Katja Benz, Student Government Reporter
• October 4, 2022
EIU Pride, an Eastern Registered Student Organization, offers a safe space for students on campus regardless of their gender or sexual identity.
The purpose of the EIU Pride is a community that hopes...
This coming Oct. 24 will mark the one-year anniversary of the creation of the Doug DiBianco Living Learning Community in McKinney Hall.
After a push from LGBTQ+ students and allies for gender-inclusive...
Over the years, Eastern has had a growing LGBTQ+ community, with more and more students feeling comfortable being open about their identities. With the increase in openly LGBTQ+ students came a need for...
As the semester ends and spring commencement is over, here is a look back at the 2021-2022 academic year:
August
The fall semester kicked off with move-in, First Night and Quakin' in the...
Between Monday through Friday Eastern will be hosting #EIUGoTime week.
The event is described as a social media campaign meant to mobilize the “#FuturePanthers” future alumni, students, faculty...
At Eastern, Pride month takes place in April due to the traditional Pride month being celebrated when most students are home for summer break.
To start off the month, the Progress Pride flag was raised...
Eastern’s is celebrating Black History Month by having African American Heritage Month with events throughout February.
The first event is Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Bias in Professionalism...
As 2021 comes to a close, the staff of The Daily Eastern News invites you to look back at the year through our lens.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Happy...
Governor J.B. Pritzker appointed Payton Ade, student trustee on the Board of Trustees and sophomore interpersonal communication major, to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
The commission’s...
Dozens of members of the Eastern community gathered in the MLK Jr. Union's Grand Ballroom to see drag performs lip-sync and dance Friday night.
The Student Drag Show was hosted by EIU Pride. Prior to...
EIU Pride is a registered student organization with the goal of providing a safe space for LGBTQA+ individuals, as well as educating those who do not know much about the community.
Lately, a huge bullet...
![Candy Fordjour Frimpong, a graduate student studying art, details her ceramics project in the Ceramics Studio Sunday afternoon. Fordjour Frimpong said with her artwork she hopes to promote a message of diversity. I want to use my indigenous background to relate well with the contemporaries around [Charleston], Fordjour Frimpong said.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Frimpong_SideProject_RL_O-900x712.jpg)
