By Keenan A. Mount kmount@lc.edu Fifteen years ago the lieutenant governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn, gave a proposition to…
Krystie’s Kuriosities: The Piasa Bird
Krystie Morrison kemorrison@lc.edu Alton, Ill. is the home of the McPike Mansion, Robert Wadlow, and other mysterious and interesting…
NGRREC Summer Research Program Prepares Next Generation of Wetland Scientists
GODFREY – The National Great Rivers Research and Education (NGRRECsm) is accepting applications for a summer program aimed at…
Illinois Phase Four Metrics Explained
By Lynn McDonald lmmcdonald@lc.edu This past year has been difficult, to say the least. Families and friends have been…
Riverbend Records is a Warm and Groovy Place
by Gary Chapman gchapman@lc.edu The walls are alive with the 12×12 records at the new Riverbend Records on Homer…
It’s Astounding, Rocky Horror at Skyview
By Alex Johnson amjohnson@lc.edu It’s not often a box office flop goes on to remain in theaters for 45 years.…
Take the 2020 Census; It’s More than a Headcount
Dillon Neibel dneibel@lc.edu “Data collected in the census will inform the distribution of more than $675 billion in federal…
Cigarette Age Increase: It’s Garbage
Olivia Bettorf ombettorf@lc.edu Let us start with the fact that Illinois just put down a bogus law for people…
Listen Linda: Illinois School System
Olivia Bettorf ombettorf@lc.edu Welcome back to school everybody! And for those who are new to our humble little college,…
The Benefits of Illinois’ Minimum Wage Increase Explained
Amber Moore ambmoore@lc.edu On Feb. 19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that increases the state’s minimum wage to…