The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

EDITORIAL: There needs to be more education on steps after a sexual assault

EDITORIAL: There needs to be more education on steps after a sexual assault

Editorial Board April 19, 2023

A sexual assault is an extremely difficult thing for anyone to experience, or to know someone close to you who has experienced this. The next steps can be difficult, but the problem is, not everyone knows...

Madelyn Kidd is a senior journalism major and can be reached at 581-2912 or mekidd@eiu.edu.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: I am not weak

Madelyn Kidd, Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2023

I have never publicly told anyone this, but reporting on other students sharing their experiences on sexual assault and harassment made me want to do the same.   When I was 18-years-old at my first...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: My story, not all men but enough

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: My story, not all men but enough

April 19, 2023

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...

Statistics from the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network.

EIU students speak out on sexual assault experiences

Madelyn Kidd, Editor-in-Chief April 18, 2023

Editor’s Note: This article includes mentions of sexual assault and harassment with statistics and specific details from others’ experiences.    Eastern students anonymously broke the silence...

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