Freddy’s coming for you… again

by Kari Williams, Alestle reporter
I remember sitting with my parents and older brother when I was around 7 or 8 years old being afraid to sleep at night after watching “Nightmare on Elm Street.” Scary visions of Robert England decked out in that cunning fedora and red and green striped shirt danced in my head.
But [...]

Eckert’s Farm gives city and country families fall fun

by Karina Swank, Alestle chief copy editor

Even though costumes will soon hit the discount racks and orange and black will be replaced with red and green, fall is not over. Fall still has some vitality in it yet, so go enjoy the traditions of the season.
Last weekend, my fiancé and I did just that with [...]

Reminiscing the good ol’ days

by Derrick Hawkins, Alestle photographer
I know I’m not old. I’m only 21, but I do remember the good old days — back in the 90’s that is.
It may be that I’m just not into kids’ stuff anymore,  but things kids have now are just boring. Kids now also expect too much. They need the newest [...]

What a load of hocus pocus

by Lindsey Oyler, Alestle reporter and photographer
Six Flags Fright Fest is the ultimate Halloween festival that is actually easily accessible to teenagers during the fall season. Costumes and faux cobwebs decorate the alleys throughout the Six Flags parks, and children watch “in fear” as gory goons strut about the entrances to [...]

Get the facts straight, TMZ

by Catherine Klene, Alestle Online Editor
On Saturday, celebrity gossip Web site TMZ announced that author and poet Maya Angelou was hospitalized in Los Angeles after collapsing before an event. Rumors began to viral that she was near death or that she died.
On Sunday, Angelou spoke to a jam-packed Meridian Ballroom at SIUE.  Aside from needing [...]