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

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The Bon Odori group performs a Japanese dance for crowd members on Saturday during Celebration.

Students, community participate in multiple activities during Celebration: A Festival of the Arts

Olivia Swenson-Hultz, Associate News Editor April 22, 2018

Celebration: A Festival of the Arts returned to Eastern after a two-year hiatus, filling campus with three days of festivities, featuring music, art and food on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Numerous...

Members of Delta Sigma Theta participate in “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” Sunday along Lincoln Avenue. The sorority won the “Dream Team” award for having the largest number of people in their group.

Gallery: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

Molly Dotson, Staff Photographer April 22, 2018

Performer Fetty Wap dances onstage during his concert on Sunday night in the Lantz Arena.

Screaming fans welcome Fetty Wap Saturday

Abbey Whittington, Staff Reporter April 22, 2018

Fetty Wap graced the stage in a bright yellow Gucci sweater and took it off to reveal an Eastern T-shirt as audience members screamed in anticipation for his performance Saturday in Lantz Arena. Fuzzi...

Hate is not the answer to problems

Liz Stephens, Contributing Writer March 25, 2018

I am appalled by the amount of comments on Facebook telling Emma Gonzalez, a Florida student and survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who is advocating gun violence prevention,...

Crime Blotter-3.05

Lee Mayhood March 8, 2018

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Crime Blotter- 2.23-3.01

Austin Van Pelt, Contributing Writer March 8, 2018

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Deadline for scholarships approaches

Staff Report March 5, 2018

The application deadline for most Eastern scholarships is coming up in March. Local and “legacy” students, along with current students, are able to apply for these. Applicants from Charleston...

Eastern has provisions in place in case of shooting

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter March 2, 2018

There have been, on average, five school shootings a month since 2014, according to The New York Times, a fact which has not left America’s schools and universities untouched. Kent Martin, chief of...

Ron Himes, director and founder of the Saint Louis Black Repertory (center), rehearses with students at the Black Box located in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Monday night.

Theatre director, producer to share 40 years of theatre experience

Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter November 28, 2017

Ron Himes, director and founder of the Saint Louis Black Repertory and Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence at Washington University, will be delivering a public address titled “Black Theatre: Filling...

#StudentSpotlight: Bailey Martin-Giacalone receives The Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award

Travis Moody, Staff Reporter November 28, 2017

Student Laureate Bailey Martin-Giacalone, a senior biological sciences major, was given an award by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Student Laureates for her excellence in scholarship, as well as her involvement...

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