Eastern students travel to Champaign grocery stores
Blake Faith, Staff Reporter
February 17, 2019
Once-a-month trip gives students a chance to shop for international food
Pride members discuss struggles of being both black and queer
Valentina Vargas, Multicultural Reporter
February 13, 2019
Being black and queer in a predominantly white community is the moment when those who identify as that are aware the most about their identity. Three Pride members and an adviser of the organization talked about being black and queer in society today at the Black Queer Lives Matter panel discussion ...
Workshop informs, answers questions about filing taxes
Melissa Jabek, Contributing Writer
February 13, 2019
The Income Tax Workshop led by director of accountancy Nicholas Robinson helped students who have struggled filing taxes and had questions regarding the different forms to use Wednesday in the Buzzard Auditorium. Everyone has their own unique situations that affect their tax filing differently, he said....
Students, employers network at Job, Internship Fair
Inanna Weller, Contributing Writer
February 13, 2019
Students and employers gathered to talk job opportunities during the Spring Job and Internship Fair Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Students showed companies their skill sets during interviews, and some students scheduled interviews with potential employe...
Presentation discusses white male privilege, Kavanaugh
Tom O’Connor, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2019
Eastern professor Tim Engles highlighted Richard Wright’s diagnostic of the resentment fueling white men in his novel “Savage Holiday,” citing the parallels between an angry white character and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the “White Man, Listen!” presentation at the Booth Library...
New offense focus of baseball team this year
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
February 12, 2019
Filed under Baseball, Showcase, Sports
The last time Eastern’s baseball team took the field, it was the eighth seed in the OVC tournament facing Murray State, the seventh seed. The journey of starting the offseason to the point of getting ready for the next season abruptly hit the Panthers in the face, in the fashion of a 15-5 loss to ...
Trivia night held in honor of African American Heritage Month
Maria Ruettiger, Contributing Writer
February 11, 2019
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority held the second annual “Black by Popular Demand: Black Card Revoked” trivia event Monday evening. This trivia event consisted of questions that pertained to African American heritage, music and film, along with questions that the chapter president and secretary m...
Author speaks out against police brutality
Bailey Chandler, Contributing Writer
February 6, 2019
After the death of her unarmed son, Loretta Prater is determined to fight for justice for those who are also victims to brutal attacks of police force. Buzzard Hall auditorium filled with people ready to hear a presentation given by Prater, a former Eastern employee and author of the book “Excessive...
