Students’ meal plans dry up
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
April 30, 2013
On-campus students don’t normally have to wonder how they are going to pay for their next meal. The meal plan on students’ i-cards have been reliable throughout the year, but many students are at the point where that money has run out. Currently, many students cannot afford three meals... Read More
Students ‘Rip the Runway’ at fashion show
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
April 23, 2013
In 2009, Rip the Runway officially became an annual event. Last Saturday, Rip the Runway had its fourth fashion show. The show included performances from both the Spirit Team and the Legacy Dance team. Deantre Bankhead and Dexter Overall were the main organizers of this annual event. Bankhead... Read More
Poets offer personal perspectives
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
April 16, 2013
“To do this again after 10 years was pretty nerve wracking, but it’s also really exciting,” said associate professor in communication, Beth Ribarsky. Ribarsky was one of the featured poets at the Personal Perspectives in Poetry night. She had a collection of both her and other poets’... Read More
Can the new Blackberry compete with Android and iPhones?
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
April 10, 2013
Twitter is home to #TeamiPhone and #TeamAndroid; will it have to make room for #TeamBlackberry? Not the old Blackberry that was as heavy as a brick, but the new and improved “touch-only” Blackberry. Blackberry has recently released its new phone, Blackberry 10 mobile OS. Although the Blackberry... Read More
Intimacy unveiled: |fōn’ seks| pushes envelope with graphic images of relationships
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
April 2, 2013
Relationships and intimacy have a variety of different forms, especially in the 21st century. In the traditional sense, intimacy is something that is left behind closed doors, but recently sex and intimacy have transformed and become much more public. There has been, what Millisom Henry-Waring... Read More
‘A Girl Like Her’ sheds light on a difficult past Unwed mothers forced to give up children for adoption
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
March 27, 2013
I did not give up my child, my child was taken from me, said Susan Schnirring. Schnirring was featured in Anne Fessler’s documentary “A Girl Like Her.” Fessler’s documentary told the story of millions of single women who were pregnant and forced to give up their children during the... Read More
Home or war zone? ‘Chiraq’ at its peak
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
March 5, 2013
For a lot of people Chicago is home. It is a big city with a mass of history and even more fun things to do. For others, however, it is a “war zone.” It is not Chicago, Illinois—the windy city—it is “Chiraq, Killinois.” This name was given to Chicago because the number of deaths... Read More
‘Let It Be’ a Beatles experience
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 26, 2013
Beatles cover band Rain made its fourth appearance at the Sangamon Auditorium this past Sunday. The audience was up on its feet reliving the music of this British invasion. Experience the Beatles with Rain is a Broadway musical show featuring music that the Beatles themselves recorded, but... Read More
‘One Billion Rising’ shines light on violence against women
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 20, 2013
One billion women violated is an atrocity, one billion women dancing is a revolution, said Lynn Otterson, Director of the UIS Women’s Center. In support of the One Billion Rising Campaign to end violence against women, UIS’ own ladies participated in a global dance to break the chain on... Read More
Spice up your sex life with aphrodisiacs
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 12, 2013
Bananas, chocolate, asparagus, figs, almonds, oysters, onion and garlic all have one thing in common; they are all considered aphrodisiacs according to Session Magazine. An aphrodisiac is a food of some sort that is supposed to heighten sexual desire and/or increase the libido. According to... Read More
Virgil Rhodes, a self-taught musician
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 12, 2013
Jazz music filled the Food Emporium last Tuesday as Black History Month events continued with a concert staring Virgil Rhodes Jr., a self-taught musician who has played jazz for over 30 years. The first instrument Rhodes learned to play was the flute. He learned by “listening to records and... Read More
BMCS, not just another organization, a ‘brotherhood’
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 5, 2013
Brotherhood fidelity achievement. That is the motto for The Black Male Collegiate Society (BMCS), according to Vernon Gair. BMCS is an organization that is takes pride in leadership and service; they mentor young males fighting to change stereotypes. BMCS became an official organization in... Read More
Women’s basketball suffers close loss
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 5, 2013
The ball is tipped off and it goes in UIS’ favor. The Prairie Stars had their heads in the game and were ready to bring in a win for their fans; however, they were unable to accomplish this and the University of Missouri St. Louis Tritons defeated the Stars 60-55. “We are all so close;... Read More
‘What is my mission?’ Omar Tyree kicks off Black History Month
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
February 5, 2013
What is my Mission? Omar Tyree spat out at the audience as he started his speech. Everyone knows what a mission is. But in order to attain success, you have to have a mission. A mission is nothing like a goal, he said. “A mission is much bigger.” Tyree is a renowned novelist and a Philadelphia... Read More
Break down your walls with the Women’s Center Secret Journal
LaNee Wood, Features Reporter
January 29, 2013
Secrets more often than not remain secrets forever. People give a million reasons as to why they should remain unknown, but the UIS Women’s Center is fighting to change the norm and allow students and staff to step outside of their enclosed boundaries. The idea this semester is to give... Read More
New coach and outlook for women’s basketball team
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
December 4, 2012
Women’s basketball season is back; and with new head coach Chad Oletzke. “I got to get things established with the way we want to play,” said Coach Oletzke. He knows that coming in as new coach is not an easy task, but it is possible. He went on to say that even though he only has two... Read More
New Vendor Task force and parking, topics for SGA
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
December 4, 2012
Student Government Association created group, the New Vendors Task Force, proposed that in the new student union building that there be a “Pub style restaurant” that be run by UIS food service employees. Instead of implementing an idea for a franchise to work out of UIS this pub would... Read More
Embracing natural hair, the way it grows from your head
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
November 14, 2012
There are some misconceptions about being natural and having natural hair. Some people think that they have to wear their hair in an afro in order for them to be considered “natural.” This is a false. The only real requirement to being natural is to have hair that has not been chemically... Read More
NBA Prediction: Chicago Bulls finals contender
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
November 7, 2012
The Chicago Bulls have thoroughly evolved throughout past few seasons. They have had their peaks and they have had their pitfalls, but through it all the Bulls have survived some bad times. Now—at what I would call a peak—the Bulls are doing their very best to stay at the top and might... Read More
Player Profile: Katie Kirschbaum
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
October 30, 2012
Katie Kirschbaum is double threat at UIS. She is not only on UIS’ volleyball team, but she is on UIS’s tennis team. The volleyball teams record so far in the season is 9-16 overall and 1-12 in the GLVC. The tennis team, however, has yet to delve into their season. Kirschbaum is a middle... Read More
Volleyball’s five game win streak cut short
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
October 23, 2012
The UIS women’s volleyball team lost twice this weekend after their five game win streak. During Saturday’s pink games the team won the first two sets and went on to lose the second two sets. Since the score was even, a fifth set had to be played. On Sunday, they were conquered in three... Read More
Player Profile: Yvan Fonnde
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
October 16, 2012
Yvan Fonnde is a Capital Honors student at UIS. It is by no surprise that he is on UIS’s soccer team because he has been playing soccer his entire life. Foonde plays defender/ forward for the UIS men’s soccer team. Born in France, Foonde was immediately immersed into the culture of soccer.... Read More
NBA Kia Tip-off 3 weeks away
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
October 9, 2012
The countdown has started and the 2012/2013 NBA season is approaching. In 20 days the Kia tip-off will start a double header; the Miami Heat will host the Boston Celtics and the L.A. Lakers host the Dallas Mavericks. The Miami Heat have a reputation to uphold after winning the NBA finals last... Read More
Taking it game by game
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
September 26, 2012
The UIS Prairie Stars were defeated in their second game this week in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) men’s soccer match Sunday at Kiwanis Stadium. The ball was kicked off by UIS, then intercepted by the opposing team; and within the first few seconds of the game Missouri S&T... Read More
A sport or no, cheerleading at universities
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
September 26, 2012
There have debates all throughout history trying to cipher out whether or not Cheerleading is an actual sport. At the NCAA Division I level, cheerleading is considered a sport and students are able to obtain scholarships. Teams at the Division I level compete in competitions and are treated... Read More
Player Profile: Mark Williams
LaNee Wood, Sports Reporter
September 18, 2012
Originating from St. George, Barbados, Mark Williams is entering his first season playing for the UIS men’s soccer team. He is a versatile player, with the ability to play either the Middlefield or the Forward position. This season he has played in four games with one start and his Shots... Read More
