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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

Editorial: Be nice to those who cater to us

Staff Editorial April 10, 2018

Patience is a virtue. Unfortunately, it is not one we always have, especially while waiting in a long line that stretches into the horizon or sitting at a table in a restaurant for what feels like years...

Editorial: There are cheap options for fun around campus

Staff Editorial April 9, 2018

It’s that time of the semester again. Our refund checks are long gone. The motivation to keep chugging along for the last three weeks of the semester has long disappeared. During this brief but crucial...

Editorial: Don’t be a sore loser, winner

Staff Editorial April 8, 2018

As Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis would say in the 1988 baseball movie “Bull Durham,” “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.” The rain has no bearing on how one would...

Editorial: Congress, listen to your morals

Staff Report April 5, 2018

This past Easter Sunday, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he was no longer going to support a deal for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, as “Caravans”...

Going to class should be a priority

Staff Report April 5, 2018

We at The Daily Eastern News have three simple words we would like to share with you. No, it’s not “I love you” or “It’s happy hour.” What we want and need to tell you is… Go to class. Something...

Think before you post

Staff Editorial April 3, 2018

With technology and social media, we have seemingly unlimited access to information and communication in seconds. And more times than not, we don’t give our own posts a second thought before we share...

Continue to ask questions about new college structure

Staff Editorial April 2, 2018

Changes are coming to the university, and they are coming quickly. Under the new proposal for college restructuring shown by Provost Jay Gatrell, the university is now looking at one new college, two...

Participation is key for shaping our future

March 28, 2018

The lack of student participation on campus has been getting hard to see lately. Organizations campus-wide have seen the negative consequences that stem from the obvious student apathy. Whether it is...

Social media privacy no longer exists

Staff Editorial March 27, 2018

There has been buzz in the news about every middle-aged parents’ favorite social media platform. In case you are a part of the population that is not a middle-aged parent or active on Facebook, allow...

Make an effort to learn about different cultures, groups

Staff Editorial March 26, 2018

Here at The Daily Eastern News, we value the diversity of the students on campus. The array of differences present in our community is what makes Eastern a unique and culturally-stimulating university...

Editorial: Live your life, laugh at yourself once in a while

Staff Report March 22, 2018

If there is one thing that is for certain, it is this: Nobody’s perfect. Those two words seem to be ones we hear or say as often as we say “hello” and “goodbye,” especially during this point...

College won’t last forever, so enjoy it

Staff Editorial March 20, 2018

It is hard to believe that we are already at this point in the semester again. We only have roughly six weeks left. We at The Daily Eastern News are not the hugest fans of clichés, but we are also...

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