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  • Soccer standings: Women's at 2-4-3, Men's at 1-3
  • Football standings: 1-1 after win over Indiana State
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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

Cartoon by Gunnar Olson

EDITORIAL: AI threatens independent thinking

Editorial Board September 10, 2024

What if meticulous hours of note taking, grueling Quizlets and long nights powered by questionable amounts of caffeine ceased to exist? Thanks to artificial intelligence, it can.   The current education...

Gunnar Olson, Senior, Journalism.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Politics, multimedia take stage for DEN

Gunnar Olson, Editor-in-Chief August 23, 2024

If you would have told me a year ago that I would be editor-in-chief of The Daily Eastern News, I would have been shocked. This is my senior year at Eastern, along with this being my second year working...

Daily Eastern News logo est. summer 2024.

Meet the fall 2024 editors

Editorial Staff August 23, 2024

Managing Hello there! My name is Alli Hausman, and I am the managing editor here at The News. I am a junior journalism major with a deep love for most things weird. At the DEN, I act as a final editor...

EDITORIAL: Class evaluations should matter

EDITORIAL: Class evaluations should matter

Editorial Board April 4, 2024

At the end of the semester, students submit anonymous evaluations about their classes and professors with aims of helping better the class for future students. As a board, we had seen a vast range of...

The News won 34 awards at the Illinois Collegiate Press Association 2024.

EDITORIAL: The News wins 34 state awards

Editorial Board February 21, 2024

The Daily Eastern News staff won 34 awards at the Illinois Collegiate Press Association this past weekend in Chicago. The staff beat its previous record of 28 awards set at last year's ICPA in both...

Ryan Hendrickson during the open interviews in Buzzard Auditorium. He is one out of four candidates for provost position Thursday morning.

EDITORIAL: We endorse Hendrickson as next provost

Editorial Board February 13, 2024

The Editorial Board majority endorsed Eastern’s current Interim Provost Ryan Hendrickson to serve as the official provost. After weeks of interviews, Eastern heard out the four provost candidates...

EDITORIAL: Should you trust the mystic, weather-predicting rodent?

EDITORIAL: Should you trust the mystic, weather-predicting rodent?

Editorial Board February 5, 2024

Groundhog Day is a celebration celebrated on Feb. 2 every year. The celebration's main focus is on a wise, ancient groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil. Every year, they drag Phil out a of deep winter's...

Students from Eastern Illinois University take pictures together during Block Party Pep Rally event at O‘Brien Stadium Friday night.

EDITORIAL: Eastern needs a devoted provost

Editorial Board January 25, 2024

As students, we need someone who will be able to guide us and the university we devote much of our time to. As a provost, academics and students are the main priorities.  If Eastern is educating...

EDITORIAL: The importance of local voting

EDITORIAL: The importance of local voting

Editorial Board January 23, 2024

When voting, most people think about the biggest election race-- the presidential race. But sometimes when we walk into the booth, we forget about the smaller positions and names on the ballot.  When...

EDITORIAL: Students need healthier, more flexible late-night food choices

EDITORIAL: Students need healthier, more flexible late-night food choices

Editorial Board January 17, 2024

Have you ever finished writing a ten page paper at midnight and asked yourself "what is even open right now?" There are countless pizza places open. There are the usual fast food places like McDonald's...

EDITORIAL: New Year, new resolutions

EDITORIAL: New Year, new resolutions

Editorial Board January 9, 2024

To start off the New Year, people often set New Year's resolutions. Some of our new and returning staff will introduce themselves and share their New Year's resolutions with readers.   Hello...

COMIC BY JENNA MINOR | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS
Comic depicts lack of feminine hygiene products.

EDITORIAL: Pink tax is out of control, what is Eastern doing?

Editorial Board November 15, 2023

Students are using low-cost feminine hygiene products provided by campus in academic halls, but it does not seem to be enough. Over the last few years, the cost of living has been increasingly inching...

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