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Over the summer of 2025, I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Oxford, England. Studying abroad had been a plan…

When I registered for my first semester of college classes, I was given only three choices to fulfill my science requirements: chemistry,…

In her 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award acceptance speech at Southeastern Community College (SCC), SCC English professor Jodi Cook said, “I am locally…

If there is one place that Western Illinois University-Quad Cities (WIU-QC) students love to hang out off campus, it’s The Atlas Collective.…

Recently, I was challenged to consider the balance between authentic artistic expression and the too-often toxic platform of social media. I confess…

In relatively recent years, there has been a noticeable expansion in the online reading community. Social media, particularly TikTok, has facilitated this.…

I am a long-distance learner at Western Illinois University (WIU). I step into my slippers, open my laptop, and see my reflection…

There is a kinship that approaches the sublime when two people discover a shared love for a particular work of art. That…

Dr. Rich Ness is retiring this June. He has been teaching film at Western for twenty-five years. Generations of students have been…

I became a writer because I wanted the freedom to be an animal. I wanted to lose the burden of my humanity…