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

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Women have the right to get safe abortions

Jessica Stewart, Columnist May 17, 2019

If you’ve been paying attention to the news or social media lately, you’ve probably seen a lot of discussion about abortion. Many states have been passing legislation recently that restrict women’s...

Spring cleaning tips: Staying tidy is important

Jessica Stewart, Columnist May 14, 2019

Summertime is approaching fast, and the warm weather is a perfect reason to open all your windows, play some music and tidy up your place. It’s also a perfect opportunity to rethink your furniture arrangements...

Reflecting on religion after death, turmoil

Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief May 13, 2019

A lot of horrible things happened to me these past couple weeks. On April 29 at night, my mother's birthday, I got a call from my father--a call I've been dreading since the beginning of the Spring...

Letter from the editor: Thanks for everything

Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2019

This is it. My tenure as editor-in-chief for a remarkable newspaper has reached an end. Of course, it’s a little bittersweet. Why wouldn’t it be? It has certainly been an interesting year, and...

Common sense is needed in life

Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor April 28, 2019

It is the last week of this school year, so I thought it would be fun to end the year right, by letting everyone know the things that bug the crap out of me. First of all, have some common sense when...

Sports fan rage is absolutely terrifying

Logan Raschke, News Editor April 25, 2019

This probably goes without saying, but the rage of an angry sports fan is simply terrifying. I don’t know about you guys, but my dad is so bad about this. My dad is a very lax dude. He’s easygoing,...

Experience makes you who you are

Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor April 25, 2019

This is my last week here at The Daily Eastern News, and it is certainly a bittersweet feeling. I have had the best time working here the past couple of years, and I am certainly going to miss this place. I...

Find your tanning bed; try something new

Megan Keane, columnist April 24, 2019

I’d never tanned in a tanning bed before, but I had tanned ... once or twice. When I was younger, I tanned nicely. I wasn’t always super pasty and freckly. What I’m really saying is, I wasn’t...

College is a cup of coffee: too brief

Carole Hodorowicz, Columnist April 24, 2019

For the past couple of weeks, my dad has been repeating a few words to me that have yet to hit me with their full weight until I sat down to write this column, my last column for The Daily Eastern News: “College...

Swiping left on one’s own marriage

Natalee Reynolds, Columnist April 22, 2019

Welcome to a new generation: fake love. Millennials and iGen’s were the foundation of this new age of love, and I’d like to think that Tinder and other social media sites planted the seed. Tinder...

Procrastination can lead to problems

Karena Ozier, Columnist April 22, 2019

A lot of students procrastinate. My personal definition of procrastination is when someone waits until the last minute to complete a task. I have never been one to procrastinate, simply because I hate...

Eastern needs more school spirit

Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor April 21, 2019

There is a lot of hypocrisy within the student body at Eastern that I want to address. Doing so at the end of the year may seem like a lost cause, since a lot of students are graduating or may be transferring. But...

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