Award-winning, student-run, weekly campus newspaper of the University of Illinois, Springfield

The Observer
Award-winning, student-run, weekly campus newspaper of the University of Illinois, Springfield

The Observer
Award-winning, student-run, weekly campus newspaper of the University of Illinois, Springfield

The Observer
All content by Nathan Cooper
Gordon Davis, UIS Alumni, standing in his shop Whimsey Tea. | Photo Credit: Nathan Cooper

Whimsey Tea

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
April 29, 2022
A picture of Aaron Paul Nichols | Photo Credit: Aaron Paul Nichols on Facebook

Recent Racist Tweets from Springfield Officer Highlight Past Problems in Policing

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
April 14, 2022
The stage from the author’s seat. | Photo Credit: Nathan Cooper

A Doll’s House Part 2

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
April 6, 2022
Ann Toebbe’s Midway

Ann Toebbe’s Midway

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
April 2, 2022
Sign signifying a historical place. | Photo Credit: National Park Service

BEYOND | Historic Preservation: Urban Renewal or Gentrification?

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
March 11, 2022
The Race Riot site in 2019. The tent and signs are now gone. | Source: Screenshot from Google Maps

1908 Race Riot Site

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
March 7, 2022
Outside of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum | Photo Credit: ALPLM

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Hosts Abe For All: World Hearing Day

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
February 26, 2022
An image of the aftermath of the 1908 Springfield riot | Photo Credit: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Black History Month: The 1908 Springfield Race Riot

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
February 22, 2022
Someone walking on a snowy street after a snowstorm with cars parked on it. | Photo Credit: Photo by Marc Kleen on Unsplash

Winter Storm Landon

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
February 2, 2022
Graphic that says Happy New Year 2022 | Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

New Year, New Me

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
January 30, 2022
A virus particulate with a checkmark in it. | Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Spring 2022: UIS COVID-19 Measures

Nathan Cooper, Staff Contributor
January 28, 2022
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