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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Embrace Mudita and Ubuntu when commenting on diverse issues

Dan Hahn, Columnist March 7, 2024

In a talk I attended some years ago, novelist Dave Eggers referred to the comments section on YouTube as a playground for the insane. Jaded as I am about people's conduct in the comments section, a...

Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: The hope for ethical clarity in terms of use

Dan Hahn, Columnist February 8, 2024

People frequently share passwords to online subscription services without second-guessing the ethics behind their decision. Much of the phenomenon pertains to end user license agreements, which most...

Will Padgett is a first year graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: I am all out of opinions

Will Padgett, Columnist January 20, 2023

That’s right, I no longer have any thoughts or feelings about anything anymore. And you know what? It’s actually kind of liberating! As a wealth of unbiased knowledge and information whose...

Luke Taylor is a senior journalism major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Corn kid shows online fun, memes are no longer free

Luke Taylor, Editor-in-Chief August 30, 2022

Recently, I’ve been experiencing nostalgia for what the Internet was when I first started using it: an endless sea of individuals speaking into the void, hoping others would like what they said or made...

Gisella Mancera

COLUMN: The internet may be replacing religion in forming communities

Gisella Mancera, Columnist January 20, 2022

Religion has been the driving factor of social cohesion for centuries. Empires and governments have been based on religious values and the mores associated with it. Religion is deeply seeded in the roots...

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