Whenever the month of November rolls around, you will inevitably notice some major changes in the familiar facial hair choices some people make. Whether that change is the absence of a beard or the growth of a new one, men around the world have started to participate in the annual event, No Shave November...

Thanksgiving often signals the end of the semester for many UIS students and their general excitement for a break before finals. While Thanksgiving did come late this year, it seems as though, for many UIS students, it didn’t come at all due to compressed class schedules and complex final projects...

Military personnel and veterans make up a portion of the University of Illinois Springfield student life. UIS Office of Veteran’s Affairs provides resources to assist military affiliated students pursuing their undergraduate or graduate degree. The purpose of UIS Office of Veteran’s Affairs is to...

Last Friday, the University of Illinois Springfield kicked off the 42nd Annual International festival at TRAC with immense success. The crowd partook in free food samples from around the world, such as Baba ghanoush, Tres leches cake, Chinese lo mein, and Okra. Bordering the gym were booths with cultural...

Halloween is here. Although it is a holiday pitched more towards children, plenty of adults love to immerse themselves in the beauty of the Spooky Season. With that being said, adult life is already haunting enough as it is. There are plenty of ways to have a fun Halloween that do not involve wearing...

In conjunction with the UIS Visual Arts Gallery reception of her works titled “Her Name Escapes Me,” intersectional multimedia artist Huong Ngo spoke about her experiences and their bigger-picture applications in last week’s ECCE: Speaker Series event “To Name It is to See it: Identity and Misrecognition.” Both...

Starting in late March and continuing in the present, the citizens of Hong Kong have been peacefully protesting China’s attempts to gain further political control over the territory. As these months long protests for sovereignty continue, vocal activist support for the movement has faced increasing...

As part of the recently renamed Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series, an immigration-focused reception and Lincoln Legacy lecture was held on October 15. “Lincoln, Immigration, & Citizenship” detailed a section of American history regarding Abraham Lincoln that is perhaps...