57,000 Views This Year: Changes Coming to The Candor

Zaakirah Mujid News Editor The Candor editors and staff would like to thank its readers for a record-breaking 2018-2019 school year. Our weekly publications, along with clicks on older achieved articles, resulted in a total of 57,000 views. Although the majority of our readers were current students and alumni from Benedictine, we did have over …

The Rumors Might Be True

Sophia Mattimiro Scene Editor There are plenty of prejudices when it comes to relationships and cheating. Sometimes women are viewed as crazy, stereotypically portraying these women as constantly checking up on their boyfriends and searching through their phones and so on, seemingly convinced that he is cheating on them. Alternatively, men accuse women of sleeping …

Men’s Lacrosse Ends On High Note

Emma Redfern Staff Writer Lisle, IL - The Benedictine Men’s Lacrosse team played their final game of the season last Saturday, April 27. Despite the cold weather, the boys were able to end their season with a win 16 to 11 against Monmouth University. The win cultivated yet another successful season for the squad. Matching …

Students Deliver Easter Baskets to Villa St. Benedict

Syeda Saberi News Writer Members of SPHINX held their Easter basket making event in the atrium on April 18th. Students stopped by to make handmade Easter cards and prepared Easter baskets with eggs that had religious greetings for the residents at Villa St. Benedict. “The residents were so happy to receive [the baskets]. Anything you …

Boy Meets Girl: School Play Tackles the Issue of Stalking

Sajina Jacob News Writer Benedictine University's Theater Club presented their Spring play Boy Meets Girl on April 25th and 26th in the Goodwin Auditorium. This play took on a more serious tone than the Fall play Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind and showed the depth of what the Benedictine Theater Club could …

College Students: “We Are Approaching the Endgame”

By: Andrew Tran Staff Writer   Sorry to disappoint all of you about the misdirection of the article, but this is not about the new Avengers movie. This is about the desperate struggle of college students as the Battle of Finals Week quickly approaches. It is basically our version of the “Endgame” but on a …

“The Bachelor” Alumni Living Separate Lives

Amber Syed Staff Writer   The Bachelor alumni Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph have chosen not to live together. Although they live separately they have the same amount of love and affection for each other as they did in the ABC’s 23rd season of The Bachelor. Out of all the other Bachelor alumni, Underwood and …

Tailgate at Senior Day

David Carey Staff Writer Benedictine is set to host CUC on Saturday, honoring the seniors. Source: Benedictine University This Saturday, Benedictine will host conference rival, Concordia Chicago, for a doubleheader on Senior Day. Before the games, the Eagles will commemorate seniors Nick Quick, Marty Maves, Cameron Paladines and Mike Santarelli. Family and friends will tailgate …

How to Not Worry About Life After Graduation

Claire Boyle Staff Writer The month of May is an exciting time because it’s graduation season for seniors. It can also be bittersweet and stressful since we, as students, are leaving our familiar settings of attending school daily, writing term papers, and studying for exams; only to jump into the great unknown of job searches, …

Muslim Students to Fast During Finals; The Ultimate Spiritual Test

Syeda Saberi Staff Writer Finals week is known to be a stressful time for most students. However, this year Muslim students have a new challenge to conquer: final exams while fasting during the upcoming month of Ramadan. Muslim students will fast from sunrise to sunset (about 14 hours) without food or water. Ramadan is expected …