Being part of a community is crucial to anyone’s college experience. It is when you are at college that you begin to find yourself through certain people, meaning the people you meet at Eastern might...
A night of movie trivia, costume contests and prizes with the goal of raising money for Alzheimer’s Disease awareness will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Green Mill Village Theater in Arcola.
The...
Workgroup No. 9, Academic Visioning II, has nearly completed its final report for the April 14 vitalization project deadline.
The workgroup is currently working on formatting and stylistic edits and...
The "Our Town" community breakfast will focus on Eastern’s economic contributions to Coles County with a presentation on the 2017 Economic Impact Study.
The breakfast will take place from...
Reagan Williams never reached the age of three.
Despite her family’s best efforts to get help for the Tilton toddler, Williams died of shaken baby syndrome at the hands of her mother’s then-boyfriend...
Able-bodied people often take for granted the ease of access we have to buildings, jobs and healthcare. The other day, I spoke to a former employee of Eastern who had to cart around computers and therefore...
This past Saturday, I attended the Special Olympics Family Festival located in Mattoon. The Family Festival is essentially an event where several different games, crafts and activities are set up for you...
With the school year in full swing and new members joining clubs, Greek organizations and RSOs, the season for hazing is upon us.
Hazing is a term that refers to any number of forced initiation rites...
Let me begin this column by stating that I am not involved with Greek life, nor do I plan on becoming involved in the future. That being said, I recognize the negative stigmas associated with Greek life...
The education system needs to be encouraging conversation about tragedies occurring not only in local communities but also worldwide.
These conversations not only make students feel as though they have...
Symmetry, blending and contour are all three examples of vocabulary words for techniques and elements which can be found in art textbooks as well as when using makeup, but for some reason, many still do...
Fifteen years ago yesterday, the shape of American life, politics, travel, culture and security changed irreversibly.
We need not remind the reader what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. Instead, we would...
