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The Importance of Instructor Evaluations
Near the end of each semester, we are subjected to the same ritual of instructor evaluations. What may seem to be an…
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Transitions and Decisions
In high school, I’d planned on attending the University of Iowa, mainly because it was close to home, and I was an…
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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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