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

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Members of Easterns chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois stand outside the office of Rep. Reggie Phillips on May 16.

Phillips to hold town hall in Marshall

Staff Report July 13, 2016

Rep. Reggie Phillips will be hosting a town hall meeting in Marshall on Monday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. “After months of negotiations with all parties involved, we finally have some financial relief for...

Clay Harrington

Unity Rally to include candlelight vigil, live music

Jason Howell, Editor-in-Chief July 11, 2016

The Vineyard Church in Charleston will be hosting a free, family-friendly Unity Rally on Saturday from 5-8 p.m. at Kiwanis Park. After the tragedies in Orlando, Minnesota, Baton Rouge and Dallas, the...

Josh Meesey, a soon-to-be senior at Mahomet-Seymour High School and prospective student, shakes the hand of Steven Daniels, physics department chair, after discussing physics during an open house Friday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Meesey said he is not sure if he will be attending Eastern, but he said he plans on majoring in computer science. Physics is just one of his passions.

Photo: Open House

July 8, 2016

Cameron Craigs album, My Life as a Sonata: A Passion Recapitulated, will be released on Aug. 16.

Eastern’s Cameron Craig releasing vocal album

Jason Howell, Editor-in-Chief July 7, 2016

A passion for music and being laid off from Eastern has prompted Cameron Craig to rediscover a prior love and release a vocal album, set to be released Aug. 16. Craig, a faculty member in the geography...

Members of the Chicago State delegation rally and chant in front of the governors office on Feb. 17 in the Capitol Building in Springfield.

Gov. Rauner signs stopgap budget (Updated)

Sam Fishel, Staff Reporter July 1, 2016

Updated with statements from President Glassman and Democratic candidate Dennis Malak   After many months of partisan discussion, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a stopgap budget after Democrats and...

Schools come together Feb. 17 at the Lincoln Memorial Statue in front of the Capitol Building.

Editorial: Hey Springfield, enough is enough

Staff Editorial June 29, 2016

A war is being fought on the soil of our very own state. Some living within the borders may have so far escaped the bloodshed. Others absolutely have not. On one side of the ideological war are...

Steven Malehorn, greenhouse manager, measures the height of the Titan Arum Thursday in Thut Greenhouse. This flower was 69.5 inches tall at the time, but Malehorn said he hopes it will beat the 76-inch record from the previous bloom in 2014.

Titan Arum: Eastern’s corpse flower to bloom (Updated)

Molly Dotson, Staff Reporter June 29, 2016

Update 12:20 p.m., June 29:  Greenhouse manager Steven Malehorn has issued his "first bloom alert," according to a press release. Malehorn expects the flower to bloom either today or Thursday....

Angie Mulligan, an Illini Girls State elections office staff member, reads the results of the recently held primary Wednesday in Dvorak Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Mulligan is also a teacher at Tinley Park’s Central Middle School, the school that donated the use of its iPads for electronic voting at Girls State.

Girls State teaches campaigning, government

Molly Dotson, Staff Reporter June 23, 2016

Soon-to-be high school senior girls quietly chattered amongst each other as they anticipated the primary election results during one of the American Legion Auxiliary Illini Girls State sessions in the...

Fourth of July Committee member Betty Coffrin collects money from players during the Harold Hackett Memorial Bingo Game June 28 in Morton Park. Players were charged 25 cents per bingo board and could purchase as many as they like.

Fourth of July activities scheduled

Destiny Bell, Staff Reporter June 22, 2016

Less than a month away, the Charleston Red, White and Blue Committee is already making preparations for the Fourth of July celebration. Betty Coffrin, a member of the committee, said the committee was...

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