2015-2016: Vol. 94 - The McKendree Review

15Oct

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Football Update

BY KYLE FRANKE Staff Writer Until their loss this Saturday at the hands of first place University of Indianapolis, the McKendree Bearcats Football team had won 10 games in a row dating back to last year. Prior to the 10-game win streak was a 0-6 start to the season, a season in which they had four preseason All-Americans to start the year. Ferris State handed the Bearcats a 75-15 beating in the very first game of the year. “It wasn’t the start we were looking for, starting the season with a loss like that just kind of demoralized us,” said wide receiver Mike Thompson. The football team was the joke of the campus. “It wasn’t fun. We just had to block out all ...

The nightmare of a stolen car

BY ERICA POUR Staff Writer Have you ever walked out of a grocery store and forgotten which row you parked in? You frantically look around and punch your key’s lock button, hoping to hear your car chirp in response. Of course, within a few moments, you typically realize that your slight panic attack was premature because your car was parked exactly where you left it. Unfortunately, when a scenario like this happened to me, my car never chirped back. Though here at McKendree I’ve had everything from laptop chargers to Ray Ban’s snatched from me, I never thought that St. Louis would be the place where my most expensive possession would be taken. An auto theft occ...

A crowded university

BY MARQUIS CHERRY Staff Writer McKendree University continues to expand every year with an all-time high of undergraduate students living on campus. In the past years, parking on campus has been a major issue among students, and nothing has changed. One would assume that since the university is growing, the administration would combat this issue, but this has not been the case. When I asked student Adrian Wentland about what would be his short-term goal about the parking craze here on campus, he replied, “I would love people to start using the Bogey Bus as an alternative or simply walking to class.” But is the Bogey Bus a trustworthy resource to pick up all the resid...