As Coles County COVID-19 cases see a spike, it is important to remember the pandemic is not over yet.
Life is definitely moving towards normalcy but that does not mean that we should be letting our guard...
Have you heard of Napoleon, Eastern’s campus dog?
If not, in 1947 Napoleon was adopted as the official mascot for Eastern. He was a large part of campus life until his death in 1960.
Now, a bench behind...
As we move into a new academic year with a new Editorial Board we want to make one thing very clear: our support of AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 981, has...
Welcome to The Daily Eastern News, Eastern's student newspaper.
The News covers a variety of things on and around Eastern's campus and you will likely see us out and about throughout the semester.
As...
As we finish our last paper of the academic year, we are both relieved and saddened.
This year has had many stressors due to the pandemic that while difficult to overcome were an experience we were...
We at The Daily Eastern News applaud the Naming Committee’s decision to recommend renaming Douglas Hall.
An entire academic year has been led up to a much-awaited answer, and we are pleased to see...
Sheila Simons was presented with the 2020 Luis Clay Mendez Distinguished Service Award Tuesday afternoon following a year of what we can only imagine has been an incredibly stressful and hard year for...
During the Board of Trustees meeting April 23, Michael Perri voted against multiple items that had previously been discussed amongst the Student Government.
During the Student Government meeting in which...
Thursday afternoon the Council on Academic Affairs met and discussed a proposal submitted by The Daily Eastern News editorial board. The proposal asked for the university to offer a credit/no credit option...
The verdict is in: Derek Chauvin is guilty of murdering George Floyd.
For many of us, it feels weird to be able to say that. Even though we all watched Floyd die in front of our eyes on video, in journalism...
Elections for Student Government are open until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
All Eastern students should have received an email to their Outlook accounts with the link to vote, and we at The Daily Eastern News...
As Eastern kicks off it’s week of showing prospective students why they should attend Eastern, our editorial board has had time to reflect on why we chose Eastern.
One of the things that drew us into...
