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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

Director of Career Services Bobbi Kingery (left) and Human Resources Advisor John Marr (right) answer questions during the International Students: Realistic Expectations session Wednesday.
Career services holds seminar for international students
Michelle Doty, Reporter • September 5, 2024

The International Students: Realistic Expectations session was held this Wednesday in the Charleston room at the Martin Luther King Jr Union from 1 to...

The re-opening of Chick-fil-a in the food court of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student union on Tuesday Sept. 3, 2024. Charleston Ill.
Chick-fil-A returns to University Union Food Court
Jacob Hamm, News Editor • September 5, 2024

A staple of the food court in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union has reopened after long-awaited changes.   The Chick-fil-A restaurant reopened...

President Jay Gatrell (middle right), joined with Amy Odwarka (middle), and Michele McDaniel (middle left) cut the ribbon to open the new family hub in on the fourth floor of the Booth Library on the Eastern Illinois University campus Wednesday.
Family hub opens for student parents in Booth Library
Sia DeyKoontz, Photo Editor • August 29, 2024

Booth Library on the Eastern Illinois University campus is opening a new family hub and two rooms dedicated to providing comfortable spaces for nursing...

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From Isle of Wight to Lakeside Field: Jackson Liley
Gabe Newman, Sports Reporter • September 10, 2024

Eastern may have caught lightning in a bottle with one of its newest team members. Forward Jackson Liley scored two goals in his...

Redshirt freshman running back MJ Flowers (20) walks off the field at the end of the game after scoring four touchdowns which helped the panthers win over Tennessee State Tigers saturday afternoon.
'Pinkies up' with the EIU wide receivers
Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor • September 9, 2024

In a game that started with senior wide receiver DeAirious Smith being injured, the EIU football game opened with some strife for the wide...

Football is back at O'Brien Stadium
Trojan football takeaways by the numbers
Gabe Newman, Sports Reporter • September 9, 2024

Charleston High School would not be denied victory in its home opener against Paris High School, winning 25-18 in week two of the Illinois...

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Cartoon by Gunnar Olson
EDITORIAL: AI threatens independent thinking
Editorial Board September 10, 2024

What if meticulous hours of note taking, grueling Quizlets and long nights powered by questionable amounts of caffeine ceased to exist?...

Zaria Flippin, senior, sports media relations
COLUMN: It’s ok to not be ok
Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor • September 10, 2024

September is Suicide Prevention Month. For students, September is also the time of year that everything starts picking back up again;...

Cam'ron Hardy, Senior, Journalism.
‘The Boys in the Boat:’ Gold for the sport, bronze for the plot
Cam'ron Hardy, Senior Reporter • September 3, 2024

The film "The Boys in the Boat" is a great film for the rowing industry, but it falls flat in terms of characters and plot. When main...

Luke Brewer, Freshman, Journalism.
COLUMN: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:’ the sequel from beyond the grave
Luke Brewer, Reporter • September 9, 2024

Going into this movie, I didn’t expect it to be any good. I assumed it was going to be another studio cash-grab via a sequel with no worth....

Ali Ewoldt, Teri Hansen, Ben Micheal and Robert Sims sing "The Time Of My Life " from Dirty Dancing at the Broadway A-Z performance in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Saturday.
Broadway makes its way to Charleston
Alexis Moore-Jones, Feature Reporter • September 8, 2024

Drenched in the piercing red overhead light, the pianist for the evening opened the show with the iconic melody from “The Phantom of the Opera.”  The...

The postcard mural, located in the Triad facing Booth Library, was painted by Grace Otzwirk over summer break.
Alum artist leaves a postcard to welcome students back
Cam'ron Hardy, Senior Reporter • August 28, 2024

As students returned to campus for the fall semester, an eye-catching new mural in the Triad awaited them.  The postcard-style mural was...

Fighting Illini Kaden Feagin hurdles past the EIU senior defensive back Zay Gentry during the team's season opener against the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium Thursday night.
THROUGH THE LENS: EIU loses to UofI 45-0
Rob Le Cates and Sia DeyKoontz August 30, 2024

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