An Eastern Illinois University student passed away of natural causes Thursday in Taylor Hall, according to Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers.
University police arrived at freshman public health...
My Grandma Schumer was a tough old lady, nothing like the rest of them. I always said she was like a stereotypical British woman: she didn’t show emotion but you knew she loved you.
When Michelle Matteson first began researching death doulas, or end-of-life doulas, it was because her mother shared her own experience of being a child aware of and present around the death of a neighbor.
Matteson’s...
As young vibrant college students, we don’t usually think about death on a regular basis as anything more than an abstract concept.
For the most part we aren’t writing wills, choosing caskets or thinking...
Larry Ankenbrand, a retired KSS professor, strokes the name slate belonging to his wife, Maureen, Sunday afternoon at the Commemorative Courtyard.
Ankenbrand said his wife died several months ago, so...
A lot of horrible things happened to me these past couple weeks.
On April 29 at night, my mother's birthday, I got a call from my father--a call I've been dreading since the beginning of the Spring...
On the Tuesday of Thanksgiving break, I received some heartbreaking news. My grandmother had suffered a massive stroke and was being flown from her sleepy Arkansas home to Memphis for treatment.
My...
I was not Byron Edingburg’s best friend, nor was I his favored companion. I was more like his frequent associate my sophomore year.
I had seen him around on campus passing by, heading towards Old...
