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Adult dead, child in critical condition after falling through ice
Adult dead, child in critical condition after falling through ice
Naming Committee ex-officio convenor Ken Wetstein and committee members Angie Campbell and Diane Burns review the rough draft of a letter that will be sent to University President David Glassman during a meeting Jan. 13. The letter will include the committees findings on each name the committee was asked to review.
Naming Committee set to send Glassman letter with findings
Ken Wetstein, ex-officio convener of the Naming Committee, discusses what the next steps in the naming process will look like.
Naming Committee to prepare Douglas Hall renaming recommendation Thursday
Eastern alum Sue Borries is missing after a plane crash on a trip from Chame to Contadora.
Family of missing Eastern alum seeking help from U.S. in locating wreckage from plane crash
Students walk to their classes on the first day of the Spring semester on Monday afternoon.
Students reflect on first day of classes
Announcers Bryce Weiler (right) and Mike Bradd call the Eastern mens basketball teams game against SIUE Thursday night on Hit-Mix 88.9. Weiler, who is blind, had been friends with Eastern head coach Marty Simmons since Simmons coached at Evansville when Weiler was a student there.
Announcer Bryce Weiler calls Eastern men’s game Thursday, reunites with Simmons
Eastern forward Paul Bizimana looks to pass the ball in the Panthers game against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Jan. 13 in Lantz Arena. Bizimana tied for the team high with nine points in the game, which Eastern lost 66-53.
Panthers return to action with 13-point loss to Cougars
Eastern guard Henry Abraham drives along the baseline in Easterns game against Rockford on Nov. 18 in Lantz Arena. Abraham had 15 points and five assists in the game, which Eastern won 96-64.
Panthers to return to action Thursday with home game against Cougars
Eastern guard Kejuan Clements handles the ball in transition in the Panthers game against North Park on Dec. 4, 2021 in Lantz Arena. Clements had 25 points and 11 assists in the game, which Eastern won 76-71.
Panthers go 0-4 over break, have 3 games canceled
SPORTS COLUMN: Exploring the effects of continuing conference realignment
SPORTS COLUMN: Exploring the effects of continuing conference realignment
COLUMN: High expectations for third Fontaines D.C. record
COLUMN: High expectations for third Fontaines D.C. record
COLUMN: I Am Not Okay With This did not deserve to be canceled
COLUMN: “I Am Not Okay With This” did not deserve to be canceled
COLUMN: Astrology is a pseudoscience and why that shouldn’t matter
COLUMN: Astrology is a pseudoscience and why that shouldn’t matter
COLUMN: The danger of Minecraft’s hidden ideology
COLUMN: The danger of Minecraft’s hidden ideology
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: What readers can expect in the Spring 2022 semester
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: What readers can expect in the Spring 2022 semester
EDITORIAL: Admins show weakness, complacency
EDITORIAL: Admins show weakness, complacency
EDITORIAL: Happy holidays and enjoy winter break
EDITORIAL: Happy holidays and enjoy winter break
EDITORIAL: Reform ICE
EDITORIAL: Reform ICE
EDITORIAL: Require COVID-19 vaccine for spring semester
EDITORIAL: Require COVID-19 vaccine for spring semester
EDITORIAL: Grades arent everything
EDITORIAL: Grades aren’t everything
COLUMN: High expectations for third Fontaines D.C. record
COLUMN: High expectations for third Fontaines D.C. record
COLUMN: I Am Not Okay With This did not deserve to be canceled
COLUMN: “I Am Not Okay With This” did not deserve to be canceled
COLUMN: Astrology is a pseudoscience and why that shouldn’t matter
COLUMN: Astrology is a pseudoscience and why that shouldn’t matter
COLUMN: The danger of Minecraft’s hidden ideology
COLUMN: The danger of Minecraft’s hidden ideology
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: What readers can expect in the Spring 2022 semester
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: What readers can expect in the Spring 2022 semester
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
Letter to the Editor: Change the name of Douglas Hall
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’
Kennedi Johnson, a freshman psychology major, socializes with her new friend that she met while playing bingo in the Grand Ballroom Tuesday night.
THROUGH THE LENS: Winter welcome days
Grace Witzig, a freshman communications disorders and sciences major, Jonathan Coffin, a freshman pre-nursing major, and Callista Denoyer, a freshman chemestry major paint at the UB Express Yourself! Paint-N-Sip mixer, for part of the Winter Welcome Days, at the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. Union Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.
THROUGH THE LENS: Winter Welcome Days Paint-N-Sip
Elizabeth Wilder, a freshman undecided major, hugs her friend, Rileigh Haarmann, a freshman communication disorders and sciences major, when she gets off the elevator while moving back into the residence halls for Spring semester.
THROUGH THE LENS: Preparing for spring semester
THROUGH THE LENS: The News year in photos
THROUGH THE LENS: The News’ year in photos
THROUGH THE LENS: Printing press process
THROUGH THE LENS: Printing press process
the news desk
The News Desk Jan. 13, 2022
creative outlet
Creative Outlet Ep. 6: Kelsey Ferrel a.k.a. Feral
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 15: Taxi Driver & Goodfellas
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 14: White Christmas & The Preacher’s Wife
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 13: Snowpiercer & Fargo
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Sometimes, it is hard to say goodbye

December 9, 2018

Professor performs 1st recital as faculty

December 5, 2018

Volunteers wanted to help with Christmas giving event

December 4, 2018

Don’t live a life that will lead to regrets

December 2, 2018
Members of the St. Louis Ballet Company perform in the Theatre at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Saturday eventing. “The confetti, I was not expecting that,” Usher Amanda Kiessling said. “Then when they put the lights back and it was still coming down when the bowed I was like ‘That’s so pretty.’”

St. Louis Ballet performs for full house at Doudna

December 2, 2018
Kyara Morales, a freshman English major, and Luis Paniagua, a freshman art major, make stress balls out of balloons and sand at the event Thursday evening. “I’ve never made any of this before,” Morales said. “I wanted to try it out,”

Students de-stress with slime before finals

November 29, 2018

Students to de-stress before final exams

November 28, 2018

Take time for yourself during the holidays

November 26, 2018

New campus group to support minorities in STEM fields

November 14, 2018

Know when to speak your mind

November 11, 2018

Students perform ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ at the Doudna

November 8, 2018

Annual faculty concert to benefit jazz students

November 8, 2018

Professor to cite original work at memorial poetry reading

November 7, 2018

Comedy show to cover alcohol dangers, issues

November 7, 2018

Hunger Action Month kicks off with lecture on food insecurities

November 4, 2018

Community celebrates Dia de los Muertos

November 1, 2018
Alyssa Jacobucci, a sophomore music performance major, smiles after her performance with the EIU Wind Symphony at Call to Duty: A Veteran’s Day Tribute Thursday night in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Doudna honors veterans: EIU Wind Symphony performs a Veteran’s Day tribute concert

November 1, 2018

Dia de los Muertos to raise cultural awareness around Eastern

October 31, 2018

Past ALT-TV episodes to air on television

October 29, 2018
Sadie Armstrong plays the violin in her handmade Swan Lake costume. “I was like ‘What am I going to be?’” Armstrong said. “Then we were playing (Swan Lake) so I was like ‘Oh I’ll just do that.”

Costumed orchestra performs Fright Night at Dounda

October 28, 2018

Keep the holidays in order, please

October 28, 2018
Bruce Hecksel performs with Julie Patchouli Thursday night at “The Landscape of Guitar” in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. “We were warming up to this song (Sounds of Silence) and our tour manager came in and said ‘you should play that tonight.’ We looked at each other and then at him and said ‘it isn’t on the approved play list.’ Our tour manager said ‘I don’t care, you should play it.’ So we went out there and played the song and we were only four words in when the entire place erupted in cheers,” Patchouli said.

Music brings art to life at Doudna

October 28, 2018

Landscape of Guitar concert to incorporate animated paintings

October 24, 2018

Cultural Fest to include international food, entertainment

October 23, 2018

Alum author to sign books at Bob’s Bookstore

October 23, 2018

Food pantry helps with food insecurity on campus

October 22, 2018

Libraries are overlooked and underrated

October 21, 2018

Panthers to give ‘Paws For A Cause’

October 18, 2018

Improv group to perform ‘When Hello Met Dali’ Friday

October 18, 2018

Professor plays to the beat of his own drum

October 16, 2018

Self-harm can take several forms

October 14, 2018
Pavlo performs in the Dvorak Concert Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday evening.

Audience spends ‘An Evening With Pavlo’ at Doudna

October 10, 2018

Guitarist Pavlo to perform at Doudna

October 9, 2018

Drones presentation flies into Eastern

October 9, 2018
Jacob Shepard sings in the Elementium concert Sunday afternoon.

Choral groups perform in Elementium concert

October 7, 2018

Leave your political views off social media

October 7, 2018
Jackie Renteria, a junior pre-nursing major, gets her lunch after waiting in a line of over twenty people for food from Vita’s Mexican Food Truck, which is a part of Latino Heritage Month. Renteria said she enjoyed having the food truck on campus. “I think it’s cool that a lot of people on campus get to experience authentic Mexican food,” said Renteria. The next Latino Heritage Month event will be the “What is Latinx?” student discussion panel that will take place Thursday in the Charleston-Mattoon Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Student panel to discuss ‘What is Latinx?’

October 3, 2018

Mindfulness Club aims to help students reduce stress

October 1, 2018

#MeToo is not enough, we need change now

September 30, 2018

UB hosts transgender comedian Jeffrey Jay

September 30, 2018

UB hosts comedy night on Friday

September 27, 2018

Lincoln Trio performs at Doudna Fine Arts Center

September 25, 2018

Piano trio to play at Doudna

September 24, 2018

Concert Band and Wind Symphony to perform at Doudna

September 20, 2018

Theatre troupe to perform at ’80s-themed dinner, murder mystery

September 20, 2018

Tarble Arts Center presents ‘Real Women Have Curves’ film

September 18, 2018

Introverts are not necessarily antisocial

September 17, 2018

Eastern to celebrate Latino Heritage Month

September 16, 2018

‘Up All Night’ play festival will be on Friday in Doudna

September 13, 2018

M-PACT takes the stage on Saturday at Doudna

September 13, 2018

Fall programs lined up at Tarble

September 10, 2018

Ignore generational distinctions; unite with other generations

September 9, 2018

Eastern students given opportunity to ‘PLAY’

September 6, 2018

Children to spend day at ‘Castle’

September 6, 2018
Ivan Escott (right), a sophomore marketing major, fist bumps Officer Samantha Berry from the University Police Department. “I love seeing that sort of stuff out here, especially on a college campus,” Escott said. “I love seeing support for the police.”

Students have ‘Pops with the Cops’

September 5, 2018

Be who you are, not who others want

September 4, 2018

Kinesiology and Sports Studies, Recreation departments combine

September 3, 2018

Volunteer opportunities available in Charleston community

August 30, 2018
Alex Hill, the vice president of the Spirituality Club, and Josh Harden, a club member, offer passing students free fruit. “We may run out,” Hill said. “Apparently people like fruit.”

Spirituality Club sees the fruits of their labor

August 29, 2018
Kayla Jandek, a freshman finance major, speaks to Laura Diltz and Elizabeth Stark about the special olympics event JURASSIC SOFF at Lakeland College on Saturday, September 15. “We cannot do this event without Eastern Illinois University volunteers,” Diltz said.

[Photo] Volunteer groups, local businesses showcased at fair, expo

August 29, 2018

Don’t let fear hold you back

August 28, 2018

Student opportunities to be presented at Volunteer Fair and Business Expo

August 28, 2018
Comedian Barry Brewer laughs with audience Friday night during his comedy show in the 7th Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Comedian laughs it up with students

August 26, 2018
Student-created art hangs in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. This piece was created by a senior graphic design class and the advanced printmaking class under the supervision of Alan Pocaro, a professor of art, and Samantha Osborne, a professor of graphic design.

Department of Art, Design resurrect, reconfigure BA in graphic design

August 23, 2018
Paul Hinson, and Gary Rollings, members of the “Irish Music Circle” perform for the crowd Tuesday evening at Jackson Ave. Coffee.

Irish Music Circle performs at JAC

August 21, 2018

New students get a ‘Jumpstart’ on volunteering

August 15, 2018

EIU students to ‘Take the Lake’

August 15, 2018

‘Haunted Hike’ hunts for help

October 23, 2017

Annual concert looks to help end sexual assault

November 3, 2016
Morgan Brown, a freshman English education major, and Cara Soucie, a freshman family and consumer sciences major, color Halloween themed coloring pages.

[Photo] Coleman Hall becomes Halloween Hall

October 25, 2016

Cochren & Company to perform ‘backwoods Motown’

April 21, 2016
Jacqueline D. Wright, graduate studio art graduate student, places her largest artistic work in the center of her display in hopes of catching the viewers attention.

Tarble to unveil graduate thesis show

April 14, 2016
Multiple students volunteer to be apart of the exhibition team. They are responsible for building the parts for all of the artwork displayed in the Making Illinois exhibit.

Tarble to exhibit ‘Making Illinois’

April 8, 2016

Students use alternative spring break to give back

April 1, 2016

Students Unite for Prayer Vigil

April 1, 2016

Eastern Euphonics lack of instruments, lots of fun

February 26, 2016
Renown band is respected for producing traditional celtic sounds. Lúnasa members are: Kevin Crawford (flutes, low whistles and tin whistles), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass), Ed Boyd (guitar), Colin Farrell (fiddle and whistles), and Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes and low whistles).

Performance to combine Irish, American sounds

February 18, 2016
Chanell Hall passion inspires her to start her own makeup business.

Sophomore realizes creative ability with makeup business

February 7, 2016
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