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

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Drew Coffey

COLUMN: ‘The Revenant:’ the man vs. the world

Drew Coffey, Columnist March 12, 2024

All I can say is that my bed felt a lot warmer after watching this film.   The 2015 film “The Revenant” is directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter...

Camron Hardy

COLUMN: ‘The Lighthouse:’ probably the worst movie I have seen

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 8, 2024

I watched about a quarter of "The Lighthouse" in 2020 but turned it off due to boredom. I revisited it in 2023 with maturity and more patience. The movie still did not hold up. Two lighthouse keepers,...

The Pulitzer Prize finalist play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Sarah Ruhl is coming to Eastern Thursday and will play until Sunday.

‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ to premiere at EIU

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 6, 2024

The Pulitzer Prize finalist play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Sarah Ruhl is coming to Eastern Thursday.  Anne Thibault is not only the director of the play but also teaches acting and directing...

Human services major Amonni Sims and Psychology major Amani Hamblet of the African student association perform at the NAACP Image Awards Sunday evening.

NAACP Image Awards celebrates Black excellence on campus

Jacob Hamm, Reporter March 5, 2024

Roughly three dozen students and community members gathered for the annual NAACP Image Awards ceremony Sunday evening in the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.   Awards...

The Kat Walk joins the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana chapter on the runway, Tianni Marshall (left), a criminal justice major, and Brejona Hutchinson (right), a digital media technology major, walk the runway for the theme scary movie at the Illini Union Sunday night on the U of I campus.

EIU’s Kat Walk struts at UIUC

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 1, 2024

Eastern’s modeling registered student organization, the Kat Walk, joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Sunday to walk the runway. The models have been working for about a month for...

Drew Coffey

COLUMN: ‘Lone Survivor:’ a tense and honorable salute

Drew Coffey, Columinist February 28, 2024

When turning on this movie, I assumed it would be another action-packed war film with similar attributes to “Black Hawk Down” or “Pearl Harbor.”  What I got was a surprisingly thought-provoking...

Camron Hardy

COLUMN: Lack of representation on the Miss Black EIU judging panel

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor February 27, 2024

While attending the 2024 Miss Black EIU pageant, I quickly realized that majority of the judges were white. I found this to be both concerning and confusing. This pageant is a way for Black women to...

Tiffany Hunter, a 22-year-old Charleston resident, poses in the Kat Walk practice on Thursday in Groniger Arena on Eastern Illinois University’s campus in Charleston, Ill.

EIU Kat Walk to walk with UIUC in fashion show

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor February 25, 2024

The Kat Walk modeling agency at Eastern will be walking alongside University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students in a fashion show on Sunday.  Approximately 21 models from Eastern will be walking...

Shades of an Ebony Queen  Miss Black EIU scholarship pageant 2024 newly crowned Rafiat Yarrow, a senior political science major, at the Grand ballroom Martin Luther King JR Union on Saturday evening, Feb. 24, 2024, taking her first walk as Miss Black EIU 2024

Yarrow named Miss Black EIU 2024

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor February 25, 2024

Rafiat Yarrow, a senior political science major, was named Miss Black EIU 2024.  After a year off, the Miss Black EIU returned Saturday night with three contestants: Destinee Patterson, junior secondary...

A poster of all three contestants of all three Miss Black EIU Pageant contestants Thursday in the Grand Ballroom.

Miss Black EIU to return after a year off

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor February 23, 2024

The 51st Miss Black EIU pageant returns Feb. 24 after being canceled last year due to a lack of participation.   This year’s pageant consists of three contestants: Destinee Patterson, junior secondary...

Ella Kratochvil, a freshman sociology major, practicing bowling for class in the Bowling Billiard Eastern Illinois University.

You’re taking what this semester?

Gunnar Olson, Reporter February 21, 2024

If you browse through Eastern's course catalog, you will probably find what you'd expect: general education classes and a couple of electives. But if you look deeper, you can find some unexpected courses...

Drew Coffey

COLUMN: ‘Cube’: ‘Saw’ before ‘Saw’

Drew Coffey, Columnist February 20, 2024

Late at night, I decided to put off a handful of assignments and watch an old sci-fi/thriller film called “Cube” from 1997. Let’s just say, I’ve never been more regretful of not doing my homework. The...

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