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Bayleigh Grimes, junior music education major, and Josh Thor, senior management major, represented Eastern’s Christian Campus House as they gave out flyers and free hot chocolate in front of the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Monday morning.

FEATURE PHOTO: Life is hard; have hot chocolate

March 2, 2020
Latricia Booker, a junior majoring in pre-nursing and Miss Black EIU 2019, and Mikayla Sanford, a biological science major, celebrates together after Sanford’s crowing as Miss Black EIU 2020 in the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Student Union on Saturday night. The two took several photos together as the previous and currently reigning queens.

[PHOTO] Sanford crowned Miss Black EIU

March 1, 2020
Michael Miller, the health promotion coordinator for Eastern’s Health Education Resource Center, discusses the cons of recreational marijuana use before watching a TED Talk on the benefits of medical marijuana during “Know Your Rightz: Marijuana” in Lumpkin hall auditorium on Tuesday night. Miller also discussed the social implications of marijuana use, such as employers not allowing workers who have marijuana in their system to work in the workplace.

[PHOTO] ‘Know Your Rightz’ held in Lumpkin

February 25, 2020
Brittany Britton, a junior sociology major, discusses student’s racial experiences on campus and in Charleston during the BSU event, “Speak Your Piece,” in the Lumpkin Auditorium on Tuesday night. During the presentation, many students shared their experiences with racial discrimination and prejudice.

[PHOTO] BSU hosts ‘speak your piece’ in Lumpkin Hall

February 18, 2020
Joshua Ware, an applied engineering and tech major, questions the BSU team during the Family Feud: Black and Blue edition, hosted by S.T.R.O.N.G mentoring, in Lumpkin Auditorium on Tuesday night. Full coverage on page three.

[PHOTO] ‘Family Feud: Black and Blue’ held in Lumpkin Hall

February 11, 2020
Students gather around a T.V in the Thomas Hall Dinning Center to watch the Superbowl on Sunday night. The Kansas City Chiefs won the game 31-20.

[PHOTO] Students gather to watch Eastern alumni Garoppolo

February 2, 2020
During the Diversity Action Council tabling event, Samari Abdoulaye-Pedila, senior psychology major, gives a student a stress ball and pamphlet on Wednesday afternoon. The event was called “The Words We Use,” and its purpose was to create dialogues about the importance of word choice and how it can affect others.

[PHOTO] DAC tabling event talks word choice

January 30, 2020
Samira Abdoulaye-Pedila (left) and Morgan Colvin (right) discussing diversity in Eastern’s Mattoon/Charleston in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Student Union.

[PHOTO] Colorism panel held in University Union

January 28, 2020
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