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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

Women’s March on Champaign

Analicia Haynes, Online Editor January 21, 2017

This is just a glimpse of the Women's March on Champaign on Saturday, January 21 at West Side Park. There were over 5,000 people in attendance.

A week in review

January 13, 2017

The video covers the news and sports highlights for the week of January 9, 2017 through January 13, 2017.

Winter and motivation

January 9, 2017

Tugs champions emerge after final rounds

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief April 9, 2016

An intensive week of Tugs culminated Friday and Saturday when three teams walked away with the coveted first place titles in this year’s “The Endless Summer” Greek Week. Teams that took first...

Tuggers finish semi-finals, prepare for Saturday

Stephanie Markham, Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2016

Six teams secured their victories in Friday’s semi-final Tugs competition and will move on to Saturday’s championship rounds. Sigma Nu and Lambda Chi Alpha took victories Friday in the Big Men’s...

Teams defeat the rain during second round of Tugs

Analicia Haynes, Administration Editor April 6, 2016

Rain, mud and sweat covered the field near Campus Pond Wednesday as 14 teams competed in the second round of Tugs. Though the odds were against them the teams gave it their all, beating the slippery...

Alpha Gamma Delta breaks losing streak in Tugs

Analicia Haynes, Administration Editor April 4, 2016

The bitter, finger-numbing cold was no match for the Greek competitors Monday afternoon as they faced each other for the first round of Tugs. Separated by the Campus Pond, the teams squared off on opposite...

Students learn about oppression through diversity program

Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor March 30, 2016

Editor's Note: The attached video contains strong language from a scene representing domestic violence.   Students learned about a range of issues at the “Tunnel of Oppression,” which is...

Marchers plant flags for laid off employees

Analicia Haynes, Administration Editor March 10, 2016

Silence loomed over the presence of more than 100 Eastern and Charleston community members Wednesday while they solemnly planted 261 red flags in honor of laid off employees. The red flags, though small,...

Ralliers assemble at the steps of the Doudna Fine Arts Center during the Fund EIU rally on Friday.

FundEIU rally draws crowd of hundreds to Library Quad

The normally calm Library Quad was booming with chants and rumblings from the hundreds of Eastern supporters who braved the bitter temperatures to demand state appropriations during Friday’s “Fund...

Tyshawn Love, a sophomore majoring in communication studies, sings during the march from Thomas Hall Monday. The Alpha Phi Apha Fraternity held this march and vigil that followed to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Alphas keep on marching after 29 years

T'Nerra Butler, Multicultural Editor January 19, 2016

Quiet hymns filled the campus as around 70 campus community members marched to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. With lit candles placed inside cups to fight the bitter cold, those members marched...

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