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From Volume 1, Issue 5- December 1982

From Volume 1, Issue 5- December 1982

From Volume 52, Issue 6 Nov. 1984

From Volume 52, Issue 6- November 1984

From Volume 52, Issue 11 April 1985

BY BRITANI BEASLEY Staff Writer Interviewees: Darlisha Farmer and Simeon Bradshaw As we grow up we find ourselves being judged by our income, jobs, families, friends, etc., but why must skin color be added to this list? It seems as though interracial relationships are viewed much differently today than they were 30 to 50 years ago, but how true is this concept? After reading a few articles on interracial relationships, I wanted to see how progress seems to be going in our area and on our campus community. To satisfy my curiosity, I interviewed Darlisha Farmer and Simeon Bradshaw, a couple who attend McKendree University. Simeon is a junior at McKendree University, majoring in religious studies and history, while Darlisha is a senior studying business management and marketing. The couple m...

BY MARTHA EGGERS Group Advisor The Bearcat Rotaract Club met recently to carve these pumpkins as a community service project.  The pumpkins were donated to Lebanon care centers, elementary school, and day care center, and to offices on campus. During Homecoming Week and in conjunction with Rotary International’s World Polio Day they conducted a “Purple Pinkie” fundraiser to support Rotary’s campaign to eradicate polio world-wide.  (When children are given the polio serum, their “pinkies” are dyed purple so children can be easily identified who have not received the serum.) At their meeting on October 27, four new members, Lucindia Adams, Tasha Doerr, Jessica Fort, Rachel Kaltwasser, were inducted and given membership certificates and Rotaract pins. The Past District 6510 Rotary Governo...

BY BRITTANY ANSPACH Staff Writer In the past two years McKendree has welcomed the biggest classes in the college’s history. Like many other students, I wonder, what’s next? Due to the number of students being accepted to the university, the campus will continue to grow to accommodate the needs of the growing student body. In recent years, McKendree has built a new resident building and rented other apartment buildings and housing to help provide lodging for its students. The school also added a new fitness center and plans are in the works for an updated science building, renovations to the library, and an athletic and recreational building for students and trainers. On a bigger scale, McKendree has come a long way. When the college started in 1828, it was called Lebanon Seminary and the ...