Dick Luedke was addicted to competitive sports as a kid, but at around age 13, like so many others, he started to realize he wasn’t physically destined for athletic greatness himself.
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STATEside at MVC: Jamar Smiley cheers on old teammate Muller
As first-year Redbird coach Dan Muller got his team warmed up before Friday night’s Arch Madness opener, an old teammate was courtside to cheer him on.
STATEside at MVC: ‘Rabid’ Redbird couple takes in Arch Madness
You’ll see a lot of Redbird fans screaming in the stands at Friday night’s Arch Madness opening game against Northern Iowa. But few have a history with Redbird hoops longer than Bill and Lynn Gaddis.
STATEside at MVC: Student fan section wins big Valley honor
Any alum who went to a Redbird men’s basketball home game this season could see that something was different about the student section. It was louder, better organized, bigger.
STATEside at MVC: President Bowman talks Redbird hoops
STATEside is reporting from the MVC tournament for as long the Redbirds are playing. Follow all the action on Illinois State Athletics Tournament Central page or here on STATEside.
A day in the life of a college student
#BirdofMouth writer Brooke, a self-described night owl, goes through her average day at Illinois State, and how she was able to create her own personalized schedule.
STATEside follows alumni fans to MVC tourney
STATEside, the daily campus blog from the staff of Illinois State magazine, will be reporting live from St. Louis starting Friday, March 8, from the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament.
Big day for Mennonite College of Nursing’s first Ph.D.
All it took was four years, countless hours of research, a scary trip behind bars in a county jail, a bunch of driving, and some help from a MSNBC prison TV show, but Kari Hickey did something Friday that one’s ever done before.
Photos: Best campus shots from February
What a month to be at Illinois State. Here are some of the photos you posted to Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook from February 2013 at Illinois State.
As program turns 40, criminal justice alum bolsters internship program
Now, as the Department of Criminal Justice turns 40 this year, Randy Macak is teaching the next generation of probation officers as deputy director of McLean County Juvenile Probation.