Entertainment - The McKendree Review

13Dec

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Advice, Entertainment

Student Discounts

By Sophie Jeffery, Editor It’s a given that college is expensive, but the good news is every other aspect of our lives doesn’t have to be! Many businesses, local and nationwide, provide opportunities for students to save a little extra cash. One of the biggest and newest student discounts is from Spotify. They have recently teamed up with Hulu to offer an amazing deal: for just $4.99 per month, college students can enjoy a Spotify Premium account and a Hulu limited commercial plan. Head here to sign up for this amazing offer! Good luck deciding which show to binge first. Might I suggest The Handmaid’s Tale? I’ve highlighted some other deals for students below, but of course this list is not comprehensive. Whether you’re looking to eat, shop, or binge watch your favorite shows, you...

Call the Fire Department! Mckendree Students Are Cooking Again!

1Dec

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Campus Events, Campus News, Entertainment, News

Call the Fire Department! Mckendree Students Are Cooking Again!

By Emily Davis, Contributing Writer (photo courtesy of creative commons) In the early hours of the morning your pager begins to sound. The pager and the base it is charging on are vibrating violently on your nightstand, and the sequence of tones specific to your fire department come blaring through the speaker. You leap out of bed, run to the garage, throw on your bunker gear (sometimes with the help of your spouse), turn on your blue light, and drive to the firehouse or scene as quickly as possible. While you are driving, a check list begins running through your head as the dispatcher goes over the information for a second time. What trucks will need to be on scene? What equipment will I need for this call? Do I grab a truck, or head straight to the scene? The list goes on and on. When...

15Nov

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Advice, Entertainment

Nature, Beyond the Cornfields

By Gabrielle Madewell The small town of Lebanon, IL doesn’t offer very many places for one to venture outside and enjoy the scenery; unless of course staring at corn and soybeans is of interest to you. To combat this issue Students and Staff at McKendree have shared some of their favorite places, no further than two hours away from campus, where they like to spend their time outside; no cornfields included. Here’s a guide to hiking, biking and swimming around the area, as recommended by McK students and staff: Elephant Rocks State Park [2 hours from campus] Bailey Forneris, a student at McKendree University, enjoys going on hikes around the Missouri area. Her favorite place in the area is Elephant Rocks State Park located about 2 hours away in Belleview, Missouri. Her advice for this tr...

Starbucks DIY Beverages for Students – Fall Edition: Make it, Drink it, Love it!

1Nov

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Advice, Entertainment

Starbucks DIY Beverages for Students – Fall Edition: Make it, Drink it, Love it!

By Magdalena Knapp, Editor I admit it: I am addicted. I cannot live without it. I need it every day, it makes me complete. I love the taste, the smell, and the cute white cup with my name on it. I am addicted to Starbucks ®. It is not a secret, well, especially now, but truly who does not love the fancy “Instagram-fashion-blogger-style” cups with their (incorrectly spelled) name on it, the unnecessary plastic lid to drink from, the artistic (complicated) beverage names, and the confusing serving sizes, tall, grande, and venti (three different languages, two of which mean big and one which means 20)? I can tell you who does not like it: my bank account. Every time I enter a Starbucks restaurant, my credit card would like to jump out of my purse in order to stop me from buying an over prized...

30Oct

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Advice, Entertainment

Still Need a Halloween Costume?

by Sophie Jeffery, Contributing Writer Are you a procrastinator and/or a cheapskate? Need a costume for a last-minute party invite? You’ve come to the right place, my friend! I took a trip to the Dollar General in town today and found pieces for lots of super easy costumes that will surely be a big hit. Most costumes can be put together for less than $10 and require little to no effort, I promise. First up, it’s everyone’s favorite culinary genius turned meme, Salt Bae. This costume could not be any easier, and if you have a white scoop neck t-shirt, will cost you only $8.55. Slick your hair back into a low pony, grab a fake mustache/soul patch if you want, and you are good to go. Here is another costume that literally could not get any easier (especially for the ladies because...

Life and Kevin Zanelotti Through the Lens of Friedrich Nietzsche

17Oct

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Entertainment, Personality, Profiles

Life and Kevin Zanelotti Through the Lens of Friedrich Nietzsche

In honor of National teacher’s day (which is when this article was written), I thought it fitting to post a piece covering not just some of the philosophy of McKendree’s favorite philosophy professor, but a bit of humanization for my favorite professor. Kevin Zanelotti grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Archbishop Curly High School, a catholic high school in the center of Baltimore. This school however was a far shot from where Zanelotti would travel and eventually land. However, it was a necessary and one might even say an essential stepping stone. The priests at this high school were Franciscan and thus more accepting/aware of belief systems outside of their own. And it was one of these priests that gave a young Zanelotti his first look into the lens we are viewing this article...

An Evening with Sherman Alexie: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Laughter

29Sep

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Entertainment, Opinion, Profiles

An Evening with Sherman Alexie: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Laughter

By Sophie Jeffery, Contributing Writer On the evening of September 22nd, author Sherman Alexie opened his keynote address for the inaugural BookFest St Louis by admiring the acoustics at The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Gallery. Alexie ensured the crowd he was still going to use his microphone, however, because he could not stand macho poets who think their voices don’t need the extra boost. “My voice is so filled with poetic testosterone,” he mocked, “I’m going to speak directly to you through my penis.” It was clear from that moment this was not going to be a typical book-reading. Sherman Alexie is an acclaimed writer, having published 26 books and received countless awards. He is a poet, short story writer, novelist and performer. He is also the 3rd tallest Spokane Indian, but says...

28Sep

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Entertainment, Opinion

Father John Misty at the Peabody

By Zach Breeding, Editor in Chief “If there’s going to be a night on this tour where I slip on a banana peel, get my head stuck in a bucket and then stumble into the broom closet, tonight is that night.” This comedy of errors described by the writer/performer of pure comedy, the latest self-described “space opera” from Father John Misty, while descriptive of the artists performance at the Peabody Opera House this past Saturday is a bit misleading. For myself and every other person I asked post show, the mishaps like “French braiding together a microphone cable and a guitar cable” only added to the stellar night. The atmosphere of the show was pure hipster; with the number of flannel shirts in the crowd likely outnumbering the number of people (I, admittedly, was participating in this tren...

Since When are we too Busy to Enjoy our Lives?

27Sep

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Entertainment

Since When are we too Busy to Enjoy our Lives?

By Magdalena Knapp, Editor Busy, stressed out, exhausted – These three words describe the average human being nowadays. We are always connected and in touch with everyone, always available to everyone, and respond to messages within minutes. For example right now, I bet that your phone is no more than three inches away from you. We run around, do things, meet with people, rush from one appointment to the next one. We do not even have time to sit down and enjoy a meal, but thank God, someone invented corn dogs, wraps and other foods you can grab and eat with one hand while you are on the phone running across the street, and almost be hit by an Uber that is driving another person in a hurry to their next appointment. STOP. When did our society become like this? Is there anything we can do, o...

15Sep

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Entertainment

Finals Week and Why it Shouldn’t Also be Housekeeping Week

By Zach Breeding, Editor in Chief I want to preface this article by saying that I don’t set out to answer any of the questions raised, merely give the questions a louder voice with which to reach someone capable of finding a solution to the problem. Finals week is a time dreaded by almost all college students (except those in Gen Eds because those aren’t real finals). It is a time in which (baring emotionally traumatic events) young adults can be put under the most stress that they have ever experienced. It is a week where they potentially gamble a semester’s worth of tuition on whether or not they pass some tests. Understandably this can put the student into a state of stress where they are not thinking their best due to rampant sleep deprivation and the necessity to pass the tests whic...