Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Attendants of the BAM Banquet listen as awards are read aloud. 4/28/26 - Club E-Boards, Advisors, and Members attended a banquet today to celebrate the hard work put into club activities over the past year. The event, the BAM Banquet, was held at 4PM at the FAIC Lobby. 'Italian Summer' was this year's theme, represented by blues, whites, and a lot of lemons. The Banquet is an annual event organized and funded by B.A.M., the Budget and Management

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Club President Fake Feltault stands front, fourth from right. Vice President Taavi Veltheim stands behind him, to the right. 4/17/2026 - The year isn't out yet! A new club held their interest meeting yesterday, bringing Eastern students together to talk all about one thing. Ping Pong! The club was started by two Juniors from. President Jake Feltault is a Junior majoring in History, and Taavi Veltheim, a junior majoring in Criminology, serve as Pr

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor With open-source code, game engines, and education made more accessible than ever thanks to the internet, making your own videogame has gone from a childhood dream to something truly achievable. One student at Eastern has taken that bet, kickstarting their own indie project, and looking to hire Eastern talent to help out. MaKaylah Dugas, who also goes by ‘MaK’, is an English major in her junior year, working to complete a five-year Master’s program

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Last week, the Campus Lantern published an article looking into parking at Eastern . This article is, in a way, a companion or second part of that article. The table below provides data as to the housing options present on campus. The numbers for current residence were provided by Paul Serignese, Housing Director, while the numbers for maximum occupancy are found on the Eastern website's page for each residence hall. Name of Residence Hall Student

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor From left to right are members of the Radio Club E-Board: Kyle Berson; Q Asberry; Jason Salois; and Taylor Ribiero "People want to come together to make music, and to enjoy music," Radio Club President Kyle Berson said. "And Willipalooza is exactly that." What is Willipalooza? Though many students might have never heard of it, it's actually an old event. The event was first started around 2010 or 2011, explained Berson, when it was first called '

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor The CAB Office was fairly quiet when I entered. Two or three CABbers worked at their desks, typing away at this or that. I walked in on April Fools, but with a very serious question: Is the CAB Concert still happening? "Yes." The student sitting at the front desk answered. I proceeded to ask when the concert might be. He glanced down at the calendar on his desk, and seemed to consider whether or not to answer. Another student cut in from furthe

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Aside from perpetual complaints over Hurley Hall, no issue on campus has been more consistently controversial than parking. Concerns over both the availability of parking spots, and their location, have been persistent. The issue has only become more exaggerated since first-year students were allowed parking this year. The decision was made to facilitate further enrollment and to aide first-years: however, with a growing amount of drivers, and a

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Above: A photo of the Community Organizing Class. Prof. Clements stands second-from-right. 3/23/2026 - "All politics is local," the old saying goes, and one Eastern class has taken it to heart. A group of passionate students have applied their activist energies locally, preparing a presentation arguing against the installation of controversial Flock cameras in Windham. PSC365 Community Organizing is a new class being offered this semester, desig

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Note: The students above are some, not all, of those at the interest meeting. Standing at the photo's center is Zimria Cohen, club president. 3/10/2026 - Since the College Democrats went inactive in 2025, Eastern's campus political scene has seen an absence on the left-wing; one filled on the right with the start of College Republicans last year. The new Left Wing Alliance seeks to fill that void. Their first interest meeting was held today, garn

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor With months still left to go, the 2026 Connecticut gubernatorial election is shaping up to be the most interesting in years. For the first time in over two decades, a governor is running for at third term, as Ned Lamont fights for another four years in Connecticut's top job. Also for the first time, he will no longer face Bob Stewanowski, his opponent in 2018 and 2022. A suite of new Republican challengers, and a Democratic one, will fight to win

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor From left to right at the front of the room is Aiden Smith, Jennifer Croughwell, Ned Lamont, & Mae Flexer. Seated at the top right is Wyatt Poehler. 3/5/26 - Two politicians, Ned Lamont and Mae Flexer, visited Eastern today during a visit to Willimantic. Lamont, Governor since 2019, is running for re-election, facing several Republicans currently engaged in a crowded primary, and a Democratic primary challenge. Flexer has served as the State Sen

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Two Eastern Students, Wyatt Poehler & Daniel Sylvester, Atop A Snow Bank: Picture Taken By The Author Another snowstorm swept across the Northeast last week, refilling snow banks and freezing sidewalks yet again. The snow was intense, with most towns experiencing at least a foot. Plainfield in the north experienced an astonishing twenty-seven inches , while Willimantic received eleven . In response, Eastern cancelled class Monday and Tuesday, wit

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor What are the politics of Eastern students? That question was posed to students on a Fizz poll last month. Respondents were allowed to choose between 'Democrat', 'Republican', 'Leftist', 'America First', 'Other', and 'Not Into Politics' as their answer. An astonishing 2119 students responded, likely providing the largest and most comprehensive look into the political beliefs of Eastern students yet created. A thin majority of students chose an o

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor The illuminated United States Capitol in Washington DC at night by elxeneize : Envato Donald Trump gave his fifth State of the Union address on Tuesday, taking a victory lap for several claimed policy accomplishments since taking office last January. The State of the Union speech is a constitutionally required remark by the President to Congress, occurring once every year. Pres. Trump made history with his speech, which was the longest in U.S

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Nearly a thousand students flocked into the Student Center last month, eager to celebrate Eastern's new logo, or at least, the perks that came alongside it. Students waited in a line stretching to the door for a free long-sleeve shirt bearing the new logo. Approximately 900 of the 1200 shirts Eastern ordered were handed out that day, with the rest put to storage for future events. Students technically had to download the new, digital version o

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor For the first time in six years, Connecticut’s Second Congressional District is going to see at least one new contestant, and possibly two, to represent it in the U.S. House. Current Rep. Joe Courney (D) had first won the seat in 2006, beating a Republican incumbent by just ninety votes from more than 242,000 cast. Since then, his victories have been far more assured, consistently getting about sixty percent of the vote. In both 2022 and 2024, for

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Fizz, the anonymous social media app open only to Eastern students, has become fairly integrated into Eastern life, with students using it daily to announce events, sell and buy items on the Marketplace, share memes, and of course, start drama. But although it may seem like Fizz has been here forever (and for many students, it has), it isn’t that old. It was only in the Fall of 2023 that the app launched at Eastern, spread around by Fizz ambas

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Winter Storm Benjamin blitzed across the Northeast last weekend, bringing snowfalls unseen in years. Every corner of Connecticut experienced large amounts of snow, with the highest being in Falls Village (Canaan), which saw an astounding 22” of snow . While Windham saw only 13.5” in comparison, it was still enough for Eastern to cancel classes on both Monday and Tuesday, granting all students, particularly commuters, reprieve from a freezing walk

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor A motive for public service, thirty-five year old Kyle Gauck says, has always motivated his life. A U.S. Army veteran who served on a special forces group for two deployments, Gauck says he, "...wanted to make a difference in the world and stand up and do something bigger than myself. To do it and not just say it, I wanted to actually do it." After leaving the army, Gauck spent several years working for large aerospace companies in Connecticut like

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Students who predicted Eastern was about to get a new logo were found half-correct today, as another email from the Marketing Department reached our emails. The new logo set to be revealed on the 29th is the new logo for the Athletics department, the current version of which is shown below. Although the logo is yet to be officially revealed, some merchandise has already been made with the new logo. One such shirt was posted on Fizz last week, an