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Zoe Volk,a junior graphic design major, working on projects in the Doudna computer lab.
EIU to replace campus computers
Old main, Eastern Illinois University Charleston Ill,
Unpacking the 2025 budget
Runners participate in the Toddler Trot on the OBrien Stadium football field 50-yard line during the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Races for all Paces event Saturday morning.
Running for a cause: Sarah Bush Lincoln ready for annual races
Cicadas shells collect on mature tree just west of Eastern Illinois University campus, May 8 2011 Charleston, Ill.
Cicadas swarm state track meet
Samira Dadson sews a zipper onto denim in preparation for the denim day fashion shoot in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Fashion Lab, Charleston Ill., April 18, 2024. Dadson has been sewing for the past 10 years.
Fighting inequality with fashion
Pierce Holley, a junior quarterback, stiff arms a Bryant University Bulldogs defender at O‘Brien Field saturday afternoon.
Holley, Panthers receive preseason recognition
Defender Kya Trejo attempts a long pass on Lakeside Field. The Panthers lost 1-0 against the ISU Redbirds Thursday afternoon.
How does women’s soccer train for the fall?
Head coach, Tara Archibald, speaks to her team between innings during the softball programs first ever NCAA Regional appearance at Sharon J. Drysdale Field on the Northwestern University campus on May 19 in Evanston, Il. The Panthers lost 2-0 to the Wildcats.
Archibald leaves EIU softball program to coach with father
The NCAAs $2.75 billion settlement will affect Easterns athletic department. Just how much is not yet known. Scroll down for more.
OVC concerned with the NCAA’s handling of a $2.75 billion settlement
Forward Casey Welage (8) and midfielder Jake Pollock (25) chase after the ball at mens soccer practice at Lakeside Field on Thursday.
How does men’s soccer train for the fall?
Gunnar Olson
‘Planet of the Apes’ an intro course on ethics
Spring 2024 staff portrait of Payton Liggins.
Column: The ethics of AI
Jacob Hamm
Dear Democrats: Take Trump seriously
COLUMN: Journalism is not just for journalism majors
COLUMN: Journalism is not just for journalism majors
Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Next steps, shoes as symbols of growth
EDITORIAL: Class evaluations should matter
EDITORIAL: Class evaluations should matter
The News won 34 awards at the Illinois Collegiate Press Association 2024.
EDITORIAL: The News wins 34 state awards
Ryan Hendrickson during the open interviews in Buzzard Auditorium. He is one out of four candidates for provost position Thursday morning.
EDITORIAL: We endorse Hendrickson as next provost
EDITORIAL: Should you trust the mystic, weather-predicting rodent?
EDITORIAL: Should you trust the mystic, weather-predicting rodent?
Students from Eastern Illinois University take pictures together during Block Party Pep Rally event at O‘Brien Stadium Friday night.
EDITORIAL: Eastern needs a devoted provost
Gunnar Olson
‘Planet of the Apes’ an intro course on ethics
Spring 2024 staff portrait of Payton Liggins.
Column: The ethics of AI
Jacob Hamm
Dear Democrats: Take Trump seriously
COLUMN: Journalism is not just for journalism majors
COLUMN: Journalism is not just for journalism majors
Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Next steps, shoes as symbols of growth
Bob Ceder and friend Killer siting on a couch with their dogs back in 1974.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The saga of the Pale Riders of ’74
Jacob Kimsey poses with Ethan Lozada dressed as Jesus at a counterprotest against religious protester Chris Svochak.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A queer student’s perspective on the March 7 protest
Spencer Spear, an educational leadership graduate student, supports his wife, Shelly Spear, an English instructor, in her fight for a fair contract in front of Old Main Wednesday afternoon.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: To Provost Gatrell, get EIU strong
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: My story, not all men but enough
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: My story, not all men but enough
Madelyn Kidd is a senior journalism major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Meet the new Editor-in-Chief for the new semester
Samira Dadson sews a zipper onto denim in preparation for the denim day fashion shoot in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Fashion Lab, Charleston Ill., April 18, 2024. Dadson has been sewing for the past 10 years.
Fighting inequality with fashion
From left, Theo Edwards, Ronnie Kosciuk and Emery Johnson walk with a crowd in the slut walk near Lawson Hall Thursday.
Slut walk combats sexual assault, harassment at EIU
The Kat Walk models walk in the Denim Day Fashion show in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday, April 24.
Denim Day fashion show brings awareness to sexual assault
Camron Hardy
COLUMN: ‘Civil War,’ Journalists have their own wars
Grace McClellan, a senior majoring in art education, was named Artist of the Year for the Blueroom arts magazine during a ceremony at Doudna Fine Arts Center April 1.
Art revolves around McClellan
2023s Miss Coles County Fair winner, Laney Wright, tossed candy to the parade crowd.
THROUGH THE LENS: Red, White, and Blue Days In Charleston
Athletes at Easterns Cross Country camp line up for a running start at their annual banana relay Friday, June 28.
THROUGH THE LENS: EIU Cross Country camp goes bananas
Bredesen after buying a bouquet of wildflowers on June 15.
Down to Earth: the Farmers Market at Courthouse Square
The owner of Revival City Doughnuts, Marschelle McCoy, takes out a tray of doughnuts from the cart and gives advice on what went wrong and what could have been better with the doughnuts to her employee Bronica Bazzano at Revival City Doughnuts on Feb. 8.
THROUGH THE LENS: The Lord will provide
Flamm Orchards hires around 130 to 150 workers per season to plant, tend to and process crops for thousands of families. Flamm Orchards is one of many farms in cooperation with Illinois’ statewide program to curb hunger and help stock food banks. Crops are sorted into categories where lesser-rated produce is donated to food banks.
THROUGH THE LENS: Small town standard
Panther Profiles: Ep. 21: Mike OConor
Panther Profiles: Ep. 21: Mike O’Conor
Panther Profiles: Ep. 20: Bella Marcum
Panther Profiles: Ep. 20: Bella Marcum
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 63: Drew’s Last Episode + How We Started The Podcast
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 62: Is The Bear That Good?
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 61: The Social Network: Nice Guys Finish Last
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Janiya Fair, Photographer

Janiya Fair is a sophomore digital media technology major. This is her second semester at The News.

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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

Janiya Fair, Photographer
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.

[Photo] Greek week to come this week

Drew Coffey, Reporter
April 17, 2023
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

Janiya Fair, Photographer
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

Janiya Fair, Photographer
March 31, 2022
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.

[Photo] Events themed ‘Black Resilience’ to celebrate Black history

Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor
February 1, 2023
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

Janiya Fair, Photographer
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

Janiya Fair, Photographer
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

Will Simmons, Campus Reporter
November 5, 2021

THROUGH THE LENS: Dia de los Muertos ofrenda exhibit

Janiya Fair, Photographer
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

The News
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

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

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For Neighborhood Week, different residence halls compete in a relay boat race at the campus pond.

[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

Staff Report
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

Ian Stobaugh, Campus Reporter
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

Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief
September 2, 2021
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