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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

Griffin May

COLUMN: Bargain hunting with your EIU email

Griffin May, Podcaster April 12, 2026

Checking your email can be a tedious process. For some of us, we keep it nice and tidy with every email read. For others, their admissions checklist from freshman year is buried under 2,000 other messages. But...

Griffin May

COLUMN: Hold on to your discs and cartridges

Griffin May, Podcaster April 5, 2026

Physical media are tangible objects that store some kind of data. Physical media has a wide range of uses, from movies to video games and all sorts of media. In the age of streaming and online gaming...

Emerson Reynolds

COLUMN: Eastern actually inspired Easter

Emerson Reynolds, Opinions Editor April 1, 2026

It’s not talked about as often as EIU's bigger accomplishments, but EIU actually had just as big a hand in creating Easter as the bunny itself.  The story starts long before our time, when EIU was...

Griffin May

COLUMN: The joys of living on campus 

Griffin May, Podcaster March 24, 2026

Living on campus at Eastern Illinois University has many benefits, and is a great way for students to connect with others and their own campus life. Eastern is a pretty walkable campus; getting from...

Griffin May

COLUMN: ‘Scream 7’: Blinded by nostalgia

Griffin May, Podcaster March 19, 2026

“Scream 7” is finally here, and this movie proves that the past never dies. “Scream 7” has mixed feedback among fans, and some stand out more than others. The newest installment in the slasher...

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