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

The Daily Eastern News

Use stories for strength, not manipulation

Solomon Toluwalase, Columnist December 4, 2017

Stories are an authentic human experience and have always been a primal form of interpersonal and mass communication in society. They are timeless links to ancient traditions, legends, archetypes, myths...

Good stories are hidden in plain sight

Shelby Niehaus, Columnist November 28, 2017

On Monday, I walked to the Effingham County Courthouse and asked for original copies of the 1890 census. The official census of 1890 was lost to time, of course. It burned in an archival fire in the early...

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