The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The undergraduate award recipients of Tarble Art Centers Spring Exhibition Cycle Opening stand together for a picture Saturday afternoon.

Tarble Arts Center opens spring exhibitions

Chandler Smith, Reporter April 8, 2024

The Tarble Arts Center opened this year's undergraduate and graduate exhibition Saturday to a crowd of over 200.  Over 200 works of art were submitted by EIU undergraduate students for the undergraduate...

From left, bagpipers Ross Miller and Willie Armstrong play together during the Red Hot Chilli Pipers performance held in the Dvorak Concert Hall Saturday.

Red Hot Chilli Pipers spice up Doudna

Alexis Moore-Jones, Reporter April 7, 2024

Starting off with a bang and ending with an encore that brought the whole concert hall to its feet, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers left scorch marks on the minds of all who attended their performance Saturday....

Jemma Allen, a junior vocal performance and music education major, instructs Madison More, 8, a student at Carl Sandburg Elementary School, on which notes to play on the piano in a practice room in the basement of the Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday.

Rigorous course load prepares EIU music student for graduation

Drew Coffey, Reporter April 5, 2024

In music, you have to love it to do it.   That is what Jemma Allen, a third-year vocal performance and vocal music education major at Eastern said when asked what it takes to be successful within...

Solar eclipse on the horizon

Solar eclipse on the horizon

Elsie Svika, Reporter April 5, 2024

As the clock ticks down to the total solar eclipse on April 8, the towns of Vincennes, Indiana, and Lawrenceville, Illinois, are bustling with excitement and preparation, said the director of the Vincennes...

Dr. Derek Hennig gives a safety presentation on viewing the upcoming solar eclipse, emphasizing how important it is to not look directly at the sun in Booth Library.

Optometrist’s warning for upcoming eclipse

Jacob Hamm, Reporter April 3, 2024

On April 8, Charleston will experience a 99% totality solar eclipse. Dr. Derek Hennig led a presentation on how to safely view the upcoming solar eclipse Monday afternoon on the fourth floor of Booth...

Student senator Oliver Ehmann, a senior political science major, expresses his feelings towards the talent student award fee increase proposal to student government March 27, 2024, at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union in the Arcola Tuscola Room on Easterns campus. The proposal requests an increase of 86 cents from $21.82 to $22.68. This fee is charged for every credit hour, not exceeding a maximum amount of twelve credit hours. Matt Bierman said in his presentation more than half of the collected fees go toward student athletes without athletic scholarships.

Student government votes down fee increase

Veronica Gipson, Student Government Reporter April 2, 2024

Despite approving a raise in tuition rates, EIU’s student government denied a bill to raise the grant-in-aid fee which covers tuition and talented student awards. The student senate’s meeting on...

Student Government Crest

Student government to open elections

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor April 1, 2024

Editor's Note: The voting dates listed have been changed from April 9 and 10 to April 8 and 9. The 2024-2025 student government candidates gave their platform speeches at the latest student government...

The history of April Fools Day

The history of April Fools’ Day

Gunnar Olson, Reporter April 1, 2024

April Fools' Day’s history is one of pure mystery, as not even historians know where, when or even why the holiday started. There are some clues that historians have found that might point in the...

Senior radio and audio production major Aidan Grady (left) and WEIU News Director Kelly Goodwin (right)  discuss the preliminary details for an upcoming story.

Celebrating WHAM at EIU

Alexis Moore-Jones and Jacob Hamm March 29, 2024

To honor the achievements made by women in American history, the month of March is designated Women’s History Month.  Here at Eastern, there have been hundreds if not thousands of women who have...

Anni Hochhalter plays a piece while listening and following along with her fellow members of WindSync at the Recital Hall in Doudna Fine Arts Center on Thursday.

Past, current musicians attend WindSync concert

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 29, 2024

One of the benefits of being a parent is being able to pass down interests to their children. Sarah Grove brought her daughter Willow Grove to the WindSync concert Thursday evening in the Doudna Fine...

Eastern Illinois University President Jay Gatrell opens the presentation on several faculty updates and Plan 2028 on Tuesday afternoon.

Gatrell, faculty update the university on Plan 2028

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor March 28, 2024

EIU presented a progress report on Plan 2028 including efforts to lower the DWF rate and the creation of a bridge program for incoming first-generation students.   Plan 2028 has been in the works...

Christian Campus House students had a couch story time open talk about God. Emily Thorpe, a senior music major (front), Harrison Walker, a graduate student in cybersecurity (front right), Ashton Fifield, junior philosophy major (left on couch), and Gabriel McElroy, sophomore, sit in the South Quad Wednesday.

CCH returns conversation couch post protest

Aidan Cusack, Reporter March 28, 2024

EIU’s South Quad is the host of many extracurricular activities. From cloud gazing to concerts, it is a lively area on Eastern’s campus.   Take the happenings of Wednesday afternoon, for example,...

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