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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

COLUMN: COVID-19 Spikes and Strikes

Ellen Dooley, Columnist January 11, 2022

As we begin a new year and a new semester, there is also a third looming “new.” That is the new COVID-19 variant omicron. That also may conjure up new emotions for this upcoming semester. Some may...

COLUMN: Looking forward to reading the next century of The News

COLUMN: Looking forward to reading the next century of The News

Cassie Buchman, Former Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2021

There are days when I look back at my time working for the Daily Eastern News, from 2014-2018, and I don’t know how we pulled it off. A bunch of broke college students, all from different backgrounds...

COLUMN: What I learned, gained while being an editor for The News

COLUMN: What I learned, gained while being an editor for The News

Nora Maberry, Former Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2021

The early and mid 2000s at the Daily Eastern News was a time of innovation. The paper was the first college newspaper in the country to produce Podcasts, won national awards for our photo slideshows,...

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COLUMN: The News gives students lifelong lessons, experience

Heidi Stevens, Former Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2021

Long before I fell in love with journalism, I fell in love with journalists. College journalists, specifically. The campus newsroom at The Daily Eastern News was the first place I felt like I belonged....

COLUMN: Former EIC, adviser reminiscences on The News

COLUMN: Former EIC, adviser reminiscences on The News

Lola Burnham, Former Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2021

A lot of the news events in the 1982-83 school year would seem familiar to readers of today’s Daily Eastern News. A faculty union contract was up for ratification. Room-and-board increases were under...

EDITORIAL: Last daily print edition a sign of the times

EDITORIAL: Last daily print edition a sign of the times

Editorial Board December 10, 2021

In 1915, three students, Ivan Goble, Ed McGurty and Ernest Bails, banded together to create the Normal School News with the intention of covering Eastern’s football team. Those three students, unbeknownst...

COLUMN: Editor-in-chief reflects on last edition of daily paper

COLUMN: Editor-in-chief reflects on last edition of daily paper

Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2021

The day I’ve been dreading is here: The Daily Eastern News will be going down to printing once a week. Since my freshman year I have had two goals; first to be the Editor-in-Chief of this publication...

COLUMN: 1974 EIC talks past, future of The News, journalism

COLUMN: 1974 EIC talks past, future of The News, journalism

Dann Gire, Former Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2021

The early 1970s brought three sweeping changes to the EIU journalism world: 1) Eastern dumped the quarter system for the new-fangled semester system, prompting administrators to sound like John Cleese...

COLUMN: My grade shouldnt rely on others work in group projects

COLUMN: My grade shouldn’t rely on others work in group projects

Maya Kurth, Columnist December 9, 2021

Don’t get me wrong, I know that I will work with people for the rest of my life – my major quite literally relies on it, but I don’t think it should be forced in college with group projects.  I...

COLUMN: Spotify Wrapped is a marketing tactic

COLUMN: Spotify Wrapped is a marketing tactic

Ryan Meyer, Columnist December 9, 2021

I know I’m a little late to the party when it comes to making fun of Spotify Wrapped. After all, I’ve had a busy 2021, being the main character of my own movie. The algorithm honestly knows me pretty...

COLUMN: The Outer Worlds is a flawed video game

COLUMN: ‘The Outer Worlds’ is a flawed video game

Elise Keane, Columnist December 8, 2021

As we gear up towards finals season, I was looking for a game that would take my mind off all the various stressors in my life. I mostly play games on my switch, so I was looking through the Nintendo store....

Ellen Dooley

COLUMN: The Beach Boys wrote psychedelia music

Ellen Dooley, Columnist December 8, 2021

You may know The Beach Boys for creating upbeat music throughout the 50’s and 60’s. Their music usually involved surfing, fun times as a teen or even teenage love. Pretty harmless, right? Well, I recently...

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