Students piled into South Quad Commons Feb. 27 for Black Wall Street—an event offering the opportunity to discover and start Black owned businesses.
The office of belonging, access and engagement...
In 1966, the first Black zoology professor at Eastern Illinois University started EIU's Alpha Phi Alpha chapter, serving his country as a World War II veteran in the Army before that.
This is the legacy...
As Black History Month is coming to a close, the University Board and Black Student Union, BSU, collaborated on an event entitled, ‘Hip Hop Paint and Sip.' This event took place in the Martin Luther...
Taylor Hall shared a presentation titled, “No Division: A Discussion of Commonalities and Differences.”
Aaron Constanzo, a psychology major and resident assistant at Taylor Hall, hosted the event....
I have been working at The News for about a year, and my experience has not been ideal.
When I first stepped into the Daily Eastern News Newsroom, I looked forward to getting involved and working on...
It’s a few days before the start of Black History Month.
To me, Black History Month seems like the few times out of the year where Black culture and history are celebrated with genuine energy and...
With Black History Month here, clubs and organizations at Eastern will be hosting multiple events to honor and celebrate the month catering to this year's theme Black Resilience.
On Thursday, a Lecture...
Before coming to Eastern at the beginning of the Fall 2022-2023 semester and becoming the vice president of the Black Student Union, BSU, RJ Shields, a senior criminal justice major, was the social events...
In May of 2022, the NCAA released statistics breaking down NCAA athletes by ethnicity from 2021, finding that 8.8 percent were Black women athletes and 16.5 percent were Black male athletes.
Five current...
I’ve noticed something about the months of February and March. They show people more about experiences that they may not otherwise know about, meaning Black history or women’s history.
As we wrap...
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