Monthly Archive: February, 2016

Funding our Future

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I arrived at the march 30 minutes early. I milled around the vacant west entrance of the Donald S. Spencer Student Recreation Center, checking the compass app on my phone to make sure… Continue reading

Proust Questionnaire-Sheldon Gaskell

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The Proust Questionnaire is a popular form of interview, developed by French writer, Marcel Proust, that is focused on the interviewees personality. It is popularly used by Vanity Fair. A reoccurring segment on The Mirror… Continue reading

EGO Conference

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On November 7th, 2015, the English Graduate Organization hosted the annual EGO Conference. Graduate and undergraduate students from Illinois and Missouri, as well as WIU faculty members, presented their intellectual knowledge on various… Continue reading

No Place for the Liberal Arts

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It is 12:07 AM. I have been (re)writing this article for seven hours. Nothing on this page has remained the same except for the title, “No Place for the Liberal Arts.” I have… Continue reading

‘I Prefer Not To’: The Myth of Comfortable Protest

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At the last EGO Conference “English at Play: A Conference on Language and Literature,” a line of questioning came up during my panel concerning the nature of protesting and crisis in America. Some… Continue reading