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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Why are books being constantly banned?

Kyla Moton, Columnist December 1, 2022

As an English student, writing is definitely one of my strong points. I rarely ever found myself disappointed or dreading a writing assignment. Writing is a very important part of history and culture...

THROUGH THE LENS: The Hungarian Uprising at 65: An Exhibit

Jessica Nantes and Rob Le Cates October 11, 2021

  The 1956 Hungarian Uprising was a revolt by the Hungarians against the ruling Communist Party and Soviet led policies which crippled Hungary after World War 2. Over 100,000 Hungarian citizens...

Children’s traveling art show on display at Carnegie Public Library

Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter June 20, 2019

Members of the community can visit Cultivating Creativity, a traveling art show that highlights student art from local area schools, at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library until July 7. Cultivating...

Carnegie Public Library waiving late book fees for food donations

Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter June 10, 2019

Members of the Charleston community who have late book fines for the Carnegie Public Library can waive their fees by donating food, which will go to the Charleston Food Pantry, in the month of June. The...

Tonya Morton, an employee of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, teaches people how to use coffee filters to craft into flowers at the Rotary Room B Tuesday evening.

FEATURE PHOTO: Crafting flowers out of coffee filters

Raine Zhu, Raine Zhu June 4, 2019

Tonya Morton, an employee of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, teaches people how to use coffee filters to craft into flowers at the Rotary Room B Tuesday evening. She said people can make peonies...

Alumnus returns library book that was checked out in 1974

Carole Hodorowicz, Staff Reporter January 25, 2019

An Eastern alumnus returned a library book to Booth Library Wednesday that was 16,347 days overdue.  Gary Henigman, who graduated in 1977, received a copy of “Twilight of the Gods: The Beatles in...

Library to keep permissions, leadership over its IT services

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief January 9, 2019

Booth Library will maintain permissions and leadership over library technology services under the new information technology centralization plan that started in July 2018. The plan came to filtration...

Students listen to a presentation during the Booth Library tour Monday in Booth Library.

Booth Library offering tours Monday through Thursday

Corryn Brock, Staff Reporter August 27, 2018

Students can see what resources are available in Booth Library from guided tours that are being offered until Sept. 13. Students, faculty and staff can begin tours by stopping by the Reference Services/...

Access to a 24-hour library should be a norm for the college experience

Chrissy Miller, News Editor August 23, 2017

With hefty workloads and hectic schedules, a 24-hour library would be an attractive addition to Eastern’s campus. Booth Library has facilities filled with resources that can really help any student...

Editorial: Get to know Booth Library before papers begin

Staff Editorial January 24, 2017

The library is the heart of the university. Universities invest a great deal of money into building, maintaining and staffing them. This is not because university administrators are old-fashioned and like...

Carnegie Library hosts programs for children

Abbey Whittington, Associate News Editor September 9, 2016

Charleston’s Carnegie Library will be hosting several programs this month for Eastern students and community members. According to a press release, five programs are offered this month at the library...

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