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Freshman neuroscience pre-med and French major Madeline Adams (Left) purchases a crochet dragon from biological science pre-med and French major Elizabeth Ziemer (Right) of Liz Ziemer Crochet at the Spring 2025 Small Business Fest on the Library Quad of Eastern Illinois University on Saturday.

Crochet dragons, hot sauce highlight spring Small Business Fest

Luke Brewer, News Editor April 14, 2025

Last semester, crocheted goods, jewelry, food and more filled Eastern Illinois University’s Library Quad for the fall Small Business Fest. Now come spring, the vendors have returned.   Small Business...

Alex Sausman, a senior in marketing, and the owner of Artic Ice making a snow cone for Elian Encarnacion, a junior in business analytics, at the Small Business Fair in the Library Quad Saturday.

Small Business Fest brings plushies, cosmetics, more

Alli Hausman, Managing Editor October 21, 2024

From hot sauce to hand crocheted plushies, this year’s Small Business Fest had much to offer to those passing by.  There were around 50 tables lining the Library Quad Saturday, according to the president...

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