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People walking around Charleston Square near Castle and Cottage.
IHSA track meet helps local businesses
Human Services Building
Sarah Bush Lincoln assumes EIU student medical clinic
EIU alumni and author tells poetry through nature
EIU alumni and author tells poetry through nature
Jo Rich-Valdez, the founder and curator of Gaslight Art Colony and Gallery, points out artwork in Marshall.
Rural art beautifies, enhances communities
New restaurant to come to MLK Union food court
New restaurant to come to MLK Union food court
EIU Panthers preparing to hit softball against the RedHawks at NCAA Tournament
EIU Softball season ends at NCAA Tournament
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.
EIU softball loses first-ever NCAA Regional game
Eastern’s softball team holds up the championship bracket in celebration after winning the OVC Softball championship against SIUE 2-0 Saturday in Oxford, Ala.
Eastern to play Northwestern in regional NCAA tournament
The Panthers celebrate after winning their first Ohio Valley Conference Championship title Saturday afternoon against the SIUE cougars 2-0.
Eastern softball captures first OVC Championship title
Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or acschulz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: I am proud to lead the sports section
Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
Thought Bubble: I rooted against my team because dynasties are exhausting
Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
Thought Bubble: hate tanking? try promotion and relegation
Will Padgett is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 581-2912 padgett14@gmail.com.
COLUMN: What a long, strange trip it has been
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kkbenz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: To everyone, thank you
Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kestevens2@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: Journalism is a crucial tool in society
EDITORIAL: There needs to be more education on steps after a sexual assault
EDITORIAL: There needs to be more education on steps after a sexual assault
EDITORIAL: Students are left to fend for themselves amidst strike
EDITORIAL: Students are left to fend for themselves amidst strike
EDITORIAL: As strike inches closer, no changes occur
EDITORIAL: As strike inches closer, no changes occur
EDITORIAL: EIU statement on union is full of misleading numbers
EDITORIAL: EIU statement on union is full of misleading numbers
EDITORIAL: Admin can, need to do more in negotiations
EDITORIAL: Admin can, need to do more in negotiations
Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
Thought Bubble: I rooted against my team because dynasties are exhausting
Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
Thought Bubble: hate tanking? try promotion and relegation
Will Padgett is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 581-2912 padgett14@gmail.com.
COLUMN: What a long, strange trip it has been
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kkbenz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: To everyone, thank you
Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kestevens2@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: Journalism is a crucial tool in society
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
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
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
Tavon Evans, a junior TV and video production major, gets sprayed with a water gun at the Mellin Steps Tuesday afternoon for the Splash the NeoZ event presented by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
THROUGH THE LENS: Splash the NeoZ
Jennifer Stringfellow, the president of EIUs UPI chapter, gives one last final speech for day 2 of the strike on Friday afternoon.
THROUGH THE LENS: First two days of striking
Junior Addison Brown loses in her singles match against Amelia Gorman of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Saturday afternoon at the Rex Darling Courts. The Panthers lose to the Cougars 5-2.
THROUGH THE LENS: Tough loss for women’s tennis vs. SIUE
Cory Meadows, a sophomore criminal justice major, and Billy Hung, a biology professor, listen to event organizer Theo Edwards, a senior psychology major, as they deliver their speech.
THROUGH THE LENS: Students rally for Transgender Day of Visibility
Christina Martinez Mundo dives for the ball during a match against Missouri Baptist University. The Panthers lost to the Spartans 3-2 Monday afternoon in Sister City Park.
THROUGH THE LENS: EIU’s first home beach volleyball match
Cupquakes ep 1: the Dreaded Red Velvet
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 29: Top Gun: Maverick
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 28: Game of Thrones feat. Special Guest
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 27: Back to the Future Trilogy
Getting Emotional Ep. 8: Mental Health Chat
Getting Emotional Ep. 8: Mental Health Chat
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Jessica Nantes, Photographer

Jessica Nantes is a sophomore TV and video production. This is her second semester at The News.

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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

Jessica Nantes, Photographer
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

Jessica Nantes, Photographer
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

Jessica Nantes, Photographer
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

Jessica Nantes, Photographer
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

Jessica Nantes, Photographer
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

Jessica Nantes, Photographer
October 18, 2021

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

Jessica Nantes and Rob Le Cates
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

Ashanti Thomas and Jessica Nantes
September 29, 2021
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