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By Will Basler Sports Editor When the Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis in 1994, Stan Kroenke, a local billionaire, bought 40% ownership in the relocating franchise. Since then, Kroenke has accumulated a few franchises in the Denver area, including the NHL’s Avalanche, the NBA’s Nuggets and MLS’s Colorado Rapids. He is also the majority owner of one of the world’s biggest soccer clubs, Arsenal FC in England. He is estimated to be worth over $6 billion by Forbes. He has gained much of this fortune through real estate purchases and marrying into money, as his wife is the daughter of Sam Walton, an heir to the Walmart throne. When longtime Rams majority owner Georgia Frontiere died in 2010, Kroenke bought out her shares and became the new majority owner of the team. The team he took over...

By Will Basler Sports Editor Over the weekend, McKendree hosted Missouri-St. Louis for a four game series – two games on Saturday, and two on Sunday. Saturday’s games ended up getting postponed due to field conditions, so the series became a Sunday-Monday series. In the series opener, sophomore starting pitcher Jacob Renfrow gave up four runs in seven innings, and while the Cats cut the deficit to only one run, the Tritons from across the river scored to more to finish out the game and win 6-3. In the second game of the series, Bearcat ace Sam Lidisky pitched six scoreless innings, and the lineup had the Bearcats up 2-0 going into the last inning. Leaving Lidisky on the mound for the last inning was a risk, and it certainly came back to bite the Bearcats. The tired southpaw gave up fiv...

By Rebecca Mckee Contributing Writer Over two days, Feb. 28 and March 1, McKendree University’s men and women track and field teams competed in the GLVC Division II indoor championship meet. With 11 teams competing on both sides, the competition was tough, and our athletes competed to the best of their ability; many had shining moments in the placing’s and new personal bests were set. Although there were no medals won on the girl’s team, we had some great showings by the athletes. There were multiple top showings to score us points as well as a lot of our girls posting new personal bests in their various events. In the 800 meters, Karis Johnson barely missed the medal with a fourth place finish and time of 2:20. In the 3,000 meters, Hannah Inyart was able to finish in sixth place with...

By Cheyenne Autry Contributing Writer It is the beginning of the first semester in college and all anyone can talk about is Netflix and their addiction. Many students use it for just movies or to pass time, but then you have the big majority who are just addicted. To what show you may ask? If you ask a majority of girls on campus their answer will be Gossip Girl, I am also one of these girls. What makes Gossip Girl so addicting? The drama and suspense between the characters and plot of each episode provides the perfect recipe for ultimate TV addiction. Gossip Girl provides girls with the ultimate drama experience and a look into the elite life of New York. Every girl dreams of having a mother who is a designer, a life where all it takes is a snap of your finger, to be chauffeured throug...

Vol. 93, Iss. 10 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 Will Basler Taquisha Drisdell Janelle Jankowski Jenna Morris Maggie Mueller The McKendree Review is a student-run organization of McKendree University. The mission of The McKendree Review is to give students the opportunity to learn the news process and publish articles pertaining to their opinions and ideas. The staff does not agree with all statements and opinions, which rightfully belong to their writers. The McKendree Review Office can be found in Eisenmayer 208 on the McKendree Campus, at 701 College Rd., Lebanon, IL, 62254. Staff can be reached by email at mc...

In this issue we feature many talented and interesting students and faculty. It was really a pleasure to read all of these amazing stories! Our stories range from a runner from Lithuania to someone who has worked on reality television as well as superstitions through sports and tips for running. As always if you have questions or would like to submit an article you can email us at mckreview@mckendree.edu. You can also find us on Facebook (facebook.com/themckendreereview) and Twitter (@mckreview). Our next deadline is March 2nd. Thank you for your continued support and happy reading! Emily Lucia Editor-in-Chief

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. The mission of The McKendree Review is to give students the opportunity to learn the news process and publish articles pertaining to their opinions and ideas. The staff does not agree with all statements and opinions, which rightfully belong to their writers. The McKendree Review Office can be found in Eisenmayer 208 on the McKendree Campus, at 701 College Rd., Lebanon, IL, 62254. Staff ...