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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

Administration should be careful spending

Staff Editorial November 29, 2018

At the Board of Trustees’ meeting on Nov. 16, a budget for FY 19 was approved. Eastern’s recent history surrounding budgets is a troubled one. As many know, lots of different institutions in the state...

Howard story highlights homophobia, transphobia

Adam Tumino, Columnist November 29, 2018

For years it has seemed like the NBA and its surrounding community was the most inclusive and accepting in sports. It is a time where NFL players like Colin Kaepernick get blacklisted for speaking out...

Link between memory loss and mood disorders

Megan Keane, Columnist November 29, 2018

Within the last decade or so, lots of research has come out drawing a correlation between depression, anxiety, and short-term memory loss. Of course, this isn’t the case with everyone’s depression....

The flaw in our immigration debate

Garret Fisher, Columnist November 27, 2018

America has juggled the issue of immigration since our inception. Unsurprisingly, this problem has again reared its ugly head with the formation of another migrant caravan currently camped on our southern...

Life can be interesting and ironic

Karena Ozier, Columnist November 27, 2018

How ironic would it be that when I say I haven’t had a nosebleed in a while and then within a few hours I get a nose bleed?  Pretty ironic right? Well, that is exactly what kind of irony that...

Rest in peace, Steven Hillenburg

November 27, 2018

Another man behind a franchise that helped raise most of the current students on campus and then some have joined the likes of Stan Lee. Stephen Hillenburg, the SpongeBob SquarePants creator, died Monday...

How to be frugal while Christmas shopping

November 26, 2018

With the holiday break getting closer and closer, we at The Daily Eastern News can practically taste the sweet eggnog and sugar cookies that will be filling our tummies soon. As Christmas decorations...

Which Christmas movie is the best?

November 26, 2018

You’re probably wondering why I’ve gathered all of you here today. As you know, Thanksgiving is now behind us, which means it’s officially Christmas, which also means it’s time for the best part...

‘Entitlements’ aren’t entitlements

Colin Roberts, Columnist November 26, 2018

I do not like US Senate majority speaker Mitch McConnell. Specifically, I do not like that he wants to cut ‘entitlements,’ because the deficit soared to 779 billion dollars. Here’s why I do not like...

What are new phones on the market actually offering?

Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor November 26, 2018

If you did not know, I am not a phone savant or a technological designer in any way whatsoever. But I am starting to notice more and more that the new releases for phones are seemingly recycled products,...

Take time for yourself during the holidays

Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter November 26, 2018

It is easy to get swept up in all the hustle and bustle of the season. What with the holidays, finals, family gatherings and all kinds of other hullabaloo taking up time, one can forget that it is also...

EDITORIAL: Since break is over, now it’s time to work hard

Staff Editorial November 26, 2018

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving Break and we hope everyone made it back to campus safely. But, as all of your turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes start to settle down and you start dreading waking...

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