae Edgcomb, Contributing Writer Pictures taken by Kae Edgcomb in the Office of Health Services, McKendree University You have probably been seeing it on the news. Maybe you have heard jokes about it around campus. […]
Vic’s Tuesday Tunes #2
By Victoria Sananikone, Editor Napoleon gif from Google Welcome to the second installment of Vic’s Tuesday Tunes! As a lover of music, I thoroughly enjoy sharing my tunes with others who share my obsession or […]
What happened to Recycling on Campus?
Annika Beal and Hayley Luster, Contributing Writers As many may have noticed, recycling on campus has been discontinued. Many different theories and questions have come up regarding the reasons for the termination. Where has it […]
Brightspace – McK Writes History
Magdalena Knapp, Editor in Chief Pictures provided by Magdalena Knapp and Mckendree University January 22nd 2020, time 11:50 a. m., PAC Lobby: McKendree writes history. The year 2020 has already been a year full of […]
Here’s What You Missed: Iran & the US
Katherine Gemmingen, Head Copyeditor Featured image from CNN What better way is there to start off the spring semester than with a talk about the impending doom that describes the current state of foreign relations […]
