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

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Corey Cunningham, a counselor at Eastern Illinois University's Counseling Center, pickets outside Old Main Thursday.

Counseling clinic cancels, reschedules appointments because of UPI strike

Rob Le Cates, Photo Editor April 12, 2023

Eastern’s Counseling Clinic canceled and rescheduled students’ appointments because of EIU-UPI’s strike. Jessica Colbert, the associate director of the Counseling Clinic, said all four of the full-time...

Students are able to make their own stress balls made with balloons and different items to put inside at the mental health fair in Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

HERC hosts mental health fair to help students

Cam'ron Hardy and Drew Coffey October 4, 2022

On Tuesday, the Health Education Resource Center, HERC, worked to help students take care of their mental health. The event lasted from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr University Union...

Fidget toys like squishy balls and silly puddy are available to students to alleviate stress during therapy sessions at the Counseling Clinic.

EDITORIAL: Eastern: time to be proactive, not reactive

Editorial Board September 16, 2022

Mental health isn’t new, but you don’t need us to tell you this. The effort to break the stigma around mental health is slowly being spread across the nation.  Eastern students aren’t the exception...

Kelsey Boll, a staff member at the Counseling Clinic, talks with a student about their day Monday afternoon.

Eastern counseling clinic sees over 200 students in first month

Adriana Hernandez-Santana, Feature Junior Editor September 14, 2022

Editor's Note: The job title for Jessica Milburn was corrected within the story to be her correct title. With the start of the 2022 school year under way, students are using the Health Education Resource...

Students walk outside the Human Services Building Monday afternoon.

Eastern’s counseling clinic: understaffed and overwhelmed

Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2022

Eastern’s counseling clinic is in crisis mode. The interim assistant director of the counseling clinic, Lindsay Wilson, said the clinic is trying to keep its head above water with a waitlist of 41...

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