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A World War II Student Shares Her Story
Last year, Martha Simons, a 93-year-old Western Illinois University alum, received a copy of the first edition of The Mirror and…
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How it Began: The Foundations of Western Literary Society
by: Dakota Carlson It was during the Fall semester of 2013 when I was first approached by friend, neighbor, and WIU…
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A Needle Pulling Thread: The Basics of Book Binding
Shaggy brown hair, a beard, glasses, and a t-shirt sporting a cat playing the banjo. What could such a man as Professor…
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Edge Makes Its Official Launch at IDEAS Coffeehouse Bash
The Edge Launch and IDEAS Coffeehouse Bash proved to be a big success Friday evening, October 24, at Western Illinois University…
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Roxane Gay: Bad Feminist
I’m always toying around with the idea of “feminism” and whether or not I see myself as a feminist. It can be…
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I Went to the EGO Conference and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt…
As a first year graduate student in the English Department here at WIU, I generally have little to no idea about what…
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Our Favorite Books From Our Childhood
I have recently been reminiscing about the amazing books that my parents spent countless hours reading to me throughout my childhood. I…
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Ivory Towers and Grain Silos: EGO Conference 2014
Written by: Abigail Tichler & Chelsea Brotherton On October, 24th, 2014, students and scholars from across the nation gathered in Simpkins Hall…
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Screening “Inside Buffalo”: A Commentary on the Ironic and Contradictory
There were about 50 other people sitting in the red chairs of the theater. The majority were spaced out, with only a…
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Creative Writers Fire Up the Boiler Room
2013-2014 was an extremely productive academic year for the creative writing minor. The Boiler Room Reading Series kicked off, featuring faculty and…
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Dr. Robert Jacobs, former chair of the department, dies at 86
Dr. Robert Jacobs, former chair of the department, died March 31, 2014, at Heartland Healthcare Center in Macomb. He received his B.A.…
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Announcements, Publications, Presentations, and Other Notables 2013-2014
Alumni Jenny Maddox Abbott (B.A. 2004) Technical Services Project Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chelsea McDougall (B. A. 2006) Reporter at…
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