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University President David Glassman accepts the intent to strike notice from EIU-UPI President Jennifer Stringfellow Monday afternoon in the Presidents Office at Old Main on Easterns campus in Charleston, Illinois. Once he accepted, Glassman said to Stringfellow he hopes the negotiations teams can come to a possible agreement, avoid a strike, and continue to work together.
EIU-UPI rallies, files intent to strike
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EIU’s Strategic Planning Town Hall Meeting focuses on the future 
More than 40 students, faculty members and Union members attended the Teach Out protest, held by Easterns chapter of University Professionals of Illinois, Thursday afternoon at the Mellin Steps in the Library Quad. The protest was held in response to the current status of the contract negotiation where the administration and Union have yet to reach an agreement on 21 proposals.
BREAKING: EIU-UPI announces rally to file intent to strike Monday
EIU University Board hosts 2000s Game Night
EIU University Board hosts 2000’s Game Night
In the Spotlight performance to come Friday
‘In the Spotlight’ performance to come Friday
The Eastern softball team sings the EIU Fight Song to the crowd after sweeping SIUE in their home-opener double-header against SIUE on Sunday afternoon on Williams Field.
Softball sweeps SIUE in OVC home opener
Kinyon Hodges, a junior guard, scrambles after a loose ball during the mens basketball game against the University of Southern Indiana Eagles on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 31, 2022, at Lantz Arena. Hodges scored 10 points and had three assists. The Panthers won 91-80 against the Eagles.
4 EIU men’s basketball players enter the transfer portal
Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kestevens2@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: I want to go to more EIU sporting events before I graduate
Getting Emotional Ep. 5: Spring Sports Rundown
Getting Emotional Ep. 5: Spring Sports Rundown
Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or acschulz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: Other football alumni should take after Jimmy G’s example
Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: I want a refund
Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: We need support for our professors, advisors
Will Padgett is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 581-2912 padgett14@gmail.com.
COLUMN: I have a plan, I just need some money
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kkbenz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: Reflecting back on my time
COLUMN: “Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong,” good the first time, replay not recommended
COLUMN: “Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong,” good the first time, replay not recommended
EDITORIAL: Admin can, need to do more in negotiations
EDITORIAL: Admin can, need to do more in negotiations
Members of Eastern Illinois Universitys of University of Professionals Illinois attend the Board of Trustees meeting in the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
EDITORIAL: Union members need to vote to strike
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EDITORIAL: Do not hold grudges against The News for the past
EDITORIAL: Women in journalism numbers rising, sexist views not
EDITORIAL: Women in journalism numbers rising, sexist views not
EDITORIAL: Gatrell for president: Pros and cons
EDITORIAL: Gatrell for president: Pros and cons
Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: I want a refund
Kyla Moton is a junior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: We need support for our professors, advisors
Will Padgett is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 581-2912 padgett14@gmail.com.
COLUMN: I have a plan, I just need some money
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kkbenz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: Reflecting back on my time
COLUMN: “Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong,” good the first time, replay not recommended
COLUMN: “Vampire: The Masquerade Swansong,” good the first time, replay not recommended
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
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
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
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
Victor Cayres, a piano instructor for Eastern Illinois University, plays Folk Songs by Paul Basler with Francis Morales, a senior music major, during the Horn and Trumpet Studios Recital on Monday afternoon in the Recital Hall.
THROUGH THE LENS: Horn and Trumpet Recital
President Glassman and Jay Gatrell talk to each other at the Official Announcement and Celebration of Eastern Illinois Universitys 13th president Friday afternoon .
THROUGH THE LENS: Jay Gatrell, from provost to president
Abigail Riti, a freshman psychology major, Riley Bauer, a junior english major, and Silas Roemer, a freshman physics major, find sticks to use as the arms for the final touches of their snowman named Byobert in the Library Quad Wednesday afternoon.
THROUGH THE LENS: Students build Byobert the snowman
Olivia Enlow, a freshman theater major, rehearses lines as an understudy for Calliope, one of the nine muses, in Xanadu in The Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night.
THROUGH THE LENS: “Xanadu” week four rehearsal
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 24: Mean Girls Feat. Special Guest
Getting Emotional Ep. 5: Spring Sports Rundown
Getting Emotional Ep. 5: Spring Sports Rundown
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 23: Donnie Darko
Getting Emotional Ep. 4: OVC, Women in Sports Journalism feat. Zaria Flippin
Getting Emotional Ep. 4: OVC, Women in Sports Journalism feat. Zaria Flippin
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 22: Shutter Island
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Graduate art education students paint watercolor in room 2690 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night.

FEATURE PHOTO: Late-night watercolor

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 18, 2019
Jennifer Murphy, cellist for the Eastern Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Summer Strings, performs Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) during a Concert at First Christian Church Tuesday night.

FEATURE PHOTO: Splendid strings

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 16, 2019
Students in the Adventure Flag and Camp Rifle Clinic from Smith Walbridge Clinics practice color guarding at the South Quad Wednesday evening.

FEATURE PHOTO: Spin those flags

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 11, 2019
Olivia Bommelje, a graduate from the Charleston High School Class of 2019, plays pickleball with a friend at the tennis court next to Andrew Hall Tuesday afternoon. Bommelje said she will attend the University of Missouri and major in engineering.

FEATURE PHOTO: Playing pickleball with a pal

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 9, 2019
Hongshan He (left), a chemistry professor, instructs Beibei Liu, a research assistant, on how to use a spin coater in the Physical Sciences Building Monday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Summer science

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 9, 2019
People on a patriotic float in the parade celebrate the Charleston Red, White and Blue Days Thursday afternoon.

PHOTO GALLERY: The 2019 Red, White and Blue Days

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 4, 2019
Rae Spooner from Danville, Ill blows bubbles with children Wednesday afternoon at Morton Park during the Red, White and Blue Days. Spooner said about 20 children were participating in the bubble blowing Wednesday.

PHOTO GALLERY: Having a bubble blowing blast

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 4, 2019
Quinn Hussey (left) and Sean Hussey (right) sing at Morton Park Wednesday evening for the Red, White and Blue Days. The two are brothers, natives of Charleston and make up the band The Hussey Brothers.

[Photo] Joyful bubbles, live entertainment lighten up Morton Park, despite weather

July 4, 2019
Rae Spooner uses a large net to blow multiple large bubbles Wednesday at Morton Park. She said the rain was not good for the bubbles; however, the humidity from the rain is actually helpful to the bubbles.

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Rae Spooner blows giant bubbles during Joyful Bubbles at Morton Park Wednesday afternoon. Spooner would use a large net to blow multiple large bubbles at once.

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Director Ginger Stanfield conducts the Charleston Community Band as it performs “Pop Culture” and “The Beach Boys Greatest Hits” in the Band Rehearsal Room of the Doudna Fine Arts Center Tuesday evening.

FEATURE PHOTO: Conducting the Community Band

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 2, 2019
Tristan Warner (right) from Warner Enterprises talks with a customer at a set of merchant tables at an empty space next to Arby’s Monday. He said Warner Enterprises provides premier consumer fireworks across the state.

FEATURE PHOTO: Selling fireworks on Lincoln Avenue

Raine Zhu, Photographer
July 1, 2019
Director Ginger Stanfield conducts the Charleston Community Band as it performs Amazing Grace at the Kiwanis Park Thursday evening.

FEATURE PHOTO: Charleston Community Band patriotic salute

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 27, 2019
Jessica Valenzuela, a senior Elementry Education student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, climbs stairs back and forth on Wednesday evening at the Mellin Steps outside the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

FEATURE PHOTO: Climbing the steps

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 26, 2019
Vendors sell their wares at the Farmers Market on the Square Wednesday morning. The farmers market is open every Wednesday from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. Charleston also offers another farmers market on 18th Street. That one is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon.

[Photo] Farmers markets open on Square, 18th Street

June 26, 2019
Heather Davis, 42, and Hannah Hudson, 14, relax in the pavilion outside the Tarble Arts Center Tuesday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Unwinding at the pavilion

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 18, 2019
Rosa Coit (left), a sophomore from Charleston High School, colors patterns on a coloring sheet during Celebrate Pride at the Rotary Room of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Monday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Celebrate Pride

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 18, 2019
Cheung Ho Hon, a sophomore civil engineering student at Lake Land College, studies in Booth Library Wednesday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Mid-week studying

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 12, 2019
Karyn Baldwin (left), Courtney Prais (right), Mallory Johnson (middle) and Nora Richardson play with a football next to the Campus Pond Tuesday afternoon. Richardson is using a branch to retrieve the football back after dropping it into the water.

FEATURE PHOTO: Football at the Campus Pond

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 11, 2019
Boy Scout Troop 141, part of Charleston Wesleys ministry to youth, row kayaks at the Campus Pond Monday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Row like there’s no tomorrow

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 10, 2019
Nora Gannaway, 13, puts the microphone back on its stand after singing a song at SweeTeaz Thursday evening. Gannaway is a singer from the local band Janoma, which is made up of young teens.

FEATURE PHOTO: Janoma performs at SweetTea’z

Raine Zhu, Photographer
June 6, 2019
Tonya Morton, an employee of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, teaches people how to use coffee filters to craft into flowers at the Rotary Room B Tuesday evening.

FEATURE PHOTO: Crafting flowers out of coffee filters

Raine Zhu, Raine Zhu
June 4, 2019
Justin Blue, a car salesman from Champaign, finishes the 25-mile route in first place during the Tour de Charleston on June 1.

[Photo] Cyclists share stories, experiences from Tour de Charleston

June 2, 2019
Leslie Hearn, a communication disorders and sciences graduate student, walks on a treadmill Wednesday afternoon in the second floor of the Student Recreation Center.

FEATURE PHOTO: Healthy habits

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 29, 2019
Brandon Lantz, who graduated from Lake Land College this May, fishes at Lake Charleston Tuesday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Fishing at Lake Charleston

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 28, 2019
Christopher Collet, a senior from Seneca High School, holds up three fingers, alluding to the triple crown, as he crosses the finish line in first place with a time of 4:24.71 during the final 1600-meter run in Class 1A on May 25. Collet was competing in the Illinois High School Association Boys Track and Field state semifinals and finals, which took place at O’Brien Field May 23 through May 25. He also earned first place in the prelim 1600-meter run with a time of 4:25.16 and first place in the final 3200-meter run with a time of 9:36.99.

GALLERY: First-place faces at IHSA state finals

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 28, 2019
Leila Malekadeli (left) and Crystalyn Hutchens (right), both art students who graduated in May, discuss a new piece Hutchens worked on at the Burl Ives Studio Hall Monday morning. In the same area, 2018-2019 art graduate students were having brunch and working together to clean up the studios.

FEATURE PHOTO: Spring cleaning at Burl Ives Studio Hall

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 20, 2019
Larry Ankenbrand, a retired KSS professor, strokes the name slate belonging to his wife, Maureen, Sunday afternoon at the Commemorative Courtyard.

FEATURE PHOTO: Remembering loved ones

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 19, 2019
Hayley Vanduyne, a freshman from Orion High School, shops with her teammates Wednesday afternoon at First To The Finish, a set of merchant tables located at an empty space next to Arby’s.

GALLERY: Selling shirts on a sunny day

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 15, 2019
Brady Stone (right), an associate for Positively 4th Street, and Callie Luttman (left), another associate who graduated in May with a bachelor’s in public relations, set up tables in front of the store for the IHSA Girls Track and Field semifinals and finals Wednesday afternoon. Stone said that he loves seeing all the people from all over the state of Illinois come to visit Charleston.

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Brady Stone, an associate from Positively 4th Street, sets up tables in front of the store with other associates for the IHSA Girls Track and Field semifinals and finals Wednesday afternoon. He said the store is playing lots of music to “draw people in.” He said the associates try to create fun everionments for the girls coming to Charleston for the semifinals and finals.

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Portia Mensah, a graduate student majoring in economics, studies in Booth Library for her international economics course Tuesday afternoon.

FEATURE PHOTO: Studying over summer

Raine Zhu, Photographer
May 14, 2019
Tuggers from Sigma Phi Epsilon try to pull the rope back from Sigma Nu during Tugs Wednesday afternoon at the Campus Pond. Sigma Phi Epsilon lost to Sigma Nu.

[Photo] GALLERY: Tugs Day 2

April 10, 2019
Senior graphic design students get their group picture taken at their 2019 BFA Graphic Design Show in Gallery 1910 of the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Wednesday afternoon.

[Photo] Photo: Say ‘cheese’

April 4, 2019
The Asian Heritage Month Kick-off Reception begins with a flag procession at the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Monday afternoon.

[Photo] Celebration honors Asian heritage

April 1, 2019
Samantha Osborne (right), a professor of graphic design, talks about artwork exhibited at the Frequency Response Show with Stevie Roberson (left), a graduate art student, in the Gallery 1910 of the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Wednesday afternoon. The Frequency Response Show exhibits three disciplines’s art works, includes painting, printmaking and graphic design. Students create their poster, print or painting based on one of the various music tracks that they were provided.

[Photo] Photo: The sound of art

March 28, 2019
Students from Mattoon High School’s JROTC cross a modified rope bridge during Panther Raider Challenge next to the Tarble Arts Center on Saturday morning.

[Photo] Gallery: Panther Raider Challenge

March 25, 2019
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[Photo] First day of spring: Students’ thoughts and what to know

March 20, 2019
Marcial Bustamante, MUS: Performance student, feature a piece “Charade” during the “Jazz Goes To The Movies” concert on Thursday evening in the Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Feature Photos: Just keep swingin’

Raine Zhu, Staff Photographer
March 7, 2019
Raine Zhu | The Daily Eastern News Laura Renken, an elementary education major, pulls herself out of the “Plunge Pool” Sunday night during Eastern’s Polar Plunge near the Campus Pond. Students and other participants were “freezing for a reason” as they jumped into the 3-foot deep pool filled with cold water.

[Photo] $14,230 raised for Special Olympics

March 3, 2019
(RIGHT)Teresa Richard, a principal flutist of the Eastern Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Etcetera Trio, plays the flute as guest artist in the second piece of the ESO - The American Dream in the Dvorak Concert Hall Sunday afternoon. The piece she played is for solo flute, harp and string orchestra, which was called Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings, Op.35 by Howard Hanson.

[Photo] FEATURE PHOTOS: Eastern Symphony Orchestra

February 24, 2019
Mary Fleming, a junior applied engineering and technology major, perform a dance as her individual talent portion during the 48th annual Miss Black EIU scholarship pageant in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. Union on Saturday night.

[Photo] GALLERY: Miss Black EIU 2019

February 24, 2019
Latricia Booker, a sophomore pre-nursing major and one of the the contestants of the 48th annual Miss Black EIU scholarship pageant, dresses in African garment piece to show what she believes a strong African-American woman looks like in the Grand Ballroom of Martin Luther King Jr. Union on Saturday night.

[Photo] Miss Black EIU 2019 crowned Saturday

February 24, 2019
Dr. Loretta Prater (right) gives a presentation at Buzzard Auditorium on Wednesday evening.

[Photo] Student Senate votes to approve 7 out of 9 RSOs

February 6, 2019
Rion Amilcar Scott, a fiction writer, reads an excerpt from his writing during the Lions in Winter Literary Festival Saturday in the Doudna Recital Hall of Doudna Fine Arts Center.

[Photo] Lions in Winter festival offers insight into literary world

January 27, 2019
Jasmine Rivera, a freshman digital media major, makes a snowman for her photography class assignment in front of booth library on Wednesday afternoon.

[Photo] FEATURE PHOTO: Photographing snowmen

January 16, 2019
Emma Dambek, a history major, gives blood in University Ballroom at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Wednesday afternoon. Dambek said she donates blood when she can.

[Photo] FEATURE PHOTO: Giving blood

January 9, 2019
Two women dressed up in Christmas-themed outfits walked to the finish line during the Holiday Hustle 5K run/walk.

[Photo] GALLERY: Holiday Hustle 2018

December 2, 2018
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