Editing Illinois State University (section)

===Student organizations===
[[File:Moulton Hall.jpg|thumb|Moulton Hall]]

ISU has over 400 registered student organizations (RSO) and several university groups that sponsor student-focused events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Redbird Life |url=https://redbirdlife.illinoisstate.edu/ |website=Redbird Life |publisher=Illinois State University |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> The Multicultural Center is home to student diversity advocacy organizations such as the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC), the Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), Black Student Union (BSU), and Pride.<ref>{{cite web |title=Multicultural Center |url=https://illinoisstate.edu/student-life/multicultural-center/ |website=Multicultural Center |publisher=Illinois State University |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>

Illinois State University's student spirit organization, RED ALERT, has over 4,100 members, roughly one-fourth of the student body. The group was founded in 2006 to promote student involvement in university athletics.<ref>[http://www.isuredalert.com/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025051941/http://www.isuredalert.com/|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>

ISU is the home of the Gamma Phi Circus, the oldest collegiate [[circus]] in the world, founded in 1929.<ref>{{cite web | title = Illinois State University Circus | url = http://www.gammaphicircus.ilstu.edu | access-date =October 25, 2008}}</ref> It is one of two collegiate circuses in the US; the other is run by [[Florida State University]].

The ISU Forensics Individual Events team is one of the most successful forensics [[individual events]] teams in the country. In 1995, 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/teamind90.html |title=NFA National Tournament: Team and Individual Champs 1990–1999 |publisher=Cas.bethel.edu |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529045133/http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/teamind90.html |archive-date=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> and 2000 it won the [[National Forensic Association]] team championship and in 2005 its team won the [[American Forensic Association]] team championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanforensics.org/history/awards/niet_chp.html |title=Afa-Niet National Champions |publisher=Americanforensics.org |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927123755/http://www.americanforensics.org/history/awards/niet_chp.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref> Illinois State has been selected as the host of the 2011 NFA National Championship. Famous alumni include [[Nelsan Ellis]] of HBO's ''True Blood''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/1999int.html |title=1999 NFA Interpretation Elim Rounds |publisher=Cas.bethel.edu |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904215714/http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/comm/nfa/1999int.html |archive-date=September 4, 2006 }}</ref>