Letter from the Editor

15Dec

By Elana MelzerNo Comments

Letter from the Head Producer

Hello Bearcats! I’m Elana, McK Radio Head Producer. I graduate this December which means it is time to say goodbye to my home away from home, McKendree, and my unofficial dorm, Carnegie 110, also known as the podcasting studio. This picture has nothing to do with the article, but it does help show my personality. I joined McK Radio my freshman year of 2022. I had lots of fun creating podcasts but eventually got disgusted by the dirty room and began cleaning it (you can read more about that here). Life moved fast and by the fall of 2023, I had become Head Producer of the McK Radio. My time on the&nbs...

2May

By Megan MeloneNo Comments

Letter from the Editor

Senior Spotlight: Grace Gross

By Megan Melone, Writer and Editor & Grace Gross, Editor-in-Chief Photos provided by Grace Gross I (Megan Melone) interviewed senior Grace Gross. Grace is a communication major from Cottage Hills, Illinois. She is the president of the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, editor for the McKendree Review, captain of the McKendree College Guard, and much more. Academic Excellence Celebration, 2025 OK, so starting the interview, where are you from? GROSS: I am from Cottage Hills, Illinois. It's about 45 minutes from McKendree. OK, and why did you decide to come to McKendree? GROSS: McKendree is a nice small school, and I found the faculty-student ratio to be appealing. I also really liked the music program here. What about the music program? ...

20Sep

By Grace GrossNo Comments

Letter from the Editor

Meet the Editor in Chief

By: Grace Gross, Editor in Chief Hello, my name is Grace! I am the new Editor in Chief for the McKendree Review. I am a second-year communications major and this is my second semester working for the Review. I have greatly enjoyed my time writing and editing. During my time in high school, I was on the newspaper team. I was a writer as a sophomore and co-editor for my junior and senior years. My time working on the paper greatly impacted my decision to join the McKendree Review. Picture taken by Nat Wilk (Pictured: Nat Wilk, Grace Gross, Marisa Ortega and Chloe Gamber. Aside from being the new Editor in Chief, I am involved in a plethora of extracurricular activities outside of the classrooms. I am the Secretary for McKendree's Student Government Association (SGA). Getti...

12May

By Nat WilkNo Comments

Letter from the Editor

By: Nat Wilk, Editor in Chief Picture taken by Nat Wilk (Pictured: Nat Wilk, Grace Gross, Marisa Ortega and Chloe Gamber. Not Pictured: Dylan Powell, Viola Cipriani, Phoebe McCutcheon, Sadie Miyler) Summer is here! I hope everyone’s final exams went well and congratulations to all of the Bearcats who are graduating - this includes myself. It has been a wonderful experience to be able to work with all of The Review team, and I’m incredibly proud of all the content our team has put out this semester. It’s going to be very exciting to see the future of the paper here at McKendree. If you are a student and interested in becoming a part of The McKendree Review, some positions within our team are opening next semester: for questions and inquiries, please contact Dr. Rich Murphy at remu...

1Apr

By Kenneth Glidden1 Comment

Letter from the Editor

A Writer’s Farewell

By Kenneth Glidden, Head Culture Writer Photos taken by Sadie Miyler, Photographer and Designer The ability to write is the ability to create worlds, share feelings, bring change and much more. The ability to write with a platform in which you are heard is a blessing. This past year I have been very blessed. I began my journey with the McKendree Review in September of last year which seems to be considerably further away than it really is. At the time, all I wanted was a creative outlet, something I could use to escape from the everyday analytical, mind-numbing ways of thought brought by the abundance of reading, writing and regurgitating information that the concept of school feeds us. I had begun journaling a few weeks before my time at the Review and caught writing fever...

2Sep

By The McKendree Review1 Comment

Letter from the Editor

Your McK Review Team

Hello everybody, this is me, Magdalena Knapp, but people here call me Magda. I am the editor in chief for the McKendree Review. I started off as a writer my freshman year because I really enjoy writing and the idea of writing for a school newspaper. I have always been very passionate about writing and reading newspapers. When I was in High School I did an internship at our local news channel, and had the opportunity to write some of the news articles for them. This was when I discovered my love for newspapers and writing. I love that by being a writer for newspapers you can get in touch with people and ask all the questions you want. If you ask some questions as a “regular” person it might be frowned upon or people may think you are too nosey, BUT if you are a journalist, you have a fre...

14Jan

By The McKendree Review1 Comment

Letter from the Editor

Welcome Back!

Hello everyone and welcome back! We hope everyone had a great Christmas break and got to spend the time with their family, friends, and people that matter the most to them. This being said, we are happy to be back with the McKendree Review. For this semester we have many new fun, exciting and interesting stories, features and profiles for you. Whatever your heart and eyes desire to read we have it for you. Our team of editors is ready to dig out new stories from around campus and share them with you. We hope you are as excited as we are! If you are interested in writing stories for us, sharing some of your own stories, or simply want to know more about how our student newspaper is run, feel free to contact us! Email: mckreview@mckendree.edu Our editors are more than happy to answer ev...

7Sep

By The McKendree Review1 Comment

Letter from the Editor

Welcome back!

Dear Bearcats, Welcome back to the one and only McKendree Review, McKendree University’s student-run newspaper! Would you like to stay up to date with the latest news? Do you like to read about what is going on on campus? Do you want to know everything about our awesome students, faculty, and staff? Or do you simply enjoy reading a good story? If so, this is the right place for you! As in the past, the McK Review will be publishing stories three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Stories will be posted right here on mckreview.com. Also, a quick preview to our stories will be on Instagram and Twitter, so be sure to follow us on those pages to never miss out on a story! We are @mckreview on both platforms. You can also subscribe to our blog and receive email notifications wh...

7Feb

By The McKendree Review1 Comment

Letter from the Editor

To our readers, Welcome to another semester of The McKendree Review, McKendree’s student-run newspaper. In previous issues, The Review has always been committed to covering interesting stories that McKendree students are passionate about. This semester, under new leadership and with a renewed sense of purpose, The Review seeks to provide the most relevant and topical stories for our readers while representing McKendree’s students, faculty and alumni, as well as everyone involved on campus. Our mantra for this semester is Revive The Review. This will be accomplished by members of The Review working hard to stay informed on what impacts people on campus and by you, the people of McKendree, holding us to a high standard to find more information on relevant topics so we can bring them to lig...

7Oct

By The McKendree ReviewNo Comments

Letter from the Editor

Leditor from the editors

As the semester enters full swing, the Review Crew hopes you will keep in touch with news, sports, opinions and more here at the McKendree Review. We are excited as always to appear online and generate ideas and campus news that students and our McKendree public are passionate about. There are some changes to be aware of. First, the Review now publishes on a rolling deadline, meaning there will be new stories paced out throughout the month, so keep checking in with us for current campus news! Second, we're branching out to different areas of student interest, such as sports, the arts and more! Anyone with a passion for what they see and do at McKendree are welcome to share! We would love to work with writers, photographers, graphic designers and more. Feel free to contact us at mckreview...