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Sweet times at the corn-ival
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he sounds of blues music and smell of sweet corn filled the streets of Uptown Normal this weekend for the annual Sweet Corn Blues Festival. People of all ages had over 50,000 ears of fresh sweet corn to chow down on or take home. Billy Galt and The Blues Deacons performed Saturday, and activities for children, such as balloon animals and face painting, were available.
See page 6 for story LEFT: Sophomore biochemistry major Brendan Wall, left, and sophomore nursing major Darren Flanigan eat free corn available for students with their IDs. MIDDLE LEFT: Matt Woesthaus walks around Uptown Normal in his corn suit. MIDDLE RIGHT: Medici employee Brett Lewis grills corn for hungry patrons on Saturday. BOTTOM LEFT: Billy Galt and The Blues Deacons dedicated a song to Mike Cavanaugh, a Bloomington Special Olympics athlete who died in February. BELOW: Illinois State University professor Winfred Avogo, right, shucks corn before dining. Photos by Alex Harrison and Ali Rasper Vidette Photographers
First Bone Student Center renovations to finish by 2019 Phase One of revitalization focuses on entrance areas, an additional foyer, relocation of Barnes & Noble
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llinois State University’s Bone Student Center is in the midst of a ground-breaking revitalization project. The first phase of the Bone Student Center revitalization project has six major components, which include a revised loading dock addition, improving the entrances on the west and
north side of the Bone, an additional foyer/reception area to the south end of the Brown Ballroom and a new northeast addition to accommodate a new entrance from both Milner Plaza and the north visitors parking lot. Along with these renovations, a Welcome Center will be added and further Brown Ballroom renovations will take place. “The foyer/reception area will be added to the south end of
the Brown Ballroom to provide a larger area to accommodate pre-function activities and guest movement in/out of the ballroom during events” Director of Media Relations Eric Jome said. The Barnes & Noble bookstore will be relocated from its second-floor interior location to an exterior, first floor location near the new east addition entryway. see BONE page 3