Hate is not the answer to problems
Liz Stephens, Contributing Writer
March 25, 2018
Filed under Online
I am appalled by the amount of comments on Facebook telling Emma Gonzalez, a Florida student and survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who is advocating gun violence prevention, to “burn in hell” over a fake, Photoshopped image of her ripping the Bill of Rights. First...
Crime Blotter-3.05
March 8, 2018
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Crime Blotter- 2.23-3.01
Austin Van Pelt, Contributing Writer
March 8, 2018
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Deadline for scholarships approaches
March 5, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, News
The application deadline for most Eastern scholarships is coming up in March. Local and “legacy” students, along with current students, are able to apply for these. Applicants from Charleston High School or relatives of a Teachers College/Eastern State High School alumnus can apply for the TC Hig...
PHOTOS: Panthers’ season ends in second round loss
March 2, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Through the lens
Eastern has provisions in place in case of shooting
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
March 2, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, News
There have been, on average, five school shootings a month since 2014, according to The New York Times, a fact which has not left America’s schools and universities untouched. Kent Martin, chief of the University Police Department, said responses to active shooter situations, and other crisis s...
PHOTOS: EIU defeats Tennessee State in first round of OVC Tourney
Justin Brown, Sports Photographer
March 1, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Through the lens
Theatre director, producer to share 40 years of theatre experience
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
November 28, 2017
Filed under News, Online, Showcase
Ron Himes, director and founder of the Saint Louis Black Repertory and Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence at Washington University, will be delivering a public address titled “Black Theatre: Filling the Void” at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall. Himes will recount...
#StudentSpotlight: Bailey Martin-Giacalone receives The Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award
Travis Moody, Staff Reporter
November 28, 2017
Student Laureate Bailey Martin-Giacalone, a senior biological sciences major, was given an award by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Student Laureates for her excellence in scholarship, as well as her involvement on campus and in the community. The Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award, which Martin-Giacal...
‘Next to Normal’ opens for cheering audience
Travis Moody, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2017
Filed under News, Online, Showcase
“Next to Normal” cast members received much praise after their opening performance Wednesday night, with many members of the audience giving them a standing ovation. The theatre arts department chose “Next to Normal” as its fall production, and will be showing it until Sunday. “Next to...
Committee making suggestions, not decisions
November 8, 2017
With it being a few weeks since meetings of the Workgroup Review committee started, The Daily Eastern News staff thinks there are a couple of things to keep in mind. The committee’s focus, lately, has been on the 13-week semester schedule. While this is interesting, and the two weeks students have fre...
CAA to vote on changing medieval studies to global studies
November 8, 2017
A potential name change for the medieval studies minor is set to be voted on at the Council on Academic Affairs’ meeting 2 p.m. Thursday in room 4440 of Booth Library. If passed, the minor would change from medieval studies to premodern global studies, constituting a revision in the minor as well. Other...
