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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

Column: New Gender Policy Council to be an exciting addition

Lindsey Ulrey March 14, 2021

On International Women’s Day Biden signed an executive order to establish a Gender Policy Council. “The council will have an explicit role in both domestic and foreign policy development,” an administration...

Column: ‘Two Sentence Horror Stories’ sheds light on real world issues

Gillian Eubanks March 12, 2021

The show “Two Sentence Horror Stories” on Netflix is creepy in more ways than just an entertaining, scary story. The show, now in its second season, has a similar vibe to it like “Black Mirror.”...

Column: ‘Coming 2 America’ an interesting sequel

Ryan Meyer March 11, 2021

I recently watched “Coming 2 America,” the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 film “Coming to America.” Both films, directed by Craig Brewer, are comedies surrounding Eddie Murphy’s character Akeem,...

Column: It is easy to get stressed this semester

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez March 11, 2021

If there’s anything us college students can agree on it’s that college is very stressful, with every semester bringing new challenges. With how COVID has affected how we learn here at Eastern, this...

Column: Spend your stimulus check how you want

Destiny Blanchard March 10, 2021

The world is over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the U.S. people have dealt with financial insecurity and some have gotten relief with unemployment checks and the checks that came from the...

Column: New Kings of Leon album a hit

Ryan Meyer March 10, 2021

Kings of Leon released their eighth album, “When You See Yourself,” on March 5. It had been over four years since their last record and this new release was well worth the wait. The singles for “When...

Column: ‘The Killing Fields:’ a great film with a great purpose

Adam Tumino March 9, 2021

Some movies have a hard time accomplishing what they set out to do. This is especially true of films that have a large list of things that they wish to accomplish. In his 1984 movie “The Killing Fields,”...

Column: Journalists are not trying to make you look good or bad

Corryn Brock and Luke Taylor March 8, 2021

As journalists, getting yelled at while covering events has become an unfortunately predictable part of our job.  This weekend, we knew we would need strength in numbers as we got photos and observed...

Column: Society’s unfair standards for body image cause harm

Gillian Eubanks March 5, 2021

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, 28.8 million Americans will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their lifetime. They also found that eating...

Column: Kings of Leon venturing into NFTs

Ryan Meyer March 4, 2021

Kings of Leon are about to release an album that could very well be my favorite of their entire discography. The three singles they’ve released, “The Bandit,” “100,000 People” and “Echoing”...

Column: There’s no rush to figure things out

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez March 4, 2021

In 2018, I came to Eastern a wide-eyed freshman excited for what the next four years would bring. Excited to pursue a career in English education, with dreams of becoming a high school English teacher. Well......

Column: Criticism of Dr. Seuss is warranted

Destiny Blanchard March 3, 2021

The majority of us grew up reading popular Dr. Seuss books such as “Green Eggs and Ham,” “The Lorax” and “The Cat in the Hat.” Normally we look back on those books fondly while remembering...

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