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This site isn't meant as a hit piece on EIU, our aim is to save Eastern, not destroy it. But saving EIU takes more than hashtags, likes and rallies, it takes fixing EIU. To fix EIU you must consider and discuss what it is doing wrong before you can correct anything. The current reaction by some members of the community to attack anyone who strays from the EIU talking points does more harm than good. By attacking any dissenting voices with accusations of being anti-EIU, unintelligent, racist and/or trying to destroy Eastern and Charleston (we will be accused of all the above and more) into silence, the real problems are allowed to continue and fester. These festering problems are the root cause of EIU's issues and no amount of grandstanding and scapegoating can change this. In their misguided attempts at saving Eastern by "protecting" it, they will ultimately cause its demise.

Everything you see on this site should have been covered by the JG-TC, it all comes from data anyone can download over the internet. But instead it seems they prefer to just publish whatever EIU says with little to no questioning of their statements. We can't help to think about all those stories from history about company towns in the coal mining industry and jokingly wonder if Panther scrip money is on the way.

Some data will probably make Eastern look good and some will probably make it look bad, but we need to look at all of it and not stick our heads in the sand and hope it all magically fixes itself or just goes away. We will be adding more articles, so follow us on Facebook or Twitter to stay up to date


Latest Articles:

EIU is the Most Violent College in Illinois
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Out of 32 Illinois colleges reporting data,EIU is the most violent campus in Illinois. In fact, the violent crime rate is over 2x higher than 2nd place Loyola University while having an enrollment of 7917 less students. Eastern leads the state in robbery and assault rates as well as having the 2nd highest rape rate while ranking 17th in enrollment.



Is Violent Crime at EIU Out of Control?
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Rape is up 118.66% over the 5 most recent years of data and 591.14% since 1997,Assault over the 5 most recent years of data is up 31.20% and 93.52% since 1997. Robbery was virtually nonexistent until the last 4 years of data, where it's increased 205.66%.



Our View: START Blaming Eastern for Crime?
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While this is a parody headline, inspired by a recent post by JG-TC editorial board, data seems to point that EIU enrollment and Charleston crime are tied together.



The government is already paying for free college at EIU?
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Since 2014 the taxpayers, thru combined state and federal funding, have paid more per student that than that same student is paying in tuition.



The EIU Enrollment Downward Spiral
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A more accurate reporting of EIU's issues would include data like this, which shows where most of the issue resides and that's on EIU's inability to attract or retain students.





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