I-57 North is a highway that is anything but unfamiliar to Summerlyn Smith.
For two years, the senior setter for the Eastern volleyball team took the highway north to Champaign, Ill., to the birthplace...
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...
If you look up “Majorette Dancing” online, you will see mentions of baton twirling, dancing and even knife juggling. This, however, is not the case for Eastern’s new majorette dance club.
Iyanna...
Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter
• November 1, 2021
If the 48 stars on the American flag don’t illustrate the age of the Greenwood School in Charleston, Illinois, then maybe the decrepit bookshelves or the toys at the front of the room will.
The one-room...
In recognition of International Artist Day, students and professors from Eastern’s art department shared their perspectives on the importance of art and why they enjoy it so much.
International...
Amayah Farley, Contributing Writer
• October 19, 2021
Universities are becoming more diverse, and a major reason for this is the push on first-generation students.
Even though Eastern has programs tailored to this group of students, life on campus still...
Since 1990, Eastern’s arts department has had Burl Ives Studio Hall as a place for students who are planning on completing their Master of Arts.
With its 18 individual studio spaces and critique...
Every day we walk through campus, walking past hundreds of faces that we don’t think much about. Hundreds of people with their own struggles, goals and achievements.
Hundreds of people who each have...
Senior outside hitter Chelsea Lee said she is proud of the consistency Eastern volleyball team has shown in her last year at Eastern.
"The past few weeks have been OK, on my part." Lee said. "The team...
