Vol. 93, Iss. 9 Editors Emily Lucia Editor-in-Chief Donna Bick Assistant Editor Taquisha Drisdell Assistant Editor Lauren Apetz Media Editor Editing Team Emily Lucia Donna Bick Taquisha Drisdell In This Issue Donna Bick Lauren Apetz Will Basler Morgan Roscow Ronnie Drummond Jennifer Blumberg Kendra Barackman Lafayette Waters The McKendree Review is a student-run organization of McKendree University.... Continue Reading →
It really was an honor to collect, read and edit all of these article for this 2nd Issue of the Spring 2015 semester. All the articles were well written and told wonderful stories. In this issue you will see a feature on Belinda McAllister, an alumni whose family ancestry dates back 100 years in Lebanon,... Continue Reading →
BY MORGAN ROSCOW, STAFF WRITER Lebanon is known as a place that is rich in history, which is far more advanced than the rest of the country in regards to the relations between ethnicities. When segregation was happening, Lebanon was a free town. According to Belinda McAllister (right), whose family is from Lebanon and has... Continue Reading →
BY LAUREN APETZ, MEDIA EDITOR A majority of the McKendree University student body is from around the area and can go home whenever they like. But for a lot of students, going home takes more than just a short car ride. For the likeness of this article, Missouri and Illinois are considered “in-state”. There is... Continue Reading →
BY JOE BLASDEL, SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH McKendree University finished in 5th place in overall program sweepstakes at Webster University’s Gorlok Gala and took home 21 individual awards. Fifty colleges and universities, including Boise State University, Washington University, and Ohio State University, attended the tournament on January 23-25. Representing McKendree were seniors Rebecca Blake, Josh... Continue Reading →
BY LAUREN APETZ, MEDIA EDITOR I recently took a summer internship through McKendree to work at a local news station in Orlando, Fl. I loved the idea because I would then be close to home and could enjoy a hot Florida summer, but I became worried when I was told none of my scholarships would... Continue Reading →
Name: Taquisha Drisdell Major: Theater/Journalism Favorite Professor: Gabe Shapiro Year: Junior What do you like best or least about Valentine’s Day? What I like least about Valentine’s Day is that everyone treats it likes that’s the only day they have to express their love, when if you really love someone you should show them that... Continue Reading →
BY RONNIE DRUMMOND, STAFF WRITER On Saturday January 24, 2015, my girlfriend, Kaitlyn Spires, and I attended our first Greek Fire Concert. Before I get into my review let me give you a brief background of the band. Greek Fire is a local band from St. Louis. In 2008, Greek Fire began, with four guys;... Continue Reading →
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