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Drew Cagle and The Reputation performed during their acoustic tour Haunted earlier this year.
Eastern student to open for multi-platinum record band Sunday
Charlestons Fourth of July parade started in the square with multiple different groups distributing candy and showing representation like the countys Democrat and Republican groups, Charleston High Schools cheerleaders, multiple church groups, the local martial arts class and even clowns riding dirtbikes.
Charleston hosts 31st Annual RWB Days
Jeff Riggs, his wife Kristen Riggs and their son Caleb Riggs watch the fireworks display at the Coles County Airport Friday as part of Red, White and Blue Days. The two-day celebration ended with the fireworks.
Bruce Springsteen tribute band to perform Sunday during RWB Days
Members of the University Professionals of Illinois socialize before the negotiation team meets with Eastern’s negotiation team at Booth Library Monday afternoon.
Eastern’s faculty union hopes to hear financial package during next meeting
UPD to revive R.A.D. self-defense training
UPD to revive R.A.D. self-defense training
Eastern midfielder Munir Sherali keeps the ball away from an opponent in a match against Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 3 at Lakeside Field. Eastern lost the match 1-0.
Josh Oakley returns to coach men’s soccer
Trevor Nichols pitched five innings during the Panthers first game of the OVC Tournament against the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars in Lexington, KY. The Panthers lost 8-6 against the Courgars, closing out the season.
Panthers eliminated in first game of OVC Tourney
The Panthers celebrate after winning their last conference game of the season on Friday. The Panthers won one game of the doubleheader, against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks 7-5.
Panthers lock fourth seed in OVC, play Wednesday
In the top of the eighth, left, Jason DeCicco, a senior left-handed pitcher, is relieved after Jackson Nichols, a sophomore right-handed pitcher, during the Panthers Senior Day game against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks Tuesday afternoon. After stepping off the mound, DeCicco embraces most of the team exchanging sentiments with them.
Panthers snap losing streak on Senior Day
Eastern pitcher Hayden Birdsong releases a pitch against Murray State on April 22 at Laker Baseball Field in Mattoon. Birdsong pitched five innings of relief, allowing just one run while striking out a season-high nine batters. Eastern lost the game 17-10.
Panthers lose weekend series against Belmont
Take big business out of education
Take big business out of education
COLUMN: Overturning Roe v. Wade is not pro-life
COLUMN: Overturning Roe v. Wade is not pro-life
COLUMN: Weight loss programs arent being sensitive
COLUMN: Weight loss programs aren’t being sensitive
Director of Disability Services April Jackson said its office doesnt conduct routine inspections of campus to see if its disability friendly.
Letter from the Editor: ‘All in’ should mean all
I really hope graduate school isnt scary
I really hope graduate school isn’t scary
Director of Disability Services April Jackson said its office doesnt conduct routine inspections of campus to see if its disability friendly.
Letter from the Editor: ‘All in’ should mean all
EDITORIAL: It is too late to take credit
EDITORIAL: It is too late to take credit
EDITORIAL: Find your Betsy Jewell and thank her
EDITORIAL: Find your Betsy Jewell and thank her
EDITORIAL: No one needs a Miss White EIU
EDITORIAL: No one needs a Miss White EIU
EDITORIAL: What Eastern needs in its next president
EDITORIAL: What Eastern needs in its next president
Take big business out of education
Take big business out of education
COLUMN: Overturning Roe v. Wade is not pro-life
COLUMN: Overturning Roe v. Wade is not pro-life
COLUMN: Weight loss programs arent being sensitive
COLUMN: Weight loss programs aren’t being sensitive
I really hope graduate school isnt scary
I really hope graduate school isn’t scary
COLUMN: Id appreciate if we didnt ruin the world
COLUMN: I’d appreciate if we didn’t ruin the world
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Coles County Faith-Based Coalition for Racial Justice thankful for Douglas Hall name change
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Coles County Faith-Based Coalition for Racial Justice thankful for Douglas Hall name change
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 1978 EIU Championship Football Team members forced to pay for a ticket to the Homecoming game
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 1978 EIU Championship Football Team members forced to pay for a ticket to the Homecoming game
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I love when Brother Jed comes to campus
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I love when Brother Jed comes to campus
Guest Column: You can cancel Stephen Douglas or you can cancel Black people
Letter to the Editor: Be aware of others’ struggles, hard times during pandemic
Josh Hernandez, a junior majoring in finance and plays Tom (Catherine’s husband), and Merri Bork, a junior majoring in theatre and plays Catherine, perform during a dress rehearsal for “These Shining Lives” in The Theatre. In this scene, Tom is comforting Catherine after she woke up from a nightmare about dying and tells her that she is still here with him.
PHOTO GALLERY: “These Shining Lives”
Review: Avoid Slender Man, not worth it
Underrated films: ‘Rush’
Mattoon Arts Council accepting entry forms for 2018 Photography Show
Underrated films: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’
Siobhan Doherty speaks into a megaphone while protesting the overture of the Supreme Court Case Roe v. Wade Friday evening at Morton Park on Lincoln Ave. Doherty said she came out because she is very mad about Roe v. Wade being overturned. Im mad for not only myself, but also for all the women and people with uteruses that this is going to affect, Doherty said.
THROUGH THE LENS: Community members protest Roe v. Wade being overturned
Six-year-old Dulce Stern swims towards her mom Chelsea Stern at the Rotary Community Aquatic Center pool in Charleston Ill. on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Chelsea said the two come out here almost every day to swim and have fun, plus it helps burn off some energy. Dulce said she loves jumping off the diving board and going on the slide with her dad.
THROUGH THE LENS: Charleston community beats the heat
Three different commencement speakers gave speeches during the graduation ceremony for the Eastern Illinois University Class of 2022 Saturday afternoon in Lantz Arena. Representing the Lumpkin College of Business and Technology Marie Koch delivered her speech during the first ceremony. Representing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Jerimiah Boyd-Johnson presented his speech at the second ceremony. Representing the College of Education, MaryAnn Catt and Esperanza Murillo gave their speeches during the last ceremony.
Looking back at the 2021-2022 academic year
Members of the Eastern Class of 2022 celebrate a fellow graduate receiving their diploma during the 2022 spring commencement ceremony in Lantz Arena Saturday afternoon, May 7, 2022.
THROUGH THE LENS: Eastern graduation class of 2022
Sam Fagaly directs 10 songs at the Jazz Ensemble featuring Saxophones, Trumpets, Trombones, and the Rhythm Section on Tuesday night in Doudna Fine Arts Center, April 26, 2022 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill.
THROUGH THE LENS: Spring Jazz Ensemble
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 30: The Bad Guys & The Northman
creative outlet
Creative Outlet Ep. 9: Tyler Jordan of Good Looks
the news desk
Looking Back at the History of Powell-Norton Hall (formerly Douglas Hall)
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 29: Legally Blonde & Fear
the news desk
Sports To Look Forward To & Athletes of the Year with Adam Tumino
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Miller Dunlap, a freshman with an undecided major, and member of Sigma Pi Fraternity Inc., helps his team win a victory for the Tugs competition event for Greek Week on Monday evening at the Campus Pond on April 18, 2022 at Eastern Ilinois University in Charleston, Ill.

THROUGH THE LENS: Greek Week tugs

April 18, 2022
Logan Trent, a junior criminolgy and criminal justice major, and a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Inc., expresses a tough lost at the Tugs event for Greek Week on Monday evening at the Campus Pond on April 18, 2022 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill.

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Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Inc., work as a team to defeat their opponents at the Tugs event for Greek Week on Monday evening at the Campus Pond on April 18, 2022 at Eastern Ilinois University in Charleston, Ill.

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Hanna Zayas, a junior exercise science major, cheers on the Sigma Pi Fraternity Inc., after they win at the Tugs event for Greek Week on Monday evening at the Campus Pond on April 18, 2022 at Eastern Ilinois University in Charleston, Ill.

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Members of Sigma Pi Fraternity Inc., struggle to win at the Tugs event for Greek Week but make a great turn around in the end, where they end up winning against the other team on Monday evening at the Campus Pond on April 18, 2022 at Eastern Ilinois University in Charleston, Ill.

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A crowd gathers to watch the other team on the opposite side of the lake struggle to win at the Tugs event for greek week on Monday evening at the Campus Pond on April 18, 2022 at Eastern Ilinois University in Charleston, Ill.

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A member of the Tri Delta Sorority Inc., helps get a stranded rope out of the water at the Tugs event for Greek Week on Monday evening at the Campus Pond.

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At the Couture Models fashion show Black In Time hosted by Femi Usikalu, a senior digital media major, from left, Makayla Brown, a sophomore pre-nursing major, Christopher Burney, a fashion merchandising and design major, and Vanessa Hightower, a sophomore corporate communications major, dress in style together for the Black Panther theme section on Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom.

THROUGH THE LENS: ‘Black In Time’ Couture Modeling

April 10, 2022
Aaliyah Enter, a sophomore finance major, models for the Ni**as in Paris theme of the Couture Models fashion show Black In Time hosted by Femi Usikalu, a senior digital media major, Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom.

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Jacqueline Williams, a sophomore teacher education major, models for the theme of Ni**as in Paris at the Couture Models fashion show Black In Time hosted by Femi Usikalu, a senior digital media major, on Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom.

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Aaliyah Enter, a sophomore finance major, models on stage in the Couture Models fashion show Black In Time hosted by Femi Usikalu, a senior digital media major, Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill. on April 10, 2022.

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From left, Meante Foster, a junior in exercise science major, and Abiah Jackson, a junior criminology major, model on stage together for the Black Panther theme portion of Couture Models fashion show Black In Time hosted by Femi Usikalu, a senior digital media major, on Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom.

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Makayla Brown, a sophomore pre-nursing major, poses for the 1920’s theme of the Couture Models fashion show Black In Time hosted by Femi Usikalu, a senior digital media major.

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Crystal Valentine, the guest speaker for the Poetry-ish Women’s History Month event, reads her poem about how the Kardashian family culturally appropiate Black women on Thursday night in Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

THROUGH THE LENS: Poetry-ish

March 31, 2022
Displays about Women’s History that were later used for a Kahoot game with complementary nail polish and champagne glasses for the Poetry-ish Women’s History Month event.

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Crystal Valentine, the guest speaker for the Poetry-ish Women’s History Month event, explains what she’s going to discuss in her next poems.

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Yolanda Williams, the Academic Advisor, asks a question for Crystal Valentine, the guest speaker, during a Question and Answer segment during the Poetry-ish event.

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Paola Cuatepitza Rojas, a sophomore early childhood education major, interacts with other students at the Poetry-ish event.

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Karah Estillore, a sophomore accounting major, gets her eighth answer in a row correct while playing Kahoot.

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Karah Estillore, a sophomore accounting major, poses for a marketing and communications picture after winning a pair of Airpods as her Kahoot prize.

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From left, Anaja Smith, a freshman majoring in community health and Talaya Warfield, a freshman majoring in human services, listens to questions asked by their peers during the question and answer segment for Crystal Valentine, the guest speaker for the Poetry-ish Women’s History Month event, on Thursday night in Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Students compete against each other for the Greek Life softball game for SigFest week hosted by Sigma Chi Fraternitys President, Bryden Brown, a senior exercise science major on Thursday evening, March 24, 2022, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill.

THROUGH THE LENS: SigFest softball game

March 25, 2022
Participants from Alpha Sigma Alpha, from left, Abby Mann, a senior nutrition and dietetics major, Claire Bunse, a junior marketing major, and Kaylee Donaldson, an exercise science major, laugh and celebrate their win in the Greek Life softball game for SigFest week.

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Tasima Allen, a junior theatre major, starts to paint her mason jar for Andrews Hall’s mason jar painting event Monday night as a way to destress and express during the school week.

THROUGH THE LENS: Destress and express painting

January 25, 2022
Ashley Mlinar, a freshman studio art major, and Brook Ozier, a freshman biology major, decorate mason jars together.

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Diana Maggi, a freshman biological sciences major, and Olivia Lys, a freshman computer science major, paint mason jars together in the Andrews Hall lobby Monday night.

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Kaitlin Santiago, a junior English major, wins her bingo prize after competing against other students in the Grand Ballroom during one of the Winter Welcome Dayz events.

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Kennedi Johnson, a freshman psychology major, socializes with her new friend that she met while playing bingo in the Grand Ballroom Tuesday night.

[Photo] THROUGH THE LENS: Winter welcome days

January 12, 2022
Katelind Winterland, a freshman business major, focuses on her bingo cards while with a group of friends in the Grand Ballroom for the Winter Welcome Dayz event on Tuesday night.

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People who joined the Latkes and Lights event in honor of Hanukkah, learn about the history of the holiday while playing a game of Dreidel in McAfee Wednesday night.

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Anna Fishbein, (left) a graduate student studying College Student Affairs, plays a Jewish game called Dreidel after Heather Paul, (right) a senior Jewish Educator and student rabbi at Illini Hillel at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana, discusses how to play the game to others.

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Vice President Jay Gatrell gives a pep talk and words of encouragement to first generation students at Taylor Hall.

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Suzie Park, Special Assistant to the Provost on Student Training, and Vice President Jay Gatrell, mingle and eat lunch at the First Generation Week Lunch with the Firsts in Thomas Hall Monday afternoon.

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Eastern’s first Southern Majorette team performs at the homecoming parade.

[Photo] Elite Elegance brings majorette-style dances to Eastern

November 5, 2021

THROUGH THE LENS: Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit

November 2, 2021
Jason Aguilar’s ofrenda for the Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit inside the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

[Photo] Friends, teammates of Aguilar say he was selfless, caring

November 2, 2021
Jason Aguilar’s ofrenda, inside the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Trelyn Newkirk, a junior TV and video production major, and Kristin Routt, a Spanish professor, along with many other students and faculty, recite an All Souls Day prayer in front of Jason Aguilar’s ofrenda for the Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit inside the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Alicia, a sophomore biological sciences major, Jaheel Perrin, a sophomore sport management major, and Riley Baker, a senior physical education major, admire Jason Aguilar’s ofrenda during the Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit where they honor those who have passed, inside the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Christian Watson, a sophomore spanish teacher licensure major, shows off the ofrenda he and his other group members put together for the Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit inside the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Students gather around Jason Aguilar’s ofrenda to honor his memory during the Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit inside the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

[Photo] THROUGH THE LENS: The News’ year in photos

December 31, 2021
Yolanda Botello, a junior special education major, presents the ofrenda she and her group members made which feature pictures of family members that passed away. Botello says, “They passed away without a goodbye, but they will always be in our hearts.”

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Alana Mcneely a junior human services major, runs to first base as Antwan Grahman a junior construction management major attempts to tag her out.

[Photo] THROUGH THE LENS: Kickball with the Greeks

October 20, 2021
Tyler Warner, a freshman graphic design major, practices his craft, playing frisbee, during his free time and enjoys the nice weather outside.

THROUGH THE LENS: Frisbee Free Time

October 12, 2021
Tyler Warner, a freshman graphic design major, throws frisbees into numerous baskets.

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Multiple residence halls build a boat which is designed with a 2000’s cartoon as the theme in order to compete in the relay race.

[Photo] PHOTO GALLERY: RHA boat races

September 30, 2021
The Council of Academic Affairs held a meeting Sept. 16 in Booth library.

[Photo] CAA met and discussed Senior Seminar requirements

September 16, 2021
The Study Abroad Program sets up an info table for students to learn more about studying abroad. They offered chocolate from different countries that are available to study abroad at.

[Photo] Study Abroad shares chocolate, information

September 9, 2021
Audrey Buss, a freshman science education major, fills out a job application while her husband, Luke Mason, is there to support her.

[Photo] Coles Co. COVID-19 cases see surge

September 2, 2021
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