WIU College Democrats

Urge WIU to Bring Back the Librarians! Interim administrators at Western Illinois University (WIU) will eliminate ALL nine campus librarians by May 2025. Students, faculty, professional library organizations, and higher education leaders across Illinois and the nation are speaking out against this ill-conceived plan that cuts critical st...

New photo of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her SCOTUS chambers. Powerful.

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Beyond book bans: Western Illinois University axes librarians Banned books have become a rallying cry for educators fighting so children can have access to a rich array of books. But at Western Illinois University, there’s another threat to literacy and information access: Every one of the nine faculty librarians there has been dismissed. We look at the prec...

Stevie Nicks drops new anthrm for resistance:

Lyrics:
I HAVE MY SCARS, YOU HAVE YOURS
DON’T LET THEM, TAKE YOUR POWER
DON’T LEAVE IT ALONE IN THE FINAL HOURS
THEY’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL, THEY’LL TAKE YOUR POWER

DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES AND HOPE FOR THE BEST
THE DARK IS OUT THERE
THE LIGHT IS GOING FAST
UNTIL … THE FINAL HOURS
YOUR LIFE’S FOREVER CHANGED
AND ALL THE RIGHTS THAT YOU HAD YESTERDAY
ARE TAKEN AWAY
AND NOW YOU’RE AFRAID
YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID
SHOULD BE AFRAID

BECAUSE EVERYTHING I FOUGHT FOR
LONG AGO IN A DREAM, IS GONE
SOMEONE SAID
THE DREAM IS NOT OVER
THE DREAM HAS JUST BEGUN
OR
IS IT A NIGHTMARE
IS IT A LASTING SCAR
IT IS UNLESS YOU SAVE IT
AND THAT’S THAT
UNLESS YOU STAND UP
AND TAKE IT BACK
AND TAKE IT BACK

I HAVE MY SCARS, YOU HAVE YOURS
DON’T LET THEM TAKE YOUR POWER
DON’T LEAVE IT ALONE IN THE FINAL HOURS
THEY’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL THEY’LL TAKE YOUR POWER
UNLESS YOU STAND UP
AND TAKE IT BACK
TRY TO SEE THE FUTURE
AND GET MAD
IT’S SLIPPIN’ THROUGH YOUR FINGERS
YOU DON’T HAVE WHAT YOU HAD
YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME
TO GET IT BACK

I WANNA BE THE LIGHTHOUSE
BRING ALL OF YOU TOGETHER
BRING IT OUT IN A SONG
BRING IT OUT
IN STORMY WEATHER
TELL THEM THE STORY

I WANNA TEACH ‘EM TO FIGHT
I WANNA TELL ‘EM
THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
DON’T LET IT, HAPPEN AGAIN

I HAVE MY SCARS, YOU HAVE YOURS
DON’T LET THEM TAKE YOUR POWER
DON’T LEAVE IT ALONE IN THE FINAL HOURS
THEY’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL THEY’LL TAKE YOUR POWER
UNLESS YOU SAVE IT
AND THAT’S THAT
UNLESS YOU STAND UP
AND TAKE IT BACK
TRY TO SEE THE FUTURE
AND GET MAD
IT’S SLIPPIN’ THROUGH YOUR FINGERS
YOU DON’T HAVE WHAT YOU HAD
YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME

YOU’VE GOTTA GET IN THE GAME
YOU’VE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO PLAY
YOU’VE GOTTA MAKE A CHANGE
YOU’VE GOTTA DO IT TODAY

IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
THEY’LL SLAM THE DOOR
MAKE YOU FORGET WHAT
YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR
PUT YOU BACK IN YOUR PLACE
THEY’LL SHUT YA DOWN
YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO FIGHT
YOU BETTER SAY IT OUT LOUD

Stevie Nicks - The Lighthouse (Official Music Video) Official music video for Stevie Nicks - "The Lighthouse." Listen to "The Lighthouse" here: https://stevienicks.lnk.to/TheLighthouse‘Stand Back: 1981-2017’, S...

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Will Ferrell says he doesn’t understand why transphobia exists:

“I don’t know why trans people are meant to be threatening to me… Why would you care if somebody’s happy? Why is that threatening to you?”