Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter
• April 25, 2019
Athletes have always been held to a certain standard when it comes to performance.
Showing good sportsmanship, being team players and having a degree of talent in the sports they are playing are just...
Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter
• April 25, 2019
Special Olympics athletes are competing in the annual spring games at O’Brien Field Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This is the 40th year Eastern Illinois University has hosted the spring games, although...
World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognized day on the second of April every year, encouraging people to take measures to raise awareness for people with autism spectrum disorder throughout...
President Donald Trump’s administration said Saturday it intends to end foreign assistance programs for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
On the surface, that move does not seem to imply more than...
On March 14, the largest Opening Ceremony in the history of the Special Olympics was held in Abu Dhabi. More than 7,000 athletes from 170 countries attended the Special Olympics World Games. This year...
Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter
• March 1, 2019
Panthers will be “freezin’ for a reason” Sunday night during Eastern’s first “EIU Glow Polar Plunge” near the Campus Pond.
The event begins at 7 p.m. Sunday and registration to be a plunger...
Over 300 Eastern students are set to volunteer at this year’s Special Olympics, scheduled to begin 7 a.m. Friday at O’Brien Stadium.
Eastern has been hosting the Area 9 Special Olympics for...
After hearing her name called over the microphone, Colleen Moran, a Special Olympics athlete, marched up to the front of the karaoke tent, grabbed the microphone and sang along to Kenny Chesney’s “When...
The Area 9 Special Olympics Spring Games, originally set to be at O’Brien Field, were canceled Friday because of bad weather conditions.
The event will not be rescheduled, Elizabeth McPherson, a special...
Eastern will host its 39th Special Olympics from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday at O’Brien Stadium.
This year, there will be approximately 700 Eastern volunteers, along with 60 key volunteers made...
EParticipants made a splash- and a difference- as they braved the waters of Lake Sara in Effingham for the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge on Saturday.
The funds raised from the Polar Plunge...
