Shakespeare was really onto something when he wrote the famous line “what’s in a name?”
In recent years, multiple schools across the country have been renamed due to controversial figures being...
Eastern’s Board of Trustees will vote on renaming Douglas Hall after two Black women who were influential in the university’s history Friday at 1 p.m.
Originally named after a pro-slavery proponent...
A vote will be taken on renaming Douglas Hall to Powell-Norton Hall during the Board of Trustees meeting at 1 p.m. Friday.
If approved, the name would honor both Zella Powell, Eastern’s first Black...
Eastern’s Naming Committee met Thursday to begin discussing potential names for a Douglas Hall rename.
Following the naming committee’s recommendation in April to University President David Glassman...
Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief
• September 12, 2021
Eastern's Board of Trustees approved two contracts for members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union that represents Eastern's building service workers, cooks,...
Things got a little weird toward the end of the most recent meeting of EIU’s Naming Committee when committee Chair Angie Campbell described those who favor renaming Douglas Hall as an instance of “cancel...
