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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

Babe who is played by Tracy Harpster gets into a sprawl with her sister Babe who is played by Lauren Schuberth in a rehearsal for The Queen of Bingo on thursday night, featured by The Charleston Communty Theater in The Tarble Arts Center.

Queen of Bingo to turn Tarble into bingo hall

Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter October 6, 2016

The Charleston Community Theater will be turning the Tarble Arts Center into a bingo hall 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday for their production of the comedy, “Queen of Bingo.” The show stars Eastern...

Redshirt senior Pono Choy has overcome multiple knee injuries in order to return to the field to help the Panthers to an OVC championship.

Choy dependable on the field

Maria Baldwin, Features Writer October 5, 2016

When you have played football your entire life, setbacks can be detrimental to your abilities to play the game. Sometimes, it just takes a support system to motivate you to get back on track. While...

Junior Grace Summers recently completed one of the best seasons in Eastern womens tennis going 20-1.

Summers enjoying tennis now while planning for future

Parker Valentine, Women's Tennis Reporter October 5, 2016

Junior Grace Summers was 8 years old when she started playing tennis. Two years later at a tournament in her hometown of Memphis, Tenn., she realized her passion for the game. “The true love came...

Students and community members chant, “claim our bodies, claim our right, take a stand, take back the night,” during the S.L.U.T Walk Tuesday in front of Old Main.

S.L.U.T. Walks take to the streets

Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter October 4, 2016

Mattoon resident Sue Dhermy was among the first participants to show up with a megaphone and SACIS shirt in hand to participate in EIU FEM’s fourth annual S.L.U.T. Walk Tuesday night. Dhermy was...

Sophomore midfielder Tyler Massa fights for possession during the Panthers 1-0 loss to Denver Saturday. The Panthers will begin a 4-game road trip Wednesday.

Men’s soccer team begins road trip at Missouri State

Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor October 4, 2016

  The men’s soccer team will begin a four-game road trip Wednesday night as the Panthers head to Missouri State to take on the Bears. The Panthers have struggled to find the winning touch...

Redshirt junior Myles Foor is living out his collegiate dream running for the Eastern cross country and track teams. Running became Foor’s passion during his junior year of high school.

Foor enjoying opportunities on Eastern track, cross country teams

Adam Shay, Features Writer October 4, 2016

  Growing up in Central Illinois, redshirt junior Myles Foor has lived out his collegiate dream of running cross country and track for Eastern. When the time came for Foor to apply at colleges,...

Korliss Marshall runs into a wall of SEMO defenders Saturday at Houck Stadium. Marshall carried the ball 8 times for 18 yards in the Panthers 21-14 loss.

Big plays by Southeast Missouri down Panthers

Sean Hastings, Sports Editor October 2, 2016

  Cape Girardeau, Mo. — On two separate plays, Eastern’s defense bit on a play fake by Southeast Missouri, and it resulted in two wide-open receivers for touchdowns. The big plays were the...

Sophomore forward Trevor Kerns battles two Denver opponents for possession of the ball during the Panthers 1-0 loss to Denver Saturday.

Men’s soccer team drops 5th-straight game

Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor October 2, 2016

The Eastern men’s soccer team’s losing streak extends to five games as a good defensive effort ended in a 1-0 loss to No. 8 Denver. The match was played at the west practice fields because of a...

Shawn Hammers (right), a freshman political science major, celebrates winning the boat relay with his friend Tauhaun Mason (left), a freshman undecided major, Thursday at the campus pond. “Number one in the race, number one in your hearts,” Hammers said.

Boat race brings residents together

Chrissy Miller, Staff Reporter September 30, 2016

Even after a scary sinking situation, the cardboard boat race for "Residents on Campus" fest still gave residents the chance to mingle and show off team spirit. During the race, Thomas Hall’s boat...

Top Cat: Anderson defies odds, makes it to Division-I football

Sean Hastings, Sports Editor September 28, 2016

  Christopher Anderson was not supposed to end up playing football. But for him, playing Division-I football was where he was meant to be. The redshirt junior running back got his first...

Audience members laugh at Donald Trump’s rebutal to a question reguarding his tax information during the Presidential Debate Monday in Lumpkin Auditorium. Addison Bounds (grey Adidas shirt), a senior marketing major, said he thought this part of the debate was especially laughable because Trump’s response was “just very off topic.”

Presidential debate covers policy, personal attacks

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter September 27, 2016

  The first presidential debate was full of policy and personal attacks, as well as plans for the future. Students gathered Monday night in the Roberson Auditorium in Lumpkin Hall to watch the...

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