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Spooky Sex: Sex Safety and Wellness Fair at McKendree

3Nov

By Megan MeloneNo Comments

Campus Events

Spooky Sex: Sex Safety and Wellness Fair at McKendree

By: Megan Melone, Writer Photography by Megan Melone and Madison Rohn Linus from the Peanuts comics and a black cat both made an appearance at the fair! On Friday, October 29th, the third annual Spooky Sex fair was held at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. Spooky Sex, hosted by the Student Government Association and the Campus Activities Board, offered information and resources on sex, dating, testing, and protection. Tables offered informative games with prizes. Gifts like condoms, ribbons, and first aid kits were given out, and students could enter to win raffle prizes related to sexual health. Since it was close to Halloween, students were encouraged to dress up, and many tables gave out candy. While the event is a fun spin on sexual education, it is important to ha...

McKendree Offices Get in Halloween Spirit

25Oct

By Megan MeloneNo Comments

Campus Events, Photos

McKendree Offices Get in Halloween Spirit

By Megan Melone, Writer Photography by Megan Melone Title photo: Groovy Bogey in the Clark Hall Lounge. Photo taken by Madison Rohn Bogey's Halloween costume in Academic Records. Mckendree staff was spook-ifying campus last week by dressing up their offices for Halloween as part of a decorating contest during homecoming week. The scariest offices chosen by the judges could win up to $100 in cash prizes. The contest consisted of 19 teams with over 66 staff members and students. The competition was fierce, but the top three winners pictured below all had scary good decorations: 1st Place- Health Services, 521 Stanton Street Health Services had a Scooby Doo mystery theme. 2nd Place- Academic Records, Old Main 101 Academic Records combined Halloween decora...

23Oct

By Isabella BrandNo Comments

Academics

The Wonders of Holman Library

By Isabella Brand, Writer Photography by Isabella Brand As a first-year student at McKendree, I love exploring the campus to see what different locations offer. Holman Library piqued my interest because it has so many resources for students. Students can check out a variety of items (not just books!). The library offers GoPros, laptops, Chromebooks, calculators, DVDs, Blu-rays, board games, miscellaneous cords, and textbooks. Depending on the type of item checked out, due dates will vary. Make sure to pay attention to when the items are due so you don’t get fined! Taking advantage of textbooks, laptops, and DVDs by borrowing them from the library can save you some money. Calculators are an excellent loan, especially if you are taking a math class. Free books for the public to...

Students Enjoy Homecoming 2023 Festivities

20Oct

By Grace GrossNo Comments

Campus Events

Students Enjoy Homecoming 2023 Festivities

Photography by Grace Gross, Lead Editor, and Elana Melzer, Head Producer Students play giant pong Ready? Set. Go! We have a winner! Greek Life pie fundraiser More pie! Tim and Shaq pose for a photo! Traveling by tricycle is much more efficient than walking! McKendree Cheerleaders engaging in homecoming festivities! McKendree Review Writers, Elizabeth Bocock and Madison Bonner celebrate their birthdays together. Happy Birthday! Elise Johnson masters the mechanical bull McKendree Review writers Madison and Isabella are excited to go roller skating! Madison braves the rink Fun in the roller rink! Hanging out with friends Off to the races! Madison refuses to give up! Free pizza! Stay tuned for more McKendree Homecoming content next w...

Love Mckendree Content? Mckendree Radio Records New Podcasts!

16Oct

By Megan MeloneNo Comments

Podcasts

Love Mckendree Content? Mckendree Radio Records New Podcasts!

By: Megan Melone, Writer Photography By Elana Melzer, Head Podcast Producer Podcast lovers know there are a lot of options when it comes to the type of content you listen to. Maybe you’re into documentaries or conversational podcasts. If you’re like me, then you love to listen to macabre true-crime podcasts. The Mckendree Radio is busy recording content with a little something for everyone. I sat down with Mckendree Radio’s head producer, Elana Melzer, a communication major from O'Fallon, Illinois, to find out more about McKendree Radio’s upcoming and current projects: Elana Melzer, Head Producer, Mckendree Radio What upcoming projects is the Radio working on? MELZER: So for my podcast, I do The Spooky History of Mckendree, and I am going into the Holman Library archives t...

6Oct

By Isabella BrandNo Comments

Campus Events

McKendree Goes Green

By: Isabella Brand & Madison Bonner Photography collected by Isabella and Madison Green Team held their first trash pickup of the fall semester on September 25th. Members paired up to walk around campus, gathering food wrappers, broken glass, cigarette butts, and more. Specific spots they went to include the dorms, the road to McKendree West, and behind Ames. Sociology professors Neil Quisenberry and Robyn Swink, and political science professor Ann Collins helped with the cleanup as well as members of the Environmental and Sustainability Committee. Professor Neil Quisenberry helps the Green Team clean up McKendree’s campus. In an interview, President Emily Schildknecht stated that Green Team’s motto is, “Make McKendree a greener place.” And the club has been do...

2Oct

By Megan MeloneNo Comments

Campus Events, Photos

Our Bearcats Dough-Not Tolerate Hazing

Greek Life Celebrates Hazing-Prevention Week By: Megan Melone Photography by Megan Melone and Madison Bonner On Wednesday, September 28, Mckendree’s Inter-Greek Council invited members of Greek Life and all Mckendree students to celebrate hazing-prevention week outside Ames Dining Hall. Students decorated an anti-hazing banner with painted handprints in Greek Life and McKendree colors. Students also enjoyed donuts and beverages on Ames's patio. Students decorated the anti-hazing banner with their handprints! Madison Bonner decorating the banner! Members of Alpha Delta Gamma pose for a photo after donuts and painting. Kappa Sigma Tau Members Emily Kay, President (Left), Emily Goff (middle) represented their sorority at the event Luna Tsuzuki paints the banner!...

Women’s Bowling: New Head Coach Shawn Bibee Returns to Bearcat Country

27Sep

By Elma Oijens SjoelinNo Comments

Sports

Women’s Bowling: New Head Coach Shawn Bibee Returns to Bearcat Country

By: Elma Oijens Sjoelin, sports writer Photos collected from 2023-24 Women's Bowling Roster (https://mckbearcats.com/sports/womens-bowling/roster) As the fall semester has kicked off, several athletic programs at McKendree are mobilizing toward successful pre- and regular seasons. A new school year also presents new beginnings, opportunities, and changes. For one program, such changes include a new coaching staff. Last year, the women’s bowling program placed 4th in the NCAA Championships and earned the ITC Championship Title concluding the 2022-23 season earlier this year. The program has a history of winning, and the players are known to excel inside the classroom and on the lanes, earning both athletic and academic titles and awards. They now face new challenges and opportun...

22Sep

By Megan MeloneNo Comments

Arts, Campus Events, Campus News

Spirit of Mckendree Plays Quad Tunes

By Megan Melone, writer Photography by Grace Gross and Jonathan Zarr If you passed by the library on September 19, at about 2:45 p.m., you probably heard the Spirit of McKendree blasting “September” by Earth, Wind, and Fire. The band serenaded campus with a surprise pop-up performance behind the bearcat statue on Tuesday afternoon. Along with “September,” the band’s set list included “Take on Me” by a-ha, “Back in Black” by AC/DC, and many more. The band ended their performance with the McKendree fight song, which they also played later that day at the town hall meeting in the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. The Spirit of McKendree ensemble performs at tailgate events and football games. They play a variety of student-selected music and feature student conductors. I interviewed...

18Sep

By Elizabeth BocockNo Comments

Community Events

Monday Meals at the Joseph House

By: Elizabeth Bocock, writer Photography: Elizabeth Bocock As someone raised in a family that does not follow a religion, when I first started at McKendree, I was a little apprehensive about a flier I received in my school email inviting me to Saint Joseph for dinner after the first day of school. But with the promise of “MCKENDREE STUDENTS ALL ARE WELCOME” and precisely zero friends, I thought I would take my chances. I was relieved to find that when Joseph House wrote “all are welcome” on their flier, they really meant it. Even though it was hosted by and within a church, the only mention of religion was when they asked my denomination when I signed in at the door. The entire event was purely about meeting people and having dinner together. They only do dinner on Monday nights,...