Alexis Ogunmokun – Cherry Blossom Flurries Pink cherry blossoms Become flurries in the Ray of the sun Full of warmth To shield us from The icy cool breeze As the pink blossoms Turn into white flakes Of snow that blows Into the wind Turned flurries In the gloomy storm Creativity Found creativity In stars…
Ryan Flynn – One of Illinois College’s very own has been elected to the District 117 school board. Cori Wagner, who is the career counselor and employment advisor working in Career Services, is a new elect for this local school board, and she already has plans for what will be the next steps in local…
Breahna Lesemann – The Celebration of Excellence, the day-long event that will take place on May 1 this year, promotes the academic successes of the students at Illinois College. Throughout the day students will be giving presentations, performing music and drama, and presenting posters. The students presenting can be first-years through seniors. Any student can…
Justin Ketcham – I doubt that many of you have ever heard the statement “low voter turnout is not a problem.” As American citizens, we tend to hold on to the belief that—because voting is a constitutional right and viewed as a civic duty—low voter turnout represents a poor or declining democracy. However, although voter…
Faith Irvin – For the last two seasons, the Blueboys and Lady Blues have not been able to host baseball and softball games on their home fields, the reason being each field is in violation of both safety and NCAA regulations. Instead, they have been playing home games at Lenz Field next to Culbertson Memorial…
THE RAMBLER 