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Speaker of the senate Madison Veatch and Parliamentarian Megan Fox listen to a presentation at the Student Senate meeting in the Arcola-Tuscola room in the Martin Luther King Jr. student union on Wednesday.
Funding Formula presented to student government
Jason Coulombe, Assistant News Editor • February 7, 2025

Editor's Note: An additional section about the resolution for Yahacov Dennis was added. The student senate was given a presentation by EIU’s President...

Eastern’s Director of Government Relations Katie Anselment (Far Left), President of University Professionals of Illinois Billy Hung (Left) and University President Jay Gatrell (Far Right) present at a Town Hall for the proposed Funding Formula to fund higher education in Doudna Fine Arts Center’s Lecture Hall.
Town Hall held for proposed Funding Formula for higher education
Luke Brewer, News Editor • February 4, 2025

Editor's Note: The date in this story was updated from Jan. 26 to Jan. 27. A Funding Formula Town Hall was held on Jan. 27 in the Doudna Fine Arts Center’s...

(Thumbnail Edition) Grant Tice crosses the finish line to finish first in the 10k race during the Charleston Challenge Mid-Winter Classic at Carl Sandburg Elementary School  on Saturday. Eighty runners entered the annual challenge.
Charleston hosts annual Challenge Mid-Winter Classic
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor • February 3, 2025

About 80 runners entered Charleston’s annual Challenge Mid-Winter Classic Saturday morning at Carl Sandburg Elementary School.   Participants...

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Senior forward Blair Ritchey passes in the ball during Charleston high school girls' basketball team 29-28 win over Matoon High School on Feb. 1 at Baker Gym in Charleston, Illinois.
Charleston, Mattoon set to play in regional play-in game
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor • February 7, 2025

Charleston High School girls’ basketball will play Mattoon in the regional quarterfinals of the class 3A Illinois High School Association...

Football is back at O'Brien Stadium
STAFF PICKS: Who will win the Super Bowl?
Sports Staff February 7, 2025

The Sports Staff shared which team they think will win the 59th Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.   Zaria...

Graduate student Kooper Jacobi grabs the loose ball while Graduate student forward Jack Mielke runs over to guard him during the second half of Eastern’s lost to Southern Indiana 64-60 on Saturday.
Graduate forward inspires teammates with faith
Bryce Parker, Multimedia Reporter • February 5, 2025

Graduate forward Kooper Jacobi is 17th in the country in double-doubles averaging 13.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds, but he had...

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Gunnar Olson
COLUMN: The Nintendo Switch 2: We are so back
Gunnar Olson, Editor-in-Chief • February 3, 2025

The announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2 is probably the highlight of my year so far.   I know it's only February and there will probably...

Emerson Reynolds
COLUMN: Make masterpieces, not money
Emerson Reynolds , Sports Reporter • January 29, 2025

Telling stories is a big deal to me. I am an English major after all.   So, when I saw the TV show “Arcane,” a Netflix original...

Gunnar Olson
COLUMN: The addictive world of trading card breaking
Gunnar Olson, Editor-in-Chief • January 23, 2025

One commonly talked about issue in today's news is TikTok’s ban in the United States.   Users of the platform leading up to the ban...

Andrea Leege and Jerry Ittamore observe the work of late EIU art professor Carl Wilen Friday in the Tarble Arts Center.
Fall exhibitions close at Tarble Arts Center
Alexis Moore-Jones, Feature Reporter • January 27, 2025

From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, the Tarble Arts Center opened its doors to the public offering a final chance to experience the three exhibitions...

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Jack Fry first came to EIU in 2012 where he performed in the Black Box in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
‘Einstein!’ star returns to Eastern 13 years later
Cam’ron Hardy, Senior Reporter • January 24, 2025

The longest running solo show in Los Angeles, "Einstein!," will make its return to Eastern tonight over a decade later.  Jack Fry, the solo...

Old Main is getting festive with trees in the main lobby on the first floor decorated with different ornaments Monday.
Charleston Community Theatre begins holiday festivities 
Luke Brewer, Reporter • December 6, 2024

Charleston Community Theatre is kicking off the holiday season with the comedy play “The Christmas Spirit” by Frederick Stroppel and...

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