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

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Senior human services major Ashley Mickens is crowned homecoming queen during the coronation during homecoming week in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr union on the Eastern Illinois University campus, Monday night sept 30,2024. in Charleston Ill.

Homecoming court crowned for 2024

Jacob Hamm, News Editor October 2, 2024

The Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union was decked out with country-themed decorations and packed with Eastern students, faculty and community members to celebrate the coronation...

Homecoming Queen Jacqueline Williams, a senior kinesiology major,  is honored by the crowd at Homecoming Coronation. Coronation was held Monday night in the MLK Union Grand Ballroom. Williams said when it was announced that she won, she couldn’t believe she had won and that she stood there shocked for a moment.

EDITORIAL: Racism toward Homecoming Court not OK

Editorial Board October 24, 2021

For over 100 years,  Eastern has chosen individuals from the campus community to "reign over" Eastern for Homecoming. Individuals from a variety of organizations now vie for the positions of Homecoming...

Samira Abdoulaye-Pedila, the 2018 homecoming princess, hugs Diana Argueta as she is crowned Eastern's homecoming princess during coronation and the pep rally in McAfee Gym Oct. 24, 2019.

Homecoming Week to kick off Monday

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez, Associate News Editor October 17, 2021

Homecoming Week will begin on Monday with the Homecoming Week Kick-Off and the Royalty Coronation, kicking off a week of events for the Eastern and Charleston community to partake in. Homecoming Week...

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