2nd VPBA candidate visits Eastern
Corryn Brock, News Editor
February 18, 2020
Eastern hosted Sean Reeder, assistant vice president for capital programs & utility services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the second candidate for the Vice President of Business Affairs. In his current position, Reeder provides management of the built environment and manages...
Know before you vote: Primary candidates for U.S. representative of the 15th district
Cassie Buchman, Editor-in-Chief
March 7, 2018
Kevin Gaither (D) Kevin Gaither, originally from Sullivan, is running to be the democratic nominee for U.S. representative of the 15th district. Gaither has a bachelor’s in chemistry from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and took some courses at Eastern. He worked for the 2008 presidential campaign while living in Ind...
Governor candidate discusses taxes, education
Olivia Swenson-Hultz, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2017
State Sen. Daniel Biss, (D-Evanston) discussed his campaign for governor at a meeting with the EIU Democrats Tuesday. Biss’s campaign is mainly based around reforming the “unfair tax system” and reforming Illinois’s flat income tax system, which has been done away with by the majority of...
Gatrell announced as third provost candidate
Leon Mire, Associate News Editor
March 28, 2017
The third candidate for provost, Jay Gatrell, was announced on Eastern’s website Thursday. Gatrell is currently vice provost for faculty affairs and research at Bellarmine University, a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. An open session for students to ask Gatrell...
