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Aidan Gonzalez, a freshman history education major, hits a ping pong ball to Jonathan Kang, a junior economics major, Wednesday night at Immanuel Lutheran campus ministry.
ILCM hosts ping pong tournament for students to relax
Look through EIU’s presidents of the past, future
Look through EIU’s presidents of the past, future
Illinois Student Assistance Commission helps students with affordable education
Illinois Student Assistance Commission helps students with affordable education
Members of the Red Cross Julie Bly and Tara Fields presented information on Sickle Cell disease as part of African American Heritage Month Monday.
Sickle cell presentation informs students to donate blood
3 vs. 3 tournament to help fundraise for club volleyball
3 vs. 3 tournament to help fundraise for club volleyball
From left, Chris Wilkerson, Easterns newest head football coach, receives a jersey from EIU Athletic Director Tom Michael for becoming the football team’s new head coach at WIlkerson’s press conference on Friday in the Hall of Champions in Lantz Arena.
Michael says EIU athletics is excited to work with Gatrell
Outfielder, Morgan Lewis, attempts to bunt the ball at an exhibition game against Olney Community College at Williams Field.
EIU softball’s Morgan Lewis named player to watch by OVC
Eastern guard, Cameron Haffner (3), dribbles towards the basket, avoiding Tennesse State guard, Jr. Clay (4), before attempting to shoot the ball in Lantz Arena on Saturday afternoon.
EIU men’s basketball falls short to lose its sixth game in a row
Eastern forward, Taris Thornton (25), holds up a W with her hands, as the game ends, resulting in Easterns 12th win of the season, breaking their Best Start in the OVC record in Lantz Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Women’s basketball breaks EIU’s consecutive OVC win record
Guard Kinyon Hodges (10), gets in the defensive position in attempts to guard Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Guard Damarco Minor (0). The Panthers lost 80-62 Thursday night.
EIU basketball guard to be disciplined ‘internally’ for attempt to hit fan
Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Talent matters over taste
Camron Hardy is a sophomore journalism major and can be reached at 581-2912 or cahardy@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: “Single White Female,” not bad, but not a standout
Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: White male privilege is alive and well: part I
EDITORIAL: Gatrell for president: Pros and cons
EDITORIAL: Gatrell for president: Pros and cons
Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Is the school system fighting against us?
EDITORIAL: Gatrell for president: Pros and cons
EDITORIAL: Gatrell for president: Pros and cons
Students walk from Andrews Hall to Old Main Saturday afternoon. The students walked in protest of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was killed by five members of the Memphis, Tenn. at a traffic stop.
EDITORIAL: There needs to be a change
EDITORIAL: Believe scientists about science issues
EDITORIAL: Believe scientists about science issues
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., write important messages on posters and encourage others to as well, to hold up while walking in the march for the 36th annual Martin Luther King Jr. program on Monday evening.
EDITORIAL: Commemorate buildings with meaning
This is the conveyor belt from the folding unit which conveys the cut and folds into the newspaper that comes off the printing press line.
EDITORIAL: One year later of weekly content
Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Talent matters over taste
Camron Hardy is a sophomore journalism major and can be reached at 581-2912 or cahardy@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: “Single White Female,” not bad, but not a standout
Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: White male privilege is alive and well: part I
Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Is the school system fighting against us?
Will Padgett is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 581-2912 padgett14@gmail.com.
COLUMN: President, shmesident- who cares?
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
letter to the editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: UPD failed me, do not let them fail others
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
Jaedah Franks, a sophomore biological sciences major, is congratulated by Yolanda Williams after being crowned Miss Black EIU 2022 on Saturday in the Grand Ballroom.
Annual Miss Black EIU pageant to be canceled
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 16: I, Tonya, feat. Special Guest
Swathi Nayani, Hemanth Naga Payyavula, and Supriya Toodi, all computer technology graduate students from India, share the runway for the fashion show part of Global Culture Night in the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
International students share cultures at Global Culture Night
The first play in the New Works Festival called On Pointe, features a young man who dances in ballet and struggles with having a disapproving father who judges him for being a man in ballet in the Theatre of Doudna Fine Arts Center.
Theatre students to perform original plays
The percussionist part of the Panther Marching Band perform two different pieces, the first from Cuba, and the second from Brazil, at the Dia De Los Muertos Gala.
Percussionists dream to teach music to next generation
President Glassman and Jay Gatrell talk to each other at the Official Announcement and Celebration of Eastern Illinois Universitys 13th president Friday afternoon .
THROUGH THE LENS: Jay Gatrell, from provost to president
Abigail Riti, a freshman psychology major, Riley Bauer, a junior english major, and Silas Roemer, a freshman physics major, find sticks to use as the arms for the final touches of their snowman named Byobert in the Library Quad Wednesday afternoon.
THROUGH THE LENS: Students build Byobert the snowman
Olivia Enlow, a freshman theater major, rehearses lines as an understudy for Calliope, one of the nine muses, in Xanadu in The Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night.
THROUGH THE LENS: “Xanadu” week four rehearsal
Kyle Thomas (24), a freshman center, puts the ball up into the basket with a layup, scoring a total of 8 points during the Eastern game vs. Northern Illinois University. The Panthers lost to the Huskies 90-70 in Lantz Arena Wednesday night.
THROUGH THE LENS: Panthers vs. Huskies
Conor Baltz, the director of operations at the Doudna Fine Arts Center, hangs glass bulb ornaments onto the seasonal Christmas tree in preparation of Doudnas Holiday Fest Tuesday afternoon. Students Zak Wagner, a senior music major, and Hannah Wellbaum, a graduate student studying clinical counseling, help put hooks on ornaments to hand to Baltz.
THROUGH THE LENS: Holiday Fest-ivity preparations
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 18: The Help feat. Special Guest
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 17: The Shining
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 16: I, Tonya, feat. Special Guest
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 15 : The Maze Runner
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 14: Batman Returns feat. Special Guest
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Hannah Lawrence, a freshman prenursing major, and Mikyla Hodges, a freshman administration major, decorate stockings at the Christmas Around the World event hosted at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union University Ballroom Thursday night. There were spread around the room of different countries and the way they celebrate Christmas.

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Angela Gausmann, a junior vocal performance major, and Makayla McPhedran, (right) a senior music major, talk with Mrs. Claus during the Holiday Winter Fest in Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday night.

[Photo] Holiday Winter Fest at Doudna

December 2, 2021

THROUGH THE LENS: BETTE DAVIS AIN’T FOR SISSIES

November 19, 2021
Jessica Sherr, actress and playwright of the solo show Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies, acts as Bette Davis whom in this scene has just finished a performance as Maxine in the The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams. Backstage, the nemesis-like figure of Joan Crawford comes to meet with her. Davis is initially unamused by Crawford’s idea of using a book she’s read as the perfect script to get them both back into the Hollywood game after they’d been cast aside for being “too old”. But Crawford’s pleading had peaked Davis’s curiosity and upon reading the book, “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane”, she was convinced they needed to bring this to light and act in it to step back into the spotlight of film.

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Bette Davis, played by actress playwright, Jessica Sherr, recounts how her mother, Ruthie, worked hard for Davis to reach stardom and was her number one supporter and friend. She contrasts this with an opposing experience she had with her mostly absent father who came to see her in a play she starred in in “The Wild Duck” as Hedvig in Boston. We see her joyfully receiving the admiration of the crowd and in her words she is having her first stardust, a time in her life where she is the star on stage and no one else shares her starlight. This is followed immediately by his discouraging words, “You see all those stars up there Bette, there are millions and millions of them, remember that always, you’ll know how unimportant you are”. Throughout the show we see her fight against these kinds of words and and even greater systems to her way to the top of Hollywood. The show was performed on Thursday night at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre.

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Bette Davis, played by Jessica Sherr, actress and playwright, speaks on the telephone with her close friend Olivia de Havilland (“Gone with the Wind”) as they gossip about the other stars in the film “Gone with the Wind” who were up for awards as nominees. The show was performed at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre on Thursday night.

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Jessica Sherr, actress and playwright of the solo show Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies, performs as Bette Davis, diving into the role of the film star’s life throughout the 90-minute show. The show starts on the night of the Academy Awards in 1939, when she finds out she has lost the award for Best Actress since it’s been leaked to the press that Vivienne Leigh (“Gone with the Wind”) will win. Sherr began developing the show in 2008 when she had been dared to write a solo show, and the show was directed by Karen Carpenter (Love loss and What I wore, Harry Townsend’s Last Stand). It was performed on Thursday night at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre.

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In “The Impresario” by Mozart, Ms. Scruples, the head of the opera, played by Angela Gausmann, a junior vocal performance major, listens to Madame Goldenthrill portrayed by Mikayla Beck, graduate student studying vocal performance, who is trying to appeal to them. The show was performed at the Recital Hall in Doudna Fine Arts Center.

THROUGH THE LENS: The Impersario

November 14, 2021
Lucy Hill, senior vocal performance major, portrays her character, Ms. Bluff in “The Impresario” a comedic opera by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart about characters in the business of a premier opera house trying to save it from closing. Hill described Ms. Bluff as, “the smiling face of the theatre because my boss [Ms. Scruples] lacks the patience and poise to deal with important people”. The show took place at the Recital Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

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Mikayla Beck, graduate student studying vocal performance, plays Madame Goldenthrill in “The Impresario” who demands higher payment from Mr. Angel, the opera’s richest donor, played by Makayla McPhedran, senior music major, for her performing as a seasoned opera singer.

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Mikayla Beck, graduate student studying vocal performance, plays Madame Goldenthrill, a seasoned opera singer who is singing operatically in competition and spite against her younger naturally talented counterpart, Madame Silverpeal [not pictured] in “The Impresario” by Mozart. Both “The Impressario” and the collection of opera scenes were translated by Rebecca von Kamp and Giovanni Cardelli into English to provide connection and familiarity to the operas.

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In the “Blood at the Root” play at Doudna Fine Arts Theatre Thursday night, a group of students attending fictional Cedar High School in Louisiana, stand in protest to a racial threat.

THROUGH THE LENS: ‘Blood at the Root’ performance

November 11, 2021
In the play “Blood at the Root” at Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre, immediately after a fight breaks out, everyone is gossips about who started it, what happened, and why.

[Photo] 'Blood at the Root' examines racism, social justice

November 14, 2021
Arron Whitt, a junior theatre arts major, plays Justin in the play “Blood at the Root” directed by Janai Lashon at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre Thursday night.

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Chuck Westendorf, a sophomore digital media major who plays Colin, talks to Raylynn who is played by Brea Howard, a freshman theatre arts major, in “Blood at the Root” play at Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre Thursday night

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Brea Howard, a freshman theatre arts major, plays her character, Raylynn, who meets Colin, played by Chuck Westendorf, a sophomore digital media major, in the “Blood at the Root” play at Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre Nov. 10.

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

December 31, 2021
Arron Whitt, a junior theatre arts major, plays Justin in the “Blood at the Root” play directed by Janai Lashon at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theatre Thursday night.

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Members of the Blood at The Root play perform their scene during the preview night Tuesday at Doudna Fine Arts Center.

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Francis Akosah Akwaboa, a graduate student studying art, with a focus in metal sculptures, explains the multi-faceted elephant piece he is working on Thursday night in Doudna Fine Arts Center. Akosah Akwaboa’s choice of the elephant was to highlight their importance in the ecosystem as they are being poached and traded as a commodity to the verge of extinction. He is showing the metal rod and wire side of the elephant that represents the senseless death that is bringing about the African elephant’s extinction.

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Francis Akosah Akwaboa, a graduate student studying art with a focus in metal sculptures, explains the multi-faceted elephant piece he works on Thursday night in Doudna Fine Arts Center. He uses pliers to work on the left leg of an African elephant, a species on the verge of extinction due to their use as a trade commodity. This fuller left side is an opposite parallel to the hollow right side of the elephant. The wood is representative of life and the environment they live in. The scraps of metal represent the materials used to hunt down the elephants. He wants to bring to light the impact of poaching animals on the environment and species that are affected by it.

[Photo] THROUGH THE LENS: Extinction sculpture advocates for endangered species

November 4, 2021
Wutthigrai Boonsuk, who has a doctorate in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, helps with the robotics team’s robot for The Association of Technology Management, and Applied Engineering annual competition in Orlando, Florida. The competition will be held Wednesday to Friday; the robotics team will leave Thursday. Robotics Club members Caden Miller, a senior computer info technology major, and Grace Fosu, a graduate student studying technology, watch as Boonsuk tests and adjusts their robot. Miller worked on the coding for the robot.

THROUGH THE LENS: Robotics club prepares for competition

November 1, 2021
Stevie McDunn, a senior TV and video production major, and Paul Blanchard, a senior German major, improvise in a game of Action Replay. They are seeking the first place trophy in a hula hooping competition.

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Lucas Grindley, a sophomore environmental biology major, interviews Paul Blanchard, a senior German major, for his upcoming movie, Titanic 2, a romantic comedy starring Barack Obama and Adam Sandler, for their Hello Dali improv comedy show in the Doudna Lecture Hall.

THROUGH THE LENS: Hello Dali Improv Comedy Show

October 28, 2021
Jerimiah Boyd-Johnson, a senior political science major, Jordan Holmes, a criminology major, Diana Rogel, a senior spanish major, Chase Austin, a criminology major, and Dr. Karen Swanson attend the Who’s Protecting Us? panel in the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Jerimiah Boyd-Johnson, a senior political science major, and Jordan Holmes, a criminology major and member of the Criminal Justice club, talk to a university police officer after the Who’s Protecting Us? panel in the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

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Easten alumna Cheyenne Brickner, performs at the Percussion Ensemble Concert. The focus of the concert was Afro-Cuban music.

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The Percussion Ensemble plays assorted instruments in the Percussion Ensemble Concert Tuesday night. The focus of the concert was Afro-Cuban music.

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Garrison Reed, a sophomore music education major, plays the “Reflection Canon” by Kieffer on the vibraphone at the Percussion Ensemble Concert Tuesday night. The Reflection Canon piece consisted of four parts including “There is Light for One Year,” “The Smallest Become the Tallest,” “Flying” and “Knowledge of Eternity.” The focus of the concert was Afro-Cuban music.

[Photo] Afro-Cuban music highlighted by ensemble

October 26, 2021
Part of the Percussion Ensemble play “Gilded Cage” by Susan Powell at the Tuesday night Percussion Ensemble Concert. The focus of the concert was Afro-Cuban music.

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David Martins, a graduate student studying percussion performance plays “Gilded Cage” by Susan Powell at the Percussion Ensemble Concert Tuesday night. The focus of the concert was Afro-Cuban music.

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During the 2-21 homecoming pep rally on Oct. 24, students play a game of hungry hippo. Teams have to work together to gather as many balls as they can before the music stops.

[Photo] Eastern's 2022 Homecoming Week to begin on Monday

October 10, 2022
Cherish Crosby, a junior mass communication major, steals one of the chairs faster than her opponent in an intense game of musical chairs during the homecoming pep rally in McAfee gym Friday night.

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Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. dance at the Homecoming Week tailgate. The tailgate took place before the Homecoming football game at O’Brian Saturday afternoon.

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Anthony Lewis, a senior criminal justice major, grills buffalo chicken wings at the Saturday Homecoming Week tailgate outside of O’Brian Field.

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Amairany Bueno, a freshman management major, Evodie Tshipamba, an electrical engineering major, and Diana Maggi, a freshman biology major, compete against each other in inflatable jousting during the Kick-Off in the Library Quad.

THROUGH THE LENS: Homecoming Kick-Off

October 18, 2021

THROUGH THE LENS: The Hungarian Uprising at 65: An Exhibit

October 11, 2021
Stephen Szigethy presents one of the artifacts to the group of viewers Monday afternoon.

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Stephen Szigethy presents the opening night to The Hungarian Uprising at 65: An Exhibit at Booth Library Monday afternoon.

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Seth Hilton, a freshman art graphic and design major, works on creating his signature out of cardboard for a project.

[Photo] FEATURE PHOTOS: Creating art in Design and Fundamentals 3-D

September 29, 2021
Rachel Barringer, a contortion performance artist, perfoms with the Boston Circus Guild inside the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Sept. 28.

PHOTO GALLERY: Circus at Dounda

September 28, 2021
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