‘Grown-ish’ is college on spot
Rayshaun Stevens, Columnist
January 23, 2020
If you know the TV show "Black-ish" or you are a college student, you most likely know about the spin-off show "Grown-ish." The show, which premiered in 2018, is a coming-of-age story about a group of college students who attend California University. I have been watching it since the first episode, ...
FEATURE PHOTO: It’s study time
Zach Berger, Photographer
January 16, 2020
A group of students organize for a Bible study through Campus Outreach on Thursday night in the Andrews Hall basement. There were about 40 students in attendance Thursday for the group’s large meeting. The students meet for Bible studies at different locations every week in smaller groups....
FEATURE PHOTO: Crochet the day away
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
January 12, 2020
Morgan Weishaar, a sophomore majoring in clinic lab science, crochets a hat while working at the front desk in Thomas Hall on Sunday afternoon.
Students share plans for holiday break
Allison Little, Staff Reporting
December 4, 2019
Winter break is coming, and students have a lot of plans for how to spend their time off. Kareemah Martin, a senior television and video production major, said her plans were to just chill at home as much as possible. “I am going to sleep every single day that I possibly can; I am going to sleep,” Marti...
FEATURE PHOTO: Studying up before finals
Mackenzie Graham, Photographer
December 3, 2019
Chyna Edwards, a freshman biological sciences major, revises her essay for her Women and Gender Studies class in Booth Library on Tuesday afternoon.
FEATURE PHOTO: Working after Thanksgiving break
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
December 1, 2019
Mylissa Greenawalt, a sophomore special education major, gives two customers their pizza at Charleston’s Pizza Hut Sunday afternoon. Greenawalt said she stayed in Charleston during Thanksgiving break to work at Pizza Hut.
FEATURE PHOTO: Moving toward the end of fall semester
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
December 1, 2019
Piper Sardinha, a sophomore finance major, puts her bags onto a luggage cart as she begins to move back into her room on Sunday afternoon at Andrews hall. She said she enjoyed the Thanksgiving break because she could sleep in.
FEATURE PHOTO: Hot chocolate, cold weather
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
November 19, 2019
Caroline Baumket, a freshman history major, talks to a student senator during the “Baby it's Finals Outside," organized by the Student Senate, in Coleman Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Baumket said the pamphlets the student senators handed out were helpful, and the hot chocolate was nice since it was cold out...
Student body president reflects on time at Eastern
Corryn Brock, News Editor
November 8, 2019
The first semester of Student Body President Carson Gordon’s term is nearing an end as well as her time as an undergraduate at Eastern. Gordon, a Mattoon native, is a senior political science major with two minors in pre-law and Spanish. Gordon came to Eastern in 2017 following her high school g...
McCleery ‘twirls’ her way toward graduation
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
November 3, 2019
Cassie McCleery has a decision to make: to continue her competitive baton twirling for the last year or to focus on her future career in teaching. The senior family and consumer sciences major with a focus in education and only twirler in the Panther Marching Band started twirling 16 years ago. She...
Students sing, dance, recite poems at open mic night
Bre Celestin, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2019
Eastern's Black Student Union kicked off its BSU week by hosting an open mic night in Seventh Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Monday night. Eastern students came to present their songs, dances and recite poems. Trinity Hudson, a junior majoring in psychology...
FEATURE PHOTO: Got pie?
Justin Richards, Photographer
October 21, 2019
Joshua Grostlin (front), a college student affairs graduate student, and Kurt Ness (behind), a college student affairs graduate student, get pied in a face during the Rush Hour event for homecoming week.
