Starting a year off with a new executive board, new faces and new ideas, the Black Student Union has made it the mission to show EIU's campus that BSU is back.   Over the last few school years, the...

Happy Juneteenth!  Juneteenth, a combination of the words "June" and "nineteenth", commemorates a significant date in American history.  This day, which falls on June 19 every year, honors the...

On Friday, the Black Student Union (BSU) and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) hosted “For The Culture” game night. The event took place at the student recreation center on Court 5. The event...

Being the President of the Black Student Union was not on Senior, early childhood major, Ashley Mickens’ lists of things to do coming into her college years.  Mickens’ freshman year was online...

On Wednesday August 30, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Black Student Union concluded a week’s worth of welcome events by hosting “Kickin’ it On the Quad”, an event located on the...

The transition from a school or neighborhood full of people who look just like you to a PWI, predominantly white institution, in a rural town can be difficult and a bit of a culture shock for African American...

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...

Eastern’s Black Student Union will be hosting a spirit week. On Monday, there was a black celebrity day in which students would be able to dress like famous black celebrities. On Tuesday, students...

To start off Black History Month, the Black Student Union, BSU, hosted Black History Bingo . The event took place at late night pizza in Thomas Dining Hall from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event included...

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...

The 2021 Homecoming King Jeremiah Boyd-Johnson, a senior from Chicago, Ill., is majoring in political science with a minor in pre-law studies. Boyd-Johnson is involved in many organizations on campus.  “These...

Eastern’s Black Student Union and Pride groups joined together Wednesday in Coleman Auditorium to talk about the LGBTQ+ community. One of the things the panel mentioned was that cartoons do not represent...