Dr. Gatrell,
My perspective is a unique one that demonstrates my pride for EIU and its community through multiple avenues.
PAST:
I am a proud EIU alumnus who remembers the positive impacts my...
I was only 13. During the summer going into my eighth-grade year, and throughout my eighth-grade year, I was sexually assaulted.
He was one of my neighbors, a boy about my age. We were friends for...
For the Spring 2023 semester, I am at two very exciting points in my life. One, this is my (hopefully) last semester before I graduate. But more importantly I am living my dream of being Editor-in-Chief...
Starting in February, I became the target of dozens of hateful and/or threatening posts on the infamous app Yik Yak because of my work for the Daily Eastern News.
Posts like “her dad can’t save her...
We would like to thank Eastern Illinois University President Dr. David Glassman and the Board of Trustees for their unanimous support to choose the name of Powell-Norton Hall as the new name for a residence...
On Saturday night, my old college roommates and I met with a group of older alumni while attending some after homecoming activities in Charleston.
What stood out to us was that several of these older...
I love Brother Jed day. This isn’t to say that I love Brother Jed himself, or the repugnant and hateful ideology that he and his wife semiannually spew on the library quad, but Brother Jed day? Absolutely...
Things got a little weird toward the end of the most recent meeting of EIU’s Naming Committee when committee Chair Angie Campbell described those who favor renaming Douglas Hall as an instance of “cancel...
This letter was submitted by Julie Walters.
This past year has been a time of loss for many people. In addition to losing loved ones, life has unexpectedly changed.
Some people are considered essential...
This letter was submitted by members of the Committee on Latinx Recruitment and Retention.
The Committee on Latinx Recruitment and Retention wholeheartedly agrees with the History Department’s January...
This letter was submitted by the faculty of the Eastern History Department.
Our department began talking about the renewed call to rename Douglas Hall last summer, against the backdrop of the protests...
This letter was submitted by Eastern Social Studies\History Education Professor John Bickford.
I believe in logic, evidence, and expertise. There is no dispute that the elections were fair and secure;...
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