One of the social distancing guidelines put in place this semester to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus has been to limit the amount of people that are allowed to sit and eat in the dining halls...

The Coles County Courthouse was the site of a Back the Blue rally and a Black Lives Matter counterprotest on Saturday morning. We at The Daily Eastern News were on the scene while the rallies began, and...

Charleston residents can expect a full weekend of protests as Back the Blue supporters and counter-protesters meet on the square less than 24 hours after a Black Lives Matter walk on Eastern’s campus....

Free COVID-19 tests were made available for all Eastern students on Wednesday and will also be available on Thursday on the South Quad. We at the Daily Eastern News strongly urge all students who did...

A lot of focus this semester is going toward following all of the health and safety protocols around campus. It is important to understand and follow all of these protocols so everyone on campus can remain...

As student journalists we always tend to be close to the heart of campus. Whether that means we are at your sporting event, telling you what’s going on close to campus this weekend, when you can take...

Being back on campus for this fall may feel strange. Most things have felt strange over the last six months. But it is important for things to feel strange. If things feel too normal, we may begin to fall...

Eastern announced on Wednesday a sweeping series of decisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak including the extension of spring break until March 29 and the move to online-only classes when school...

With the coronavirus getting closer to us, it is important that we take the necessary precautions to make sure we do not catch it and that we avoid getting others sick as well. As of now, the university...

Election Day for the general primary election is on Tuesday, March 17. Most of us plan to vote that day at our local polling place, but there is another option that may be more convenient. With Election...

Eastern’s Council on Academic Affairs voted unanimously at its Thursday meeting last week to reject a bylaw change that would make it no longer subject to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The proposed...

The democratic presidential race is essentially down to two candidates now: former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. And democrats, particularly those on Twitter, are split on...