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Local drag queen shares their 40 year long career story

By Sara Wangler, Staff Reporter
November 17, 2020
Coronavirus can’t drag down Nina West and COVID-19 can’t cancel drag queen story hour

Coronavirus can’t drag down Nina West and COVID-19 can’t cancel drag queen story hour

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2020
Korey Korra DeVil Klausing takes a smoke break before the show on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 before the Carnival Drag Show at The Varsity.

Meet Carbondale’s royal family: Members of the drag community share their stories

By Kallie Cox, Staff Reporter
February 25, 2019
Peyton Kross, of Little Rock, Arkansas, takes a selfie while in the character of Lady Boi on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, during a break in the Golden Gays Drag Show in the Student Center. Right now is our time to be as loud as possible, Kross said. Whenever someones oppressing you or bullying you, you dont get scared and cower in a corner. You fight back or youre not going to get anywhere. So right now with the concerns and fears that are circulating, it really is our time to be as bold and as crazy and as statement-making as possible. Thats why I have giant neon yellow hair on right now. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Gallery: Drag show colors the night

By Morgan Timms, Anna Spoerre and Athena Chrysanthou
February 26, 2017
Peyton Kross, of Little Rock, Arkansas, points to the crowd while in the character of Lady Boi on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, during the Golden Gays Drag show in the Student Center. Honestly drag has really helped me figure out who I am as a person, Kross said. With any gay kid growing up, you struggle with being too feminine or too this or too that. Drag has really put into perspective that yes, I have feminine qualities, but that doesnt make me wrong or sinful. So drag has really just given me this incredible creative outlet. Its performance, its music, its fashion, its hairstyling - all these things that I love so much and I found a way to bring them together. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Student Center ballrooms fill for kings and queens of drag

By Olivia Spiers
February 26, 2017
Jacob Hays, who performs as Veronica J. Belle, gets ready for a drag show held by the Saluki Rainbow Network on Feb. 27 in the Student Center. Hays has been performing in drag for seven years. (Luke Nozicka | @LukeNozicka)

Drag Show Gallery

February 28, 2016

Art, drag and punk at Saturday’s exhibition

By Sam Beard, @SamBeard_DE
October 27, 2015
NCAA restores batting power outage

NCAA restores batting power outage

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE
April 13, 2015
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