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By Ashley Hathaway, Contributing WriterI walked through the doors of Left Banks Books just shy of 7 p.m. on a chilled Monday evening. There were signs plastered throughout the bookstore with the promotion of sales, new releases and classic literature. I weaved my way through shelf upon shelf until I landed in a room with chairs lined up in a small and intimate fashion. In front of the chairs sat award winning journalist Kyle Swenson. As a journalist for The Washington Post and author of "Good Kids, Bad City," Swenson takes pride in focusing his work in journalism on the criminal justice system in the United States. While people filed in to take their seats in anticipation for the discussion focusing on “Good Kids, Bad City”, Swenson made himself approachable, letting conversations flow eve...

By Alec Deyong, Contributing Writer Between McKendree’s impressive array of  athletics and its numerous opportunities to get involved in the community, many students’ schedules are nearly bursting at the seams. There are those such as myself, however, who fall into the slim minority of students who do not count themselves among the ranks of a campus team or organization. When I first made landfall on McKendree’s campus, I knew almost no one. I was not involved in a sport, I was not dedicated to a major and I had only three high school classmates here with me—all of whom were quickly finding their footing in their new environments while I plummeted into seclusion. Not knowing where to turn to find allies in my struggle against isolation, I turned to Yammer. For those of you who remember Mc...

By Ashley Hathaway, Contributive Writer For a man that did not take a picture of an animal until he was 34 years old, Steve Winter has seen it all when it comes to big cats. From dodging poachers, to escaping 5,000 pound Rhinos, it seems as if Winter has been through just about all one could imagine. On October 17, McKendree University was lucky enough to host Steve Winter as a speaker from National Geographic. The audience at McKendree got to impart on the experiences of being a National Geographic photographer with Winter as he told stories about his time capturing pictures of big cats around the world. When asked how he started doing stories on big cats, Winter replies with “I didn’t chose big cats, big cats chose me.” One night when Winter was on an expedition to get pictures of birds...