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

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...

Review: Night Vale mystifies

Review: ‘Night Vale’ mystifies

Sam Fishel, Staff Reporter June 21, 2016

“Time is weird in Night Vale,” readers of Welcome to Night Vale are often reminded. But as it turns, time is only one of the many weird things going on in this desert hamlet where “the sun is hot,...

Dennis Malak

Malak seeks stability, representation for 110th District

Sam Fishel, Staff Reporter June 20, 2016

Dennis Malak is certain that through advocacy for stability and responsive legislating, he will be the best choice to represent the interests of Eastern, Charleston, and the entire 110th District in the...

Stefan Eckert, a music professor, places a sign in a yard on Briarwood Court in Charleston on Saturday. Eckert was accompanied by Sace Elder, a womens studies professor and member of the EIU-UPI mobilization committee.

EIU-UPI canvasses for signatures, support

Jason Howell, Editor-in-Chief June 20, 2016

Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois hosted a second canvassing event on Saturday, walking up and down Charleston streets, reminding people to keep putting pressure on the area’s...

A vigil participant holds up a peace sign as others hold up the flashlights on their phones and their unlit candles in solidarity with the 49 shooting victims in Orlando, on Thursday on the east steps of the Coles County Courthouse.

PFLAG Charleston holds vigil for Orlando victims

Sam Fishel, Staff Reporter June 16, 2016

  The Charleston chapter of PFLAG held a vigil at the Coles County Courthouse Thursday evening to honor and memorialize the 49 victims of the June 12 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando,...

Deborah Lynch, an associate professor at Chicago State University, canvasses after the demonstration and march on May 16. Lynch and her peers visited the houses of registered voters in the area to ask them to sign a petition and/or put a sign in their yard.

EIU-UPI to canvass door-to-door on Saturday

Jason Howell, Editor-in-Chief June 16, 2016

Eastern’s chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois will be canvassing door-to-door in Charleston on Saturday from 9-11 a.m. The group will be meeting at Morton Park at 8:15 a.m. to discuss...

A camper shows off the LEGO people she assembled Monday during the “Beginning Engineering LEGO Camp” in room 2221 of Old Main. The project of the day was a merry-go-round, which involved a crank and a turntable.

Photos: LEGO Camp

June 13, 2016

Members of The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corp practice outside at OBrien Field on Friday. Temperatures reached upwards of 90 degrees on Friday.

The Cavaliers make annual appearance at Eastern

Danielle Tadlock, Staff Reporter June 11, 2016

After arriving on Monday, The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps will be performing for the community at 8 p.m. at O’Brien Field. The Cavaliers are sponsored by the Village of Rosemont and part of Drum...

Kent Martin

New interim police chief appointed at UPD

Staff Report June 10, 2016

Lt. Kent Martin of the University Police Department has been appointed to interim police chief, according to a press release from Eastern. Martin, a 19-year veteran of UPD, replaces John Hatfill, who...

Aydin Tariq and Cheyenne McFarland play with LEGOs during the free playtime at the Beginning Engineering LEGO Camp Tuesday in Room 2231 of Old Main. The beginner’s camp allows children ages six to eight to design and build LEGO creations such as cars, catapults and wheelbarrows.

Summer classes for children to begin

Molly Dotson, Staff Reporter June 10, 2016

The Tarble Arts Center and School of Continuing Education will be holding classes and camps involving painting, sculpting, engineering and horseback riding for children of all ages starting June 13. While...

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