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Getting Emotional Ep. 6: Sports Journalist & TikTok Influencer Katlynn Gill

Getting Emotional Ep. 6: Sports Journalist & TikTok Influencer Katlynn Gill

Kate Stevens, Autumn Schulz, and Katlynn Gill March 30, 2023

Kate and Autumn are joined by special guest Katlynn Gill (@katlynn_gill), a TikTok influencer, sports reporter at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Daily Beacon and "Wisconsin Sports' Biggest Fan."...

Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Black women are the blueprint

Kyla Moton, Columnist February 27, 2023

As an African American woman, I have always grown up around Black women and girls. I was always fascinated with the way my mom, aunts, and older female cousins would style their hair, the music they listened...

Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: How much of an influence does TikTok have on us?

Kyla Moton, Columnist February 18, 2023

Overall, how much time do you think you spend on your phone? How about specific apps, such as Instagram or Facebook? Well, how about TikTok? TikTok is definitely one of the most used apps on the app...

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

COLUMN: Use filters on your social media acounts

Dan Hahn, Columnist December 7, 2022

I heard recently that an adult only needs to spend about 40 minutes on TikTok before the algorithm learns the user's personality as accurately as a close friend they've known their entire adult life. In...

COLUMN: The long trend of animal predictors

COLUMN: The long trend of animal predictors

Killeen Reidy, Columnist October 25, 2021

As some of you may know, Noodle the 13 year old pug has recently risen to TikTok fame. Him and his owner, Jonathan Graziano, have taken the social media platform by storm with Noodle’s daily bones or...

Sister Cindy preaches and tells stories about her life to students listening in library quad in front of the Mellin steps.

Smocks return to campus

Morgan Bledsoe, Contributing Reporter September 13, 2021

Brother Jed Smock and Sister Cindy Smock, both members of the Campus Ministry USA, sat in the campus designated free speech zone Monday at the center of some caution tape on the Library Quad. With Sister...

Sister Cindy preaches on campus on November 23, 1982.

Sister Cindy is TikTok famous, but Eastern knew her before

Luke Taylor, Editor-in-Chief July 8, 2021

Students at Eastern know Brother Jed Smock and his wife, Sister Cindy Smock, as campus preachers who make yearly appearances to spread their beliefs and converse with students, but Cindy has found recent,...

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