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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

Flash talks shine light on relevance of literature

Travis Moody, Staff Reporter November 1, 2017

After a three-year hiatus, Gothtober lectures have returned, as the idea of walking uteruses quickly shifted into a discussion about President Donald Trump’s hands. Sigma Tau Delta and English Club...

Homecoming 2017

Homecoming 2017

Staff Photographers October 23, 2017

The following is a photo gallery recapping Homecoming Week at Eastern. The events photographed are "Rumble in the Jungle", "Homecoming Coronation", the tailgate for the Homecoming football game, the...

Flu Shots and Health Fair to aid Eastern, Community

Brooke Schwartz, Staff Writer October 9, 2017

Free flu shots and a health fair will be provided by the Health Education and Resource Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Grand Ballroom to promote a...

Health Service consolidations, cost-savings heard at CUPB

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief October 8, 2017

The Health Service, Counseling Center and Student Insurance have been consolidated as of Aug. 1. Eric Davidson, interim director of Health Service, detailed this change and cost-saving measures the...

Senior sociology major Lauren Eberle watches as her roomate and Art Association member Clair Gentry creates a button for the first time.
“It’s a really personalized conceot to where you can just walk up and pick a very personalized image,” Gentry said.

Student print sale showcases student creativity

 Chrissy Miller, News Editor October 8, 2017

Student artists learned how to sell and market their work at the print sale on Friday, Oct. 6. Eastern’s Student Art Association member Travis White, who is also a senior graphic design major, said...

Shannon McNamara 5K raises awareness of sexual assault

Bailey Flesner, Contributing Writer October 8, 2017

The Shannon McNamara 5k run/walk will be held at 9 a.m. Oct. 29 as a way to honor the memory of an Eastern student who was sexually assaulted and murdered at her off-campus apartment in Charleston 17 years...

Sharon Hunter, owner of 18th St. Garden Stop, sells flowers to a couple of customers at the 18th Street Fall Festival on Saturday afternoon.
Hunter said the business was “super busy” at the festival, and it is exciting to see people supporting local businesses.

Businesses come together for Fall Festival

Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief October 1, 2017

All along 18th Street, customers perused items as local businesses and shops showed their wares at the annual Fall Festival. Sharon Hunter, owner of the 18th St. Garden Shop, smiled as she served customers...

Donations accepted all week for hurricane victims in Dominica

Staff Report October 1, 2017

A drive to support relief efforts that will help those in Dominica affected by Hurricane Maria will take place this week. Donations can be brought to the College of Education and Professional Studies...

Eastern hosts 41st annual Panther Marching Band Festival

Travis Moody, Contributing Writer October 1, 2017

Flags flew and symphonies rang through O’ Brien Stadium as hundreds gathered to watch 33 high school bands from all over Illinois compete in the 41st annual Panther Marching Band Festival Saturday Sept....

Spanish and Latin American Studies professor Kristin Routt and campus minister Doris Nordin discuss specifics of the nights events. “Everyone has dreams, continue fighting for them,” anonoymous, the video made and shown by the SPJ concluded, focusing on the importance of immigrants and of telling their stories.

SPJ stands up for immigrants

Brooke Schwartz, Staff Writer September 25, 2017

On Monday, Students for Peace and Justice showed their original documentary “I am Migration” for the second semester in a row. The documentary focused on different undocumented immigrants in the...

Residents of Lincoln Hall decide where to put a letter during a game of Bananagrams.

ROC fest starts with a board game tournament

Cassie Buchman, Editor-in-chief September 25, 2017

Students could feel the friendly competition in the air as Residents on Campus fest started Monday evening with “Tournament Night,” a part of its 2017 “Panther Family Game Night” theme. Throughout...

Kennedy Nolen | The Daily Eastern News
Alysh Oetzel, a junior foreign language and communication disorders and sciences major, shares her experience of studying abroad in Costa Rica during the summer of 2017. She did a four-week long program with other Eastern students and a separate course on her own, where she enrolled directly into the Universidad Veritas in San Jose.

Students share experiences in Latin America

Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter September 18, 2017

  Five presenters shared their study abroad experiences in a panel called “From the Eyes of Latinos” in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union as part of Latin Heritage month. Alysh...

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