Monday afternoon, the Panther basketball program took its first steps forwards after the Rick Samuels era, as Eastern announced Mike Miller would be the school's first new head coach in 25 years.

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The faculty election photograph that ran on page one was taken by Jennifer Peryam not Stephen Haas.

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The Eastern Illinois University's (Unofficial) Hall of Fame is protesting the current Eastern mascot by running an upside down picture of the former mascot on its site.