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Founded in 1903, the Decaturian is Millikin University's award-winning newspaper.

05/19/2024

https://decaturian.com/features/2024/05/18/carin-houser-is-making-the-small-impacts-count/
Read about the former Editor-in-Chief for the Decaturian here!

05/19/2024

https://decaturian.com/news/2024/05/18/campuses-dark-secret-food-insecurity/
Read about the important issue of food insecurity at Millikin at this link!

05/19/2024

Read about a writer who has had a huge impact on The Decaturian at this link!
https://decaturian.com/features/2024/05/18/welcome-to-the-dark-side-maddie/

05/02/2024

"Last weekend, softball hosted two doubleheaders, and each day brought awareness to a different important cause."

Read more from Sports Editor Sophie Gibbs here: https://decaturian.com/sports/2024/05/02/softball-hosts-mental-health-and-cancer-awareness-game/

05/02/2024

"Millikin Women’s Basketball standout Elyce Knudsen has committed to Illinois State for her fifth and final year of basketball."

Read more from Sports Editor Sophie Gibbs here: https://decaturian.com/news/2024/05/02/knudsen-commits-to-isu/

05/02/2024

"Next time you have to go to a ceremony or performance at Millikin, be sure you chug water beforehand—otherwise, you’ll be condemned to dehydration."

Read more from Copy Editor Sophie Nicholson here: https://decaturian.com/views/2024/05/02/water-water-everywhere-and-not-a-drop-in-millikin-theaters/

05/02/2024

Check out Cartoonist Shaina Mae Yumol's new cartoon at this link!
https://decaturian.com/arts/2024/05/02/forever/

04/19/2024

https://decaturian.com/news/2024/04/19/alpha-chi-omegas-vibrant-new-fundraiser-color-run-for-love/
Read Sophie Nicholson's story about Alpha Chi Omega's Color run here!

04/02/2024

https://decaturian.com/views/2024/04/02/beyonce-makes-country-great-again-with-cowboy-carter/
Read more from Arts Editor Eli Bland at this link!

03/28/2024

Read Editor-in-Chief Kemper Koslofski's "Bridging the Gap" here!
https://decaturian.com/views/2024/03/28/bridging-the-gap/

03/27/2024

Read Arts Editor Eli Bland's review of Ariana Grande's new album "eternal sunshine" here!
https://decaturian.com/views/2024/03/27/ariana-grandes-eternal-sunshine-fails-to-leave-a-spotless-impression/

03/09/2024

Read more about Millikin pole vaulter Kyle Hensley's national title here!
https://decaturian.com/news/2024/03/08/millikin-freshman-kyle-hensley-captures-millikins-first-pole-vault-national-championship/

02/27/2024

https://decaturian.com/news/2024/02/22/weve-seen-this-before-a-joyous-day-ends-in-tragedy/
What would Millikin do in case of a dangerous event? What is Public Safety doing to prevent a dangerous event?
Read more from Editor-in-Chief Kemper Koslofski here!

02/13/2024

Read Art Editor Eli Bland's story about the Grammys here!

Another year, another Grammys. Let’s take a look at what went right, wrong or somewhere in between at Music’s Biggest Night. Performances As always with the Grammys, the performances were what took center stage the most. You had your typical performances from a handful of the nominees. Billie Ei...

02/13/2024

Read Sophie Gibbs' story about Elyce's record here!
https://decaturian.com/sports/2024/02/12/elyce-breaks-the-record/

02/04/2024

https://decaturian.com/sports/2024/02/03/the-grandpa-is-back-and-better-and-ever/

“Every day we get to play this game is a blessing, and I’m blessed my journey didn’t have to end on that day in March. I promise to make this second chance count.” This is an excerpt from an Instagram post Caleb Buehrle posted on July 12, 2023, months after his Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL...

10/29/2023

The Big Blue women’s cross-country team made history in Warrenville this weekend. The team won their first CCIW conference championship in program history, edging out rival Illinois Wesleyan to capture the championship.

Read more here:
https://decaturian.com/sports/2023/10/28/millikin-womens-cross-country-wins-first-conference-title-in-program-history-mens-team-takes-fourth/

10/18/2023

Two students were involved in a shooting off-campus at 6:57 p.m. Oct. 15. The students were traveling from an off-campus church function, to an on-campus one when the gunman opened fire.
The Decaturian has identified and spoken with the victims.
Read the story here: https://decaturian.com/news/2023/10/17/students-describe-off-campus-shooting/

10/14/2023

Amidst a theatrical season of YA musicals and rococo-era satires, “The Moors” stands out as a play that defies genre classification. A mixture of the contemporary and the classic, the comedic and the creepy, the sarcastic and the sentimental, Jen Silverman’s 2016 thriller comes to Millikin at the time we need it most.

Read more here: https://decaturian.com/arts/2023/10/14/the-moors-captured-millikin/

10/07/2023

"What can one say about the Millikin University 2023 Homecoming Step Show, other than it was phenomenal. It was such a sight to see all the Fraternities and Sororities come together to perform on Millikin campus."

Read more here: https://decaturian.com/views/2023/10/06/homecoming-step-show-exceeds-expectations/

10/05/2023

The Decaturian officially has a podcast!
Check it out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEYC8eFUhC0

10/05/2023

Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre makes its grand entrance for the season with the stage adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved, twisted thriller “Misery.”
Read more here: https://decaturian.com/arts/2023/10/05/pipe-dreams-hammers-down-the-door-with-misery/

10/04/2023

"Bingo typically belongs in first grade classrooms and retirement homes. The fact that it was planned as a big activity for Homecoming week at Millikin seems a bit puzzling—until you hear the prizes."
Read more here: https://decaturian.com/views/2023/10/04/calling-out-bingo/

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Millikin football has taken the field for their first home game of the season! Go Big Blue!

Ambulance Crashes into Wrestling building

"Around 6:00 pm on Saturday, an ambulance swerved into the Millikin Wrestling building after colliding with a white vehicle at the intersection of S. Church and W. Wood St near Downtown Decatur. No one was hurt." Learn more here: https://decaturian.com/news/2022/12/03/ambulance-crashes-into-millikin-wrestling-building/

To kick off Millikin’s 6th annual Civic Discourse Week, Dr. Jennifer S. Hirsch discusses her book, “Sexual Citizens,” and sexual assault on college campuses.

Terrence Floyd Speaks at Millikin

Millikin’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week event, “Shaping Our Support”

A three-alarm fire engulfed an abandoned Aramark building in Decatur Saturday, spewing billows of black smoke, visible for miles. Almost all of Decatur’s fire stations responded, but the cause of the fire is still unknown. Read more here: https://decaturian.com/uncategorized/2021/05/01/smoke-from-old-aramark-building-fire-visible-from-millikin/