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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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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 homecoming pep rally Friday night, students play a game of hungry hippo. Teams have to work together to gather as many balls as they can before the music stops.

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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 29, 2021
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