FEATURE PHOTO: Ukulele jammin’
Analicia Haynes, Senior Staff Reporter
June 24, 2019
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Nichole Meyer, a sophomore music education and music composition performance major, plays the ukulele Sunday night behind the front desk in McKinney Hall. Meyer is a Conference Assistant and was working an eight-hour shift. Between checking in students for a journalism camp, explaining what their...
FEATURE PHOTO: Unwinding at the pavilion
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 18, 2019
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Heather Davis, 42, and Hannah Hudson, 14, relax in the pavilion outside the Tarble Arts Center Tuesday afternoon. Davis said they come to the pavilion because it makes them feel peaceful. Hudson said they also usually bring lunch when they visit.
FEATURE PHOTO: Celebrate Pride
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 18, 2019
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Rosa Coit (left), a sophomore from Charleston High School, colors patterns on a coloring sheet during Celebrate Pride at the Rotary Room of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Monday afternoon. She said she decided to attend Celebrate Pride because members of the LGBTQ community should feel...
FEATURE PHOTO: The ‘Broom Dance’ at the Civil War Ball
Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter
June 16, 2019
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Dancers at the Lincoln Log Cabin Civil War Ball mix and mingle during the Broom Dance on June 15. The Broom Dance requires participants to find a new partner whenever the band stops playing. The dance is arranged so that there is one less woman than men on the dance floor. The man who is left without...
FEATURE PHOTO: Mid-week studying
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 12, 2019
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Cheung Ho Hon, a sophomore civil engineering student at Lake Land College, studies in Booth Library Wednesday afternoon. Cheung said he is from Hong Kong and has one class this summer. He will transfer to Purdue University in the upcoming fall semester.
FEATURE PHOTO: Football at the Campus Pond
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 11, 2019
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Karyn Baldwin (left), Courtney Prais (right), Mallory Johnson (middle) and Nora Richardson play with a football next to the Campus Pond Tuesday afternoon. Richardson is using a branch to retrieve the football back after dropping it into the water. They said they are all in the Golden Apple Scholars...
FEATURE PHOTO: Row like there’s no tomorrow
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 10, 2019
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Boy Scout Troop 141, part of Charleston Wesley's ministry to youth, row kayaks at the Campus Pond Monday afternoon. Jim Coleman, a retired professor from the communication department at Eastern, said the troop meets every other Monday at Charleston Wesley United Methodist Church. He said the scouts...
FEATURE PHOTO: Roc’s Old-Time Jam
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2019
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Jerry Ellis (right), an acoustic guitar player from Charleston, plays old-time tunes from "Dear Old Illinois" with Jim Jand (middle), a banjo player from Tolono, and Jerry Myers (left), a fiddle player from Mattoon, at Roc's Blackfront Tavern & Grill Sunday afternoon. The three players were playing...
FEATURE PHOTO: Janoma performs at SweetTea’z
Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 6, 2019
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Nora Gannaway, 13, puts the microphone back on its stand after singing a song at SweeTea'z Thursday evening. Gannaway is a singer from the local band Janoma, which is made up of young teens.
FEATURE PHOTO: Food on the move
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
June 5, 2019
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Monica Maybell, a dietetics senior and student worker, organizes a meal as part of the Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism's and Salvation Army's summer free meals program for youth on Wednesday at Textbook Rental. Maybell said this is her second year participating in the summer meals program;...
FEATURE PHOTO: Crafting flowers out of coffee filters
Raine Zhu, Raine Zhu
June 4, 2019
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Tonya Morton, an employee of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, teaches people how to use coffee filters to craft into flowers at the Rotary Room B Tuesday evening. She said people can make peonies and poppies out of dyed coffee filters during this activity and bring their flowers home after...
FEATURE PHOTO: Folk songs at Muse Fest
Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter
June 2, 2019
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Robbie Fulks, a folk music artist, sings his song 'Tears Only Run One Way' during the 5th annual Muse Fest at the Charleston Square on June 1. Muse Fest opened up just as the first Tour de Charleston races were finishing up. Muse Fest included a Kid’s corner, complete with bounce houses, mini-golf...
