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14Feb

By Elma Oijens SjoelinNo Comments

Sports

Wrestling in the Hett: A Historic Event

Written by and photos taken by Elma Oijens Sjoelin On February 7th, 2023, something historical happened on the campus of McKendree University. For the first time in history, a sporting event was held in the Russel E. & Fern M. Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, commonly known as “The Hett.” The Hett has always had a busy schedule of hosting art events, plays, shows, and fairs, but never before had a sporting event been held in the spacious state-of-the-art facility. The McKendree men’s wrestling team had the honor of hosting and winning a duel against Davenport University on the Hett stage. The wrestlers added another win to their record with a final score of 55 points to McKendree and -1 to Davenport. McKendree totaled five pins and two technical falls in their win against...

10Feb

By Kristina FerryNo Comments

Campus Events, Community Events

McKendree Rotaract Club

With the plethora of clubs that are present on campus, there is no shortage of organizations for students to join. One club that is often overlooked is McKendree’s Rotaract Club. This type of club isn’t reserved for McKendree, or even universities in general, but is an international organization. There are community-led Rotary organizations around the globe that are welcome to all members. In fact, it is quite common for community-led branches of Rotary to sponsor and partner with their local university’s club. For example, McKendree’s club is a partner with the Rotary Club of O’Fallon Sunrise. Rotaract Club does a lot of good for the community that often goes unnoticed and underappreciated. One example is that last year while the war on Ukraine was first raging the country, McKendree’...

2Feb

By Kristina FerryNo Comments

Entertainment

The History of McKendree University

By: Kristina Ferry & Jasmine Gage Images retrieved from the McKendree University website McKendree University is one of the oldest universities in the nation and the oldest university in Illinois as it was founded in 1828. McKendree also holds the title of being the oldest university in the nation to have ties with the Methodist Church. However, this would not come as a big surprise to anyone who knows the past of this historic university. To those who are unaware, the university was founded by Methodist pioneers and was originally called Lebanon Seminary. This seminary trained priests and ministers in the Methodist faith for a couple of years under Edward Raymond Ames, a Methodist bishop and the namesake of the dining hall on campus. Later, a bishop by the name of William M...

18Jan

By Bogey D. BearcatNo Comments

Advice

Dear Bogey: Struggling Younger Sister

Dear Bogey, Families can be hard to deal with sometimes, and I am having a hard time connecting with my older sister recently. We used to be very close when we both lived at home, but ever since I moved away for college, it has been hard to stay close. I don’t want to lose the relationship that I have with my sister, but she is making it hard for me to want to keep our relationship. She is my older sister, so she thinks that she has to be a mother to me when that isn’t what I want at all. I just want to have a sister that I don’t feel like I have to hide stuff from. The last time we hung out we had the biggest fight that we have ever had, and things haven’t been the same as before. She got mad at me because I didn’t tell her that I was going somewhere, and as her younger sister, she t...

7Dec

By Chloe GamberNo Comments

Following the Faculty

The Pizza Oven Professor!

By: Chloe Gamber, Head Academic Writer Images retrieved from Professor Abrams If you want to learn about economics through creative and exciting methods, you should speak to Professor Abrams! Eric Abrams, the Associate Professor of Economics, teaches a unique course that is listed as ECO 300, or Economics of Pizza & Victuals, and many more courses at McKendree. Economics of Pizza & Victuals covers the “examination of the pizza and food industries. Topics covered will include identifying profitable pricing solutions, conducting market analyses including demand analysis and industrial organization, and analyzing policy and regulatory effects,” as stated in the course catalog. You are able to learn outside of the classroom as well with field trips to local pizza restaurants suc...

Fellowship of Christian Athletes: Not just for Athletes!

2Dec

By Sadie MiylerNo Comments

Community Events

Fellowship of Christian Athletes: Not just for Athletes!

By: Sadie Miyler Photos provided by Caleb Fisher Fellowship of Christian Athletes went national in 1954 and has been in the St. Louis area since 1965. Fellowship of Christian Athletes, also known as FCA, is made up of coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels. According to its website, FCA focuses on serving local communities by equipping, empowering, and encouraging people to make a difference for Christ. The local McKendree FCA organization has been meeting at Dr. Jazz Soda Fountain and Grille since they announced their permanent closure on January 25th, due to the COVID pandemic. Paul Krumsieg, father and owner of Dr. Jazz, wrote his final goodbye letter to his customers saying, “It’s time for my journey as Dr. Jazz to c...

2Dec

By Tayla JohnsonNo Comments

Following the Faculty

Counseling Services

By: Tayla Johnson Photography by Tayla Johnson Mental health is very important for college students and should be a factor that everyone should consider. Counseling services provide the most adequate aid for McKendree’s students and faculty, which requires no fees or charges to those who attend the institution. The assistant director of health and counseling services, Melissa McHenry, and Charles Gregory, who is the university counselor at McKendree, educate students and faculty in creating better mental health and well-being for themselves. For students, it can be difficult to adjust to the differences that come with a new start that college brings. “We do everything we can to help students with their transition through school,” says Gregory. Also, there are many stresses that c...

29Nov

By Bogey D. BearcatNo Comments

Advice

Dear Bogey: Illinois Miss Independent

Dear Bogey, My boyfriend and I have been together for two years and we both decided to come to Mckendree as we both live within an hour of the school. We are both freshmen this year. Since we got to school my boyfriend has been very clingy to me, which in the past I have never minded, but now I want to do some things on my own. He is with me nearly nonstop. I am struggling to make friends because of it and I always want to go do things on my own now. I want to be able to grow at college and make a lot of new friends because all of my friends from home went to a different school. Our relationship is really strong and I do not want to lose him but I also want to be independent sometimes and have time for myself. I love him but I am learning that independence can happen when in a relation...

28Nov

By Nik MillsapNo Comments

Following the Faculty

Graduate Admissions

By: Nik Millsap Photography taken by Nik Millsap I had the pleasure of joining Sabrina Storner, Director of Graduate Admissions, in an interview discussing what the Office of Graduate Admissions does for students. Ms. Storner has worked at McKendree for 20 years and started in Undergraduate Admissions and Transfer. Soon after starting her career, McKendree opened a graduate admissions office where Ms. Storner was promptly moved to. Graduate Programs The graduate programs offered at McKendree fall under Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree. The Master’s Degrees available are Athletic Training, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Education, Health Administration, MBA, MSN, and Teaching. The Doctoral Degrees available are in Education, Nursing Practice, and Specialist in Educati...

17Nov

By Bogey D. BearcatNo Comments

Advice

Dear Bogey: Tired Mediator

Dear Bogey, My sister and her best friend, who I am also friends with, have gotten into a fight and haven’t spoken to each other for a few weeks now. My sister jokes a lot with the people she cares about, and our friend is very sensitive. So, from my understanding, the fight started from a joke my sister made about our friend that she took personally. My sister doesn’t want to apologize because she doesn’t think she did anything wrong, and our friend has been ignoring her and avoids her at school. I got the two of them to talk to each other for one night when we went out to eat together, but I think that was only because I was there because they stopped talking to each other again afterwards. Their fight is affecting the rest of our friend group as well because they don’t want to go to...