FEATURE PHOTO: International Poetry Night
November 12, 2018
Filed under Showcase, Through the lens
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Global Cultural Night kicks off International Education week
Imani Tapley, Staff Reporter
November 11, 2018
Students, staff and family members had a chance to share their cultures through music, dance and sixteen other kinds of performances during Global Cultural Night on Friday. Sarah Dodoo, president of the Association of International Students and a second-year graduate student majoring in family and consu...
FEATURE PHOTO: Protesting for what you believe in
November 8, 2018
Filed under Showcase, Through the lens
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School districts, Eastern students connect at Fall Education Job Fair
Faith Morris, Contributing Writer
November 7, 2018
As students think ahead to graduation, events like the Fall Education Job Fair held Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union showcase not only which school districts are hiring but give students a chance to talk with potential employers as well. Amanda Wiedler, a senior elementary ...
A road less traveled: How Eastern’s Dytarious Johnson went from a Michigan recruit, to one of the OVC’s best talents
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
Eastern sophomore linebacker Dytarious Johnson’s football career was originally not supposed to happen at Eastern. The six-foot-one, 255-pound linebacking product from Alabama was tagged as a three-star recruit coming out of Prattville High School and committed to play football at the Universi...
Election judges help voters on Election Day
Brooke Schwartz, News Editor
November 6, 2018
As people hit the polls on Tuesday, Linda Kirby sat at the 19th precinct table in the Newman Catholic Center with other election judges and reminisced on how her life had intertwined with voting. The year was 1971; young men were dying in the Vietnam War and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ h...
Doudna honors veterans: EIU Wind Symphony performs a Veteran’s Day tribute concert
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
November 1, 2018
Red, white and blue lights shone on the walls of the Dvorak concert hall in honor of the Veteran’s Day Call to Duty concert Thursday evening. Professor Alicia Neal conducted the EIU Wind Symphony in performing several patriotic pieces, along with guest director James Druffel. Provost Jay Gatrell...
Faculty Senate explores specifics of potential university think tank
Brooke Schwartz, News Editor
October 31, 2018
Faculty Senate discussed the specifics of a university think tank, a more specific shared governance resolution and an update on international students at its meeting on Tuesday. The idea of a think tank, which would focus on macro ideas and trends in higher education and would look at Eastern’...
Student performers take stage at drag show
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
October 31, 2018
Eight students performed in drag for the EIU Pride Student Drag Show on Tuesday night. Six performers were Eastern students, and two were local high school students. Mother Natwhore, a performer in the show, has performed in three drags shows at Eastern in the past. He said the show is beneficial for...
Bollant to get first look at team on Thursday in exhibition
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
October 31, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Showcase, Sports
Eastern’s women’s basketball head coach, Matt Bollant, wants his team to play at a faster pace this season than they did last year. Bollant feels he has the personnel to do so and will get a look at his new strategy in action Thursday in an exhibition against Illinois-Wesleyan. Last season the Panthers kne...
