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Column: COVID intolerance is major issue

November 17, 2020

Column: Trump lost, needs to concede now

November 11, 2020

Column: Don’t settle, but give second chances

October 21, 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

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

July 16, 2020

Popcorn Talk: ‘Eraserhead’ (1977)

July 9, 2020

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

July 3, 2020

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

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 6, 2020

Opinion: ‘Elder Scrolls VI’ better be amazing

February 5, 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 31, 2020

Educational census forum to be held Thursday

January 30, 2020

Opinion: Tipped employees need higher wages

January 28, 2020

Student volunteers needed for PLAY Program

January 23, 2020

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

January 21, 2020

Snow, freezing rain expected for Friday

January 17, 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 9, 2019

CAA tables bylaw vote until January

December 6, 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 4, 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.

[Photo] 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 20, 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 Thursday’s 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 3, 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

FEATURE PHOTO: Roc’s Old-Time Jam

June 9, 2019
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