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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

Media literacy is important to practice

Staff Editorial January 8, 2018

With the end of every year comes the annual “end-of-year” lists, where we get to find out what people thought were the best and worst aspects of 2017. According to USA Today, a Marist Poll found that...

Adventure can be adversarial

Olivia Swenson-Hultz, Online Editor January 8, 2018

Deciding what you want to do with your life can be a challenge, and school can be consuming during the most formative years of our life. Feeling apathetic about the future, I knew that I needed a change....

Travel can broaden one’s horizons

Analicia Haynes, Managing Editor January 8, 2018

There have been times, I must admit, where I have taken advantage of the luxury that comes with being born American.  Of course, that luxury could arguably be many things; however, the luxury I’m referring...

The glass is half full of whatever you want

January 7, 2018

We hope you all had some kind of a chance to rest over break, even if you had a job (or two) to work at while at home. Some of you are probably excited to see your friends after returning after all...

Cold weather does not need to mean cold hearts

Liz Stephens, Columnist January 7, 2018

Over winter break a homeless man that was in his thirties came into my work at GNC asking me to call him an ambulance because he did not feel well. I am sure he felt his symptoms and pain he mentioned,...

Fresh ways to start a fresh year

Carol Hodorowicz, Opinions Editor January 7, 2018

Usually, whenever I read something that follows the typical and exhausted “do’s and don’t’s” format, I roll my eyes and do not bother to give it a read. However, because it is a new year,...

Be joyful for friends moving on, no matter how hard

Carole Hodorowicz, Columnist December 10, 2017

Every time a break is just within reach, I realize more and more that the amount of returning trips to Eastern I have are limited. This realization deepens every time I think about how one of my roommates...

Don’t force memories, enjoy final moments on campus

Shelby Niehaus, Columnist December 10, 2017

Sometimes I think about when my last day visiting The Daily Eastern News newsroom will be. Will it be twenty years in the future, visiting during an alumni event? Or will I find my way back even later...

Keep hard work in mind as semester finally ends

Staff Report December 10, 2017

The smell of burnt coffee grounds, sorrow, joy and a hint of salty tears linger across campus as students brace themselves for a long week of cramming for finals, and professors grade late work as a one...

Here’s to you, Bailey

Sean Hastings, Columnists December 7, 2017

Without question, putting down my dog who I owned for 14 and a half years was one of the toughest things I had to deal with. The thing that made it so tough was that I was here at Eastern, unable to...

Get ready to rumble

December 7, 2017

All that is left to do this semester is finals, so with most grades basically set in stone we try to convince ourselves the work is over. However, with projects, essays and studying still left to do, we...

Role models inspire and challenge us

Abbey Whittington, columnist December 7, 2017

As I am getting my grave and tombstone ready for finals week, I have been looking for ways to stay sane and positive so I can be productive. I mostly find long "self-help" lists that tell me to put...

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