Dear Dr. Beth, I'm an out-and-proud lesbian with a serious crush on a girl in one of my classes. She seems like the coolest person in the world to be around, and I'd love to get to know her more. The problem is that my gaydar's broken when it comes to femme girls. How do I start talking to her without...

UIS will be celebrating Black History Month for the entirety of February, dedicated the month to celebrating African American culture, achievements, and history. While celebrating February as Black History Month has its roots in the 1920s, UIS began celebrating it in 1973 as Black Awareness Week. Since...

The unique, award-winning Broadway musical RENT is coming to the University of Illinois Springfield for its 20th anniversary, courtesy of UIS Performing Arts Services. Written by socially-conscious composer and playwright Jonathan Larson and inspired by Puccini's La Bohème, this riveting musical tells...

On January 14, 2019, the now-former governor Bruce Rauner granted posthumous executive clemency to Grover Thompson following a petition by the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) at University Illinois at Springfield. Thompson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison in 1981 and died 15 years later...

Associate communication professor Hazel Rozema has seen a lot of changes at the University of Illinois Springfield during here 21 years teaching on campus. When she started, the colonnade, TRAC, Student Union and University Hall Building hadn’t been built yet and the university was an “upper division”...

Members of the Illinois House and Senate completed the fall veto session on Thursday, Nov. 30, overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision on numerous pieces of legislation. Families of those killed by Legionnaires’ Disease at a state-run veterans home in Quincy can now receive settlements up to $2...

Every year students at the University of Illinois Springfield participate in an event known as Trick or Treat for Canned Goods. This event is the largest volunteer event of the year for the campus (with the possible exception of Alternative Spring Break), and it is the by far the...

UIS hosted Luis Fraga in the Student Union Ballroom on Oct.29 to speak on how changing demographics impacted the 2016 presidential election, as part of the ECCE Speaker Series. Fraga is the director for the Institute of Latin American Studies and the acting chair of the Department of Political Science...