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Ruben van Leeuwen: a story of success, change, persistence
When international students make the move to a U.S. college, they face many challenges compared to the rest. They have to deal with a new country, culture, education system and usually a new language. On top of that, if they decide to play a sport, the challenges increase as they have to adapt to a […]
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Men’s basketball team ends season with a win
bas Right away the team started off strong and scored the six points from sophomore Beau Frericks, senior Atakan Sahinkaya and fifth year Connor Niego. McKendree was able to make it on the board within the first four minutes of the game as well. “We just try to do our best and go […]
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Moving forward
The Flyers softball team has had a rough start and COVID-19 has played a large role in their season, but the team still manages to keep their spirits high. Their previous game at Minnesota State was not a huge loss for the women. Minnesota State is a high ranked team and the Flyers were already […]
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Jamie Poppen: Volleyball player and track star
Being a student-athlete in college means that an individual is a part-time or full-time student at a university and also a member of an athletic team offered by the school. Usually, these individuals solely do one sport but Flyer Jamie Poppen is one of the few exceptions. Poppen has been a libero for the […]
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Women’s bowling places 10th at Kegel Midwest Collegiate Classic
The women’s bowling team finished 10th place out of 57 teams at the Illinois State Bowling Proprietors Association (ISBPA)/Kegel Midwest Collegiate Classic held on January 15 and 16. The event took place at the Stardust Bowl, in Addison, Illinois. On the first day, the Flyers accumulated a 4,576 total through five traditional games which placed […]
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Swim team achieves midseason milestones
From Nov. 18 to 20, the swim team raced at the House of Champions meet hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI) at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Flyers recorded a total of 13 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championship ‘B’ standard qualifying marks and broke three school records. The men started off […]
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