On Sept. 18, EIU Pride hosted its weekly Monday meeting to celebrate Bisexual Awareness Week. The meeting was held in the Arcola/ Tuscola room on the third floor of the Union building from 7 p.m. to 8...
Emery Johnson, a freshman English education major, is a former homecoming princess contests as well as a former member of Pride Club at Eastern.
Pride Club is a Registered Student Organization, RSO,...
Pride Club is a Registered Student Organization, RSO, that students can join regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The club’s purpose is to allow people to feel comfortable amongst each other and...
EIU Pride’s purpose is to allow students to feel comfortable and to provide a safe space. Members of the Registered Student organization, RSO, host activities for students throughout the year. One of...
Lucy Ade expressed her gratitude towards EIU Pride explaining the importance the Registered Student Organization, RSO, brought to her since Ade is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Ade explains how EIU...
Self-identity is a way of knowing who you are as a person and who you are meant to be. For some, they know exactly who that is. And for others, they have to do a little bit more soul searching to find...
Katja Benz, Student Government Reporter
• October 5, 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...
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