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Easterns Council of Academic Affairs Chair Marita Gronnvoll speaks during the meeting on Sept. 22 in the Witters Conference Room in Booth Library.
CAA approves courses, revision to sport, recreation management program
5th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois presiding Judge Mark Bovard swears in the new Coles County Sheriff Kent Martin at the Coles County Courthouse Thursday morning.
New Coles County Sheriff Kent Martin takes oath of office
Ci Richardson, a senior music education major, wheels down the Stevenson Tower ramp while slowing themself down by holding onto the railings on Thursday, June 9.
Student continues push for accessibility on campus
Eastern Alumn Eric Plummer, class of 2018, is handed a bowl of chili during the CCAR Thanksgiving luncheon Tuesday afternoon at CCARs manufactoring plant. Plummer works two jobs, the first as a CCAR manufacturing worker and the second as a janitor.
Statistical disparities in Eastern’s disabled students count
Several students walk around campus, going to and from classes on Thursday afternoon as the first week of classes wraps up.
Lack of official process creates accessibility challenges at Eastern
Eastern Illinois Universitys Head Football Coach Chris Wilkerson (front), runs out with players Jay Vallie (80), a graduate tight end, and Jordan Vincent (1), a sophomore safety, before the start of the Panthers first home game of the 2022 season Saturday evening at OBrien Field. The Panthers lost against the University of Tennessee- Chattanooga Mocs 38-20.
Wilkerson’s return home is already making a difference
Giovana Larregui Lopez, a junior outside hitter, jumps to spike the ball during the volleyball of the second set of the first game against the UT Martin Skyhawks at Lantz Arena Friday afternoon. Lopez had 24 kills, 5 kills, and scored 27 points. The Panthers won 3-2 against the Skyhawks.
Volleyball team wins ‘big’ at OVC awards
Easterns mens basketball Head Coach Marty Simmons, talks to players during a timeout in a game against the St. Mary of the Woods College Black Horses during the game in Lantz Arena Monday afternoon. The Panthers won 102-40 against the Black Horses.
Lantz Arena ‘up to code’ but not accessible
Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
Accessibility and sports should always coincide
After Makiya Miller (3), a freshman guard for the Wright State Rowdy Raiders, stumbles over herself and loses the ball, Julia Bengtson (20), a sophomore guard, recovers the ball to push the offensive during the womens basketball game against the Rowdy Raiders at Lantz Arena Monday afternoon. Bengtson had four rebounds, two assists and scored nine points. The Panthers won 96-67 against the Rowdy Raiders. The Panthers have won seven games in row.
Women’s basketball teams’ perfect season continues against Wright State
Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Why are books being constantly banned?
Ellen Dooley is a sophomore special education standard major. and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Accessibility is not an option
Ci Richardson is a psychology major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Events are not accessible or sensory friendly on campus
Madelyn Kidd is a senior journalism major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Families should not be responsible for disability laws
Brie Coder is a graduate student studying graduate student in communication and leadership and can be reached at bmcoder@eiu.edu or 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: American Music Awards showcases returning and up and coming talent
A wheelchair in front of a flight of stairs outside of Lantz Arena on Nov. 18 at Eastern.
EDITORIAL: Students with disabilities should not have to fend for themselves
A tribute at the front enterance of the memorial service that people could view. As part of the tribute, pictures of Jason Aguilar and teammates and other mementos were placed.
EDITORIAL: You aren’t alone
EDITORIAL: Vote yes for Worker’s Rights Amendment
EDITORIAL: Vote yes for Worker’s Rights Amendment
EDITORIAL: If its not a crime, why are they doing time?
EDITORIAL: If it’s not a crime, why are they doing time?
Fidget toys like squishy balls and silly puddy are available to students to alleviate stress during therapy sessions at the Counseling Clinic.
EDITORIAL: Eastern: time to be proactive, not reactive
Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Why are books being constantly banned?
Ellen Dooley is a sophomore special education standard major. and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Accessibility is not an option
Ci Richardson is a psychology major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Events are not accessible or sensory friendly on campus
Madelyn Kidd is a senior journalism major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Families should not be responsible for disability laws
Brie Coder is a graduate student studying graduate student in communication and leadership and can be reached at bmcoder@eiu.edu or 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: American Music Awards showcases returning and up and coming talent
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
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
Candy Fordjour Frimpong, a graduate student studying art, details her ceramics project in the Ceramics Studio Sunday afternoon. Fordjour Frimpong said with her artwork she hopes to promote a message of diversity. I want to use my indigenous background to relate well with the contemporaries around [Charleston], Fordjour Frimpong said.
Students tell stories through their art
Teachers Assistant Samuel Wilson, a graduate student studying art, assists Jennifer Teibowei, a freshman biological sciences major, learn how to chain stitch during an Introduction to Art class in The Doudna Fine Arts Center Monday afternoon, Nov. 7, 2022, on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston, Ill.
Out of time, out of money: Reality of art students
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
Guard Yaakema Rose Jr. (4), yells in excitement after center player Nick Ellington (11), dunks the ball during their game vs. Illinois State University. The Panthers lost to the Redbirds 54-49 in Lantz Arena.
THROUGH THE LENS: Panthers vs. Redbirds, first home game of season
Sajani Reddy Singapuram, a computer technology graduate student, dressed in her saree, along with other traditional Indian attire and jewelry, walks up the stairs and into the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union for her singing performance at the Global Culture Night
THROUGH THE LENS: Preparing for a night full of culture
The Coles County Board retained its two Democratic seats during the general elections on Election Day. Michael Watts and Gail Mason, who represent District 3 and 12 respectively, will continue to serve on the Board into the next term which ends in 2024. District 11 Candidate Matt Titus ran and lost 669-563.
THROUGH THE LENS: Coles County Democrats Election Day watch party
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Column: COVID intolerance is major issue

November 17, 2020

Column: Trump lost, needs to concede now

November 10, 2020

Column: Don’t settle, but give second chances

October 20, 2020

Column: Child pageants are exploitative

October 13, 2020

Column: Take advantage of Career Services

October 6, 2020

Column: Remote socialization isn’t all bad

September 29, 2020

Column: Bethesda sale surprising, alarming

September 22, 2020

Column: Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ contains child pornography

September 15, 2020

Column: Let people enjoy Halloween, fall season

September 8, 2020

Column: Trump’s Kenosha statements are false

September 1, 2020

Column: Reach out to struggling friends this fall

August 26, 2020

Column: Laptop shortage will affect school year

August 24, 2020

COLUMN: Please wear a mask

July 23, 2020
The baseball team celebrates with Hunter Beetley (7) after his walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning during the Panthers first game of a three-game series against Eastern Kentucky Saturday at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers won the first game 13-11.

Popcorn Talk: ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ (2006)

July 16, 2020
The baseball team celebrates with Hunter Beetley (7) after his walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning during the Panthers first game of a three-game series against Eastern Kentucky Saturday at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers won the first game 13-11.

Popcorn Talk: ‘Eraserhead’ (1977)

July 9, 2020

Don’t ‘cancel’ people; hold them accountable, demand change

July 3, 2020
Victoria Tegge (left), a nutrition and dietetics major, and Olivia Triplett, an elementary education major, color together in the North Quad on Monday afternoon.

Popcorn Talk: ‘Perfume: The Story of a Murderer’ (2006)

July 2, 2020

Falling out of friendship: A sad, necessary learning experience

June 26, 2020
Why The Golden Girls helps me cope

Why ‘The Golden Girls’ helps me cope

June 19, 2020

COLUMN: Check on us: We’re not OK

June 5, 2020
DEN at Home: Letter from Logan Raschke

‘DEN at Home’: Letter from Logan Raschke

April 15, 2020
Screenshot from New Horizons from Nintendos new Animal Crossing game for the Switch.

COLUMN: ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ perfect game for quarantine

April 13, 2020
A poster hangs on the door of Room 1842 of Buzzard Hall Wednesday that explains any entry is not allowed unless authorized. Building service workers are sanitizing Eastern as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Photo] BSWs sanitize Eastern’s campus in wake of COVID-19

April 1, 2020

Column: 2 leads star in ‘I am not Okay with This’

March 10, 2020

Fireside chat to talk women’s suffrage, #MeToo

March 9, 2020

Column: Awful writing ruined “Sonic” movie

March 3, 2020

Column: Simon, Garfunkel’s ‘The Dangling Conversation’ is liquid poetry

February 25, 2020

Panther Service Awards to reward volunteering students

February 24, 2020

Opinion: ‘Horse Girl’ good in theory, bad in practice

February 18, 2020

Registration open for 1st ‘Womxn Up’

February 16, 2020

CAA to discuss OMA bylaw revision Thursday

February 13, 2020
Igho Doghudje (right), a graduate student majoring in technology, speaks with HR specialists Sarah Steinbaugh and Alec Hart from the company Watchfire, during Wednesday’s job fair at the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Doghudje said showing potential employers interest and getting to know them before submitting resumes is beneficial to the hiring process.

FEATURE PHOTO: Job opportunities

February 13, 2020

COLUMN: Adopt, do not shop for cats, dogs

February 11, 2020

65 service opportunities available in February

February 5, 2020

Opinion: ‘Elder Scrolls VI’ better be amazing

February 4, 2020

‘Fireside Chat’ to kick off Chasing the American Dream Series on campus

February 2, 2020
logan raschke | The Daily Eastern News Heather Vaupel (left), an Eastern graduate who majored in Spanish, Corinne Mausehund (middle), a biology senior, and Rolando “Roly” Monte de Oca (right), a biology and neuroscience double major, laugh and talk amongst themselves during the Study Abroad Fair in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Thursday afternoon. The trio went to Costa Rica and took their Spanish lessons at Véritas Universidad. Monte de Oca said studying abroad is literally life-changing; he proposed to Mausehund during the trip, and they got married just a month ago.

FEATURE PHOTO: Love and study abroad

January 30, 2020

Educational census forum to be held Thursday

January 29, 2020

Opinion: Tipped employees need higher wages

January 28, 2020

Student volunteers needed for PLAY Program

January 22, 2020

Opinion: ‘Shrek 2’ is better than ‘Shrek’

January 21, 2020

Snow, freezing rain expected for Friday

January 16, 2020

Options laid out for MLK Day of Service

January 15, 2020

Column: Gervais’ speech was a relief

January 14, 2020

Dean searches for COE, CLAS begin

January 13, 2020

Minimum wage hike will not affect Eastern employees’ statuses, says President Glassman

December 8, 2019

CAA tables bylaw vote until January

December 5, 2019

CAA to vote on revision to minor, new course

November 20, 2019
Marita Gronnvoll, council on academic affairs chair and communication studies professor, addresses CAA during its Thursday meeting. CAA voted to approve a new history capstone worth one credit and to table an online course policy revision.

CAA OKs new course, tables online course policy change

November 15, 2019

CAA to vote on new history capstone

November 13, 2019

Marketing budget aims to brand Eastern

November 3, 2019
Diane Burns, chair of the Department of Geology and Geography, answers a question from the Council on Academic Affairs about a proposal to revise the environmental sustainability and environmental studies minors to replace them both with a new minor: the environmental impact and sustainability minor. CAA voted unanimously Thursday afternoon to approve the proposal.

CAA approves revision to minor, 4 more items

October 31, 2019

CAA to vote on revision to minor

October 30, 2019
The following shows number of the suicide rate/100,000 for farmers versus the general occupational population from 1992 to 2007. The numbers are courtesy of the University of Iowa.

Farmers’ suicide rates, mental health draw conversations

October 27, 2019

CAA approves changes to business minor course

October 24, 2019

CAA to vote on change to minor

October 23, 2019

Senate’s mental health awareness week focuses on assault trauma Thursday

October 16, 2019
Photographed is the outside of Eastern’s Booth Library. The library houses about 600,000 books for students.

[Photo] Booth Library blends study, leisure for students

October 16, 2019
Devin Andersen, a senior communication studies major and National Residence Hall honorary president, raises funds outside Coleman Hall Tuesday for the Sarah Bush Cancer Center in honor of breast cancer awareness week. He said the RHA began raising funds Monday and has already collected about $1,000 so far.

FEATURE PHOTO: Raising funds for breast cancer awareness

October 15, 2019

CAA approves 21 action items

October 13, 2019
Student Body President Carson Gordon hears a question from a student senator during Wednesday’s meeting in the Arcola/Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

[Photo] Student Senate organizes week for mental health awareness

October 9, 2019
David Boggs, assistant director of bands, adresses the Panther Marching Band after a Sept. 27 rehearsal at the Greek Court parking lot. The PMB Festival will be Saturday, and the first performance is at 9:30 a.m.

PMB Festival set for Saturday at O’Brien Field

October 3, 2019

Walk to School Day: Earth Wise president explains how global event helps environment

October 1, 2019

Brothers talk research on cemeteries, tombstone art

September 29, 2019
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[Photo] Students share thoughts on Area 51 Raid

September 19, 2019

CAA talks learning goals in general education

September 19, 2019

Semicolon project teaches suicide awareness

September 18, 2019

Eastern remembers World Trade Center attacks

September 10, 2019

First EIU ‘Ted Talk’ to kick off on Wednesday

September 9, 2019
Kai Hung, a biology professor, laughs during the Sept. 5 2019 CAA meeting in Room 4440 of Booth Library. The council voted to approve 21 nursing program items and to consider weighted GPAs during the admission process.

[Photo] CAA approves 21 nursing program items

September 5, 2019

Student parents provide advice

September 4, 2019

Civic engagement programs to launch through ‘Chasing the American Dream’ series

August 29, 2019
Alan Metzger, a Charleston farmer, looks over one of his cornfields on July 16. Metzger said areas in the field that once had puddles of rain bear corn stalks shorter than others.

Local farmer weighs in on Illinois flooding

August 18, 2019
Members of the Coles County community protest government policies and local white supremacy at Morton Park Thursday evening.

Community members protest immigration policies, white supremacy

July 19, 2019

City Council accepts IHDA APP grant award

July 17, 2019

Open sessions for academic advisers at Registrar Office to begin Tuesday

July 8, 2019

Remainder of Red, White, Blue Days festivities to begin this week

July 2, 2019

City Council approves resolution for project to improve Lake Charleston

July 2, 2019

City Council to vote on bid award for Lake Charleston project

July 1, 2019

Mi Casa Tu Casa restaurant to relocate

June 30, 2019

Community Band salute, bingo to kick off Red, White, Blue Days

June 25, 2019

Righter talks decision to not seek re-election, Illinois’ political climate

June 25, 2019

Charleston’s PFLAG here to support LGBTQ community

June 20, 2019

City Council approves tobacco products, e-cigs ordinance

June 18, 2019

Carnegie Public Library to celebrate LGBTQ pride

June 10, 2019
Jerry Ellis (right), an acoustic guitar player from Charleston, plays old-time tunes from Dear Old Illinois with Jim Jand (middle), a banjo player from Tolono, and Jerry Myers (left), a fiddle player from Mattoon, at Rocs Blackfront Tavern & Grill Sunday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Roc’s Old-Time Jam

June 9, 2019
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