Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief | June 24, 2020
Logan Raschke, Senior Designer | June 19, 2020
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief | May 31, 2020
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief | April 30, 2020
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor | April 28, 2020
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
July 17, 2020 • No Comments
Eastern released its reopening guidebook Friday in an email to all Eastern students and employees. The 17-page PDF provides more details and explanations of guidelines for dealing with COVID-19 that have been discussed in the past few weeks and months. There is information on how the dining halls...
Staff Report
July 13, 2020 • No Comments
In an email Monday evening, Eastern announced the first positive case of COVID-19 recorded on campus. The individual, who is living on campus, was quarantined Sunday evening after being tested the day before. The Coles County Health Department is in the process of contacting anyone who was in contact...
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
July 2, 2020 • No Comments
On June 25, all Eastern students and employees received an email with information regarding the plan for the return to campus for the fall semester. When the Eastern Board of Trustees met at their annual retreat on June 27, they had a lengthy discussion on the guidelines, going over the plan in more...
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
June 26, 2020 • No Comments
The Eastern Board of Trustees met Friday afternoon and all action items on the agenda. There were also several announcements in the report from the Board Chairperson Barb Baurer. Lynette Drake, who has been serving as the interim vice president for student affairs since January 2016. Prior to that,...
BOT to meet Friday to vote on FY 2021 budget, other financial items
June 25, 2020
Eastern’s Board of Trustees will meet Friday to vote on the budget for fiscal year 2021, increases in tuition and new purchases, among other items. First, the BOT will vote...
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
July 22, 2020 • No Comments
The OVC announced Wednesday that the schedules of the fall Olympic sports will be postponed until Sept. 17. The decision affects the women’s...
Diarra adds size, future prospect to Eastern’s roster
May 14, 2020
Jay Spoonhour wanted to add size to his roster, and after the addition of Sammy Friday to the roster, the Eastern head basketball coach added transfer...
Second EIU student says she was sexually assaulted by athlete
May 4, 2020
Update 9:32 p.m. Monday: In a statement to The Daily Eastern News, Eastern said via spokesperson Josh Reinhart its policies and procedures handling...
Logan Raschke, Senior Designer
July 23, 2020 • No Comments
Since this pandemic started, just about every person I’ve spoken with, democrat or republican or anything in between, has said the same thing: COVID-19 and wearing masks should not...
Column: In conversation with Walter Martin
July 23, 2020
Multi-instrumentalist Walter Martin of Jonathan Fire*Eater, the Walkmen, and his own self chatted with me on Wednesday about his bands’...
Popcorn Talk: ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ (2006)
July 16, 2020
https://open.spotify.com/episode/47nH9cSqZbZjM6nKPHm3eH?si=hjLP04F5RgeoyC79e8ssww • This podcast is also available on Anchor, Apple...
Column: In conversation with GRMLN
July 15, 2020
After writing a review of GRMLN’s new record, Morning Star, I reached out to Yoodoo Park, the man behind the music, to discuss his history...
