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

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Ky Newson (left) and Angie Hunt (right) laugh as Hunt gives a speech about Newson before presenting her with the 2020 Women of Achievement Awards Wednesday evening at 7th Street Underground.

Women’s, gender, sexuality awards shines light on The Kadie Project

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 31, 2023

Ky Newson was presented with the 2020 Women of Achievement Award at the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Awards Ceremony by a close friend, Angie Hunt. Hunt also gave a heartfelt speech while giving...

Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: As a man, why should I care about Women’s History Month?

Trent Jonas, Columnist March 6, 2023

As a white, middle-aged man, I understand that I have not experienced the same systemic oppression and discrimination that women have faced throughout history. Nor do I think that acknowledging as much...

EDITORIAL: Women in journalism numbers rising, sexist views not

EDITORIAL: Women in journalism numbers rising, sexist views not

Editorial Board March 1, 2023

The women at The News have had a myriad of experiences as women in the journalism field in our short time in the work field. We have also witnessed the experiences of other women journalists as well. While...

EIU professor says womens history needs to be understood

EIU professor says women’s history needs to be understood

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 1, 2023

Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz is a professor of history and runs the history with teacher licensure program. She is also affiliated faculty with women, gender and sexuality studies. Laughlin-Schultz said she...

Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Black women are the blueprint

Kyla Moton, Columnist February 27, 2023

As an African American woman, I have always grown up around Black women and girls. I was always fascinated with the way my mom, aunts, and older female cousins would style their hair, the music they listened...

Crystal Valentine, the guest speaker for the Poetry-ish Women’s History Month event, reads her poem about how the Kardashian family culturally appropiate Black women on Thursday night in Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

THROUGH THE LENS: Poetry-ish

Janiya Fair, Photographer March 31, 2022

Katja Benz

COLUMN: Dear society, this is what it means to be a woman in America

Katja Benz, Columnist March 7, 2022

Women’s history month started last week. While we have made great strides in equality for all gender identities, there’s something that hasn't been so equal: safety. When we see women in the media,...

Little Women: the Broadway Musical at Doudna this weekend

‘Little Women: the Broadway Musical’ at Doudna this weekend

Katja Benz, Campus Reporter March 3, 2022

Eastern’s production of “Little Women: the Broadway Musical” premieres Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The show is taking place in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theater....

Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: We owe it to female educators

Ellen Dooley, Columnist March 1, 2022

This Women’s History Month, we should be thanking the women who taught us. Although there are men who are educators, the teaching profession is mostly dominated by women. These women taught us everything...

Katja Benz

COLUMN: Dear Black women, you’ve got this

Katja Benz, Columnist February 28, 2022

I’ve noticed something about the months of February and March. They show people more about experiences that they may not otherwise know about, meaning Black history or women’s history. As we wrap...

Professor of English Julie D. Campbell (left) and sophomore Kimberly McWherter (right), a history education major, tune in during The 19th Amendment at 100: The Past, Present and Future of Women’s Suffrage speech. McWherter said she thought “it was awesome hearing about women’s suffrage and being able to get a better understanding from a person who has lived through these experiences.”

FEATURE PHOTO: Learning about women’s rights history

Karina Delgado, Assistant Photo Editor March 4, 2020

Professor of English Julie D. Campbell (left) and sophomore Kimberly McWherter (right), a history education major, tune in during The 19th Amendment at 100: The Past, Present and Future of Women’s Suffrage...

Opera singer to perform 1-woman show

Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter March 20, 2019

Students and staff at Eastern can continue celebrating Women’s History and Awareness Month by attending a one-woman musical in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Dan Crews, director...

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