Roughly three dozen students and community members gathered for the annual NAACP Image Awards ceremony Sunday evening in the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Awards...
NAACP had its final event for NAACP Week, hosting a Halloween-themed karaoke night in 7th Street Underground on Friday night.
NAACP’s week of events included fundraisers, an informational event on the...
Eastern’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, defended Black excellence at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards.
Throughout the night, there were performances...
Eastern’s is celebrating Black History Month by having African American Heritage Month with events throughout February.
The first event is Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Bias in Professionalism...
People across the country wore black Monday to demand justice for Atatiana Jefferson, who was shot by a police officer in her home on Oct. 12.
The officer, Aaron Dean, resigned from his job and was charged...
Students competed in an NAACP-themed game of Jeopardy at the Coleman Auditorium Monday night.
The categories included quotes from famous equal rights activists, movies and television shows featuring...
Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor
• November 11, 2014
A panel of five sat and covered topics revolving around race, citizens’ rights involving police officers and the current climate of Eastern Monday in
Coleman Hall.
Hosted by the National Association...
Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor
• November 6, 2014
An attorney from Mattoon will visit Eastern students to educate them on their rights as citizens around police officers at 7 p.m. Monday in Coleman Hall.
Corinthian Bethel, the president of the National...
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![[Thumbnail Edition] Senior right-handed pitcher Tyler Conklin pitching in the Eastern Illinois University baseball team's intrasquad scrimmage at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois on Jan. 31.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TC_01_O-e1741567955534-1200x669.jpg)
![[Thumbnail Edition] Senior, forward Macy McGlone finds an open teammate to pass the ball too during the game against the Tennessee State Tigers 69-49, in Groniger Arena on the Eastern Illinois University campus, Charleston Ill.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WBB_02_O-1-e1741228987440-1200x692.jpg)
![E[Thumbnail Edition] Eastern Illinois softball freshman utility player Abbi Hatton deciding to throw the softball to home plate in a fielding drill during softball practice at the field house in Groniger arena on Tuesday Feb. 11.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SB_03_O-e1741208880750-1-e1741209739187-1200x815.jpg)
![The Weeklings lead guitarist John Merjave [Left] and guitarist Bob Burger [Right] perform "I Am the Walrus" at The Weeklings Beatles Bash concert in the Dvorak Concert Hall on Saturday.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WL_01_O-1200x900.jpg)
![The team listens as its captain Patience Cox [Number 25] lectures to them about what's appropriate to talk about through practice during "The Wolves" on Thursday, March 6, in the Black Box Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center in Charleston, Ill.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WolvesPre-12-1200x800.jpg)
