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The Student Senate discussed race issues at Eastern as well as Electronic Writing Portfolio submissions for students.
Student Senate discuss race survey, EWP submission
Students eagerly refreshed their inboxes awaiting the desired class is canceled email after seeing a snowstorm Wednesday morning. Devin Melvin (right) a freshman accounting major, trudges through the snow on his way to class wearing a makeshift gator mask using a blue T-shirt in between Klehm and Lumpkin Hall. Classes were not canceled due to last weeks average temperature hanging around the upper 30s.
Students disappointed snow didn’t freeze classes for the day
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
Destiny Smith, a junior environmental science major, poses for a picture.
Environment biology major describes her experience in the field
Eastern biology faculty member Rob Colombo bikes towards the Tour De Charleston finish line Saturday morning in the Town Square.
Biology professor Rob Colombo hooked on fish ecology
The womens basketball team cheers for fellow players after scoring during the womens basketball game against the Rowdy Raiders at Lantz Arena Monday afternoon. The Panthers won 96-67 against the Rowdy Raiders. The Panthers have won seven games in row.
Panthers 8-0 in OVC play for the first time since 2013
After number 20 Emily Wilcox, a junior middle blocker, reconvenes with her team after successfully blocking a spike from UT Martin Skyhawk players during the volleyball game at Lantz Arena Friday afternoon. Wilcox had 6 blocks and scored 7.5 points. The Panthers won 3-2 against the Skyhawks.
Women athletes on campus talk being STEM majors
BY HAN BYER | THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS Sports Nutrition Coordinator and graduate student, Camille Klopfleisch, speaks to Eastern football player, Cody Green, about his nutrition journey in her office Monday afternoon. Klopfleisch and Green are going over photos of Green’s meals, and what to work on going forward using nutrition charts on Jan. 23, 2023, on Eastern Illinois Universitys campus in Charleston, Ill.
Klopfleisch says passion, drive is needed for STEM majors
Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: The victory bells lie dormant in Dallas
The women’s basketball team celebrates a win over the Tennessee States Tigers on Saturday at Lantz Arena. The game went into overtime with the score 68-68, with the final score being 78-70.
Women’s basketball looks to go 7-0 in OVC
Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: From campground to college, science and tech changed little
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kkbenz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: What would have happened?
Camron Hardy is a sophomore journalism major and can be reached at 581-2912 or cahardy@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: ‘Nope,’ nothing spectacular, but a satisfactory movie
EDITORIAL: Believe scientists about science issues
EDITORIAL: Believe scientists about science issues
Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: What if AI wrote this column?
EDITORIAL: Believe scientists about science issues
EDITORIAL: Believe scientists about science issues
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., write important messages on posters and encourage others to as well, to hold up while walking in the march for the 36th annual Martin Luther King Jr. program on Monday evening.
EDITORIAL: Commemorate buildings with meaning
This is the conveyor belt from the folding unit which conveys the cut and folds into the newspaper that comes off the printing press line.
EDITORIAL: One year later of weekly content
EDITORIAL: Eastern needs more holiday inclusivity
EDITORIAL: Eastern needs more holiday inclusivity
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
Dan Hahn is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: From campground to college, science and tech changed little
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kkbenz@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: What would have happened?
Camron Hardy is a sophomore journalism major and can be reached at 581-2912 or cahardy@eiu.edu.
COLUMN: ‘Nope,’ nothing spectacular, but a satisfactory movie
Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: What if AI wrote this column?
Katja Benz is a senior English major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.
COLUMN: Global warming is a reality that is fast coming
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
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
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
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 16: I, Tonya, feat. Special Guest
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 15 : The Maze Runner
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 14: Batman Returns feat. Special Guest
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 13: The Nightmare Before Christmas
two dudes talk movies
Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 12: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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City experiences two different fog types this past week

December 7, 2015

Turkey shortage will not impact campus dining

November 18, 2015

Housing dedicates memorial garden for former staff members

November 10, 2015

Journalists are the writers of history

November 4, 2015

Students speak out against retaliation rumor

October 30, 2015
Student Community Service Office along with others around campus have been collecting socks since the middle of October and will continue to do so until November 9, 2015. They are collecting socks on behalf of the homeless, with boxes in various locations about campus.

[Photo] Socktoberfest collects for Homeless

October 29, 2015

Student athletes should receive payment

October 28, 2015
The Charleston Fire Department responds to a stove fire at 9:10 p.m on Thursday in Apartment 24 of the Elliott building in University Court. Fire officials said that the fire was extinguished before the sprinkler system was activated and there was minimal damage.

Stove fire prompts Elliott building evacuation

October 8, 2015

Fire alarm automatic notifications disabled

October 5, 2015

Family weekend concert canceled

October 4, 2015

UPD believes robberies may be related

September 21, 2015

Column: Mediafest offers wisdom to students

September 18, 2015
Eastern, which has the lowest student enrollment in the state, declined nearly 400 students this year. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Western Illinois University and Northern Illinois University have also declined.

University enrollment fluctuates statewide

September 14, 2015

The Weeknd: Makes madness beautiful, ‘go tell your friends’

September 3, 2015

EIU alert notification system working normally after error

September 2, 2015
Fire damages closet in Stevenson Hall

Fire damages closet in Stevenson Hall

August 28, 2015

Eastern: uncertainty under a dark blue cloud

August 26, 2015
The side entrance of McAfee Gymnasium is closed due to the construction of an elevator in the building. Construction for the elevator began this summer, but due to the lack of a state fiscal budget construction has stopped until further notice.

Campus construction halted by unapproved state fiscal budget

August 24, 2015

Eastern identifies positions for layoffs

August 18, 2015
Anne Thibault, an acting professor at Eastern, and Illinois State University alum Andy Hudson interact during the EIU Theatre Arts production of The Good Person on Setzuan at The Black Box in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Professor continues acting, teaching craft at Eastern

May 17, 2015

Eastern moves forward with more Latino recruitment initiatives

May 3, 2015

Summer meals to continue

April 30, 2015

Students continue education, spending summer abroad

April 30, 2015

Eastern continues recruitment efforts

April 27, 2015
The kitchen of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln is replicated in the Lincoln Log Cabin in Lerna, Ill.

Lincoln Log Cabin continues historic values, traditions

April 26, 2015

Omega Psi Phi hosts week-long events for ‘Que Week’

April 27, 2015
Anne Thibault, an acting professor at Eastern, and Illinois State University alum Andy Hudson interact during the EIU Theatre Arts production of The Good Person on Setzuan at The Black Box in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

The not so good people of Setzuan

April 23, 2015

MEI moves forward with becoming official committee

April 23, 2015
Eastern study abroad students dance in the mud during Holi festival in the Library Quad on April 25, 2015. The event, which lasted two hours conssted of participants throwing paint at each other and sliding the mud.

International students compare Holi event

April 22, 2015

Trio of performers to light up Doudna

April 20, 2015

Communication studies professor reflects on Guatemalan heritage

April 20, 2015

Students react negatively to proposed athletic fee increase

April 16, 2015

Through use of fair trading, artisans gain decent wages

April 15, 2015

LASO to host largest their largest fundraiser of year 

April 15, 2015
History professor Brian Mann (Left) listens to fellow panelist Newton Key, also a history professor, as he discusses the importance of geography in relation to ISIS Tuesday in the Booth Library conference room.

Professors attempt to make sense of the Islamic State

April 14, 2015

Pride collecting donations for trans women

April 14, 2015

Minority faculty representation increases over 10-year period

April 12, 2015

Couture models to host ‘bare’ subject matter

April 12, 2015

Greek racial tensions in Oklahoma raise concerns

April 12, 2015

Campus ministry to pray for 147 Christian victims

April 9, 2015
Jarvis Burks, senior Kappa Alpha Psi member and communication studies major, takes a photograph of Cyle Cobolt, senior Kappa Alpha Psi member and a communications major with Cassy Hodge a breast cancer supporter at the Kappa Alpha Psi and S.u.c.c.e.s.s. breast cancer awareness event in front of Thomas Residence Hall on Sept. 30, 2014.

Kappa men to celebrate 40th year on campus

April 7, 2015
Steve Kilty, an alumni of Eastern, skypes in from Japan to the Information Workshop: Studying and Working in Asia to shares his experiences of teaching in Tokyo Tuesday in the auditorium of Lumpkin Hall.

Eastern alumni share experiences, personal stories working in Asia

April 7, 2015
Safe Zone was created to address the concerns of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and ally community at Eastern Illinois University. Safe Zones are areas on and around campus where supportive people provide information and assist in diffusing stereotypes.

Safe zone phase one, two allows support of LGBT

April 6, 2015

LGBT representers speak on personal stories

April 2, 2015

Review: Students show campus they actually have talent

April 2, 2015
‘High tech, low life’

‘High tech, low life’

April 1, 2015

Students share personal stories, struggles dealing with their LBGT acronym

April 1, 2015
Sunrose Maskey, a freshman psychology major performs a Napali dance to Shakiras Waka Waka song evening for Sounds of the World on October 14,2014.

[Photo] AIS displays different countries with singing and dancing

March 31, 2015

Need for more diverse novels to be debated

March 30, 2015

Language proficiency proves beneficial for careers

March 26, 2015

Students assist those with speech disorders

March 26, 2015

Kids day out

March 25, 2015

Communication studies department to fundraise for dry-erase boards

March 24, 2015

Autism comparisons to be made through “The Big Bang Theory’

March 23, 2015

Students to shed light on U.S. immigration issues

March 23, 2015

Spring power outage dates set

March 12, 2015
Kathy Phillips, a health studies professor, reflects on her 37 years of service on campus. Phillips is currently the longest employed female faculty member.

Longest working female faculty member reflects on nearly 40 years

March 12, 2015

Faculty, students to free themselves from smoking

March 11, 2015

Award ceremony to honor women’s achievements

March 11, 2015

Panelists expose size, masturbation myths

March 10, 2015

WISM to encourage women in fields of science, mathematics

March 10, 2015

Student juggles college, 2-year-old son

March 9, 2015
Carol Waldmann, interim director of financial aid, participates in a panel discussion on Sept. 25 that included Eastern president Bill Perry and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Financial aid breaks down scholarships, grants

March 9, 2015
Study abroad lacks in gender, minority representation locally, nationally

Study abroad lacks in gender, minority representation locally, nationally

March 9, 2015

Students given chance to explore languages

March 6, 2015
Detective Marlon Williams offers people to come pray at the alter at Mount Olive Baptist Church on Feb. 8. Williams serves as both a detective for the Charleston Police Department and as a Deacon at the church.

CPD detective fights crime, spreads faith

March 5, 2015

Staff Senate ‘shouts out’ to university employees

March 5, 2015

Language barriers broken through words of diversity, inclusion

March 2, 2015

Community coffee hour proposes plans for cultural food program, inclusive dialogue

March 1, 2015

Study Abroad deals with lacking enrollment

February 26, 2015

Student Government, UB deal with budget cuts

February 26, 2015

Review: With ‘Sims’ playing life never felt so good

February 26, 2015

Sorority to educate students on Kwanzaa traditions

February 24, 2015

Women’s history and awareness begins Feb 25

February 23, 2015

‘Black power mixtape’ to be shown, debated

February 22, 2015

Cultures represented through worldly sounds

February 20, 2015

Graduate student to ‘unmatter’ theories of race

February 19, 2015

English teaching center to expand facilities

February 18, 2015

Students to find ‘Financial Peace’ in money-saving seminar

February 18, 2015
Shaniyah Mayes, a freshman psychology major poses for the upcoming Glam show Wednesday evening.

[Photo] Models to strut as African kings, queens

February 17, 2015

Nearly Naked 5k postponed

February 17, 2015

Enrollment cripples new summer study abroad programs proposals

February 16, 2015

‘It’s On:’ Students to take a stand against sexual assault

February 16, 2015

Students to ‘bare it all’ for charity cause

February 15, 2015

Sisterhood acts on foundations of Christianity, friendship

February 15, 2015
Brittany Fisher, a senior political science, discusses her stance on the misrepresentation of her sorority on the VH1’s show ‘Sorority Sisters’ during the Real Sorority Sisters Discuss “Sorority Sister” Monday in the auditorium of Lumpkin Hall.

Real sorority sisters hash out VH1’s ‘sorority sisters’

February 9, 2015

Athletes partner with community service

February 9, 2015

Diversity conference illuminates issues of privilege

February 8, 2015

New entrepreneurship center to teach students how to be their own boss

February 5, 2015

NPHC sorority sisters to discuss VH1 show, controversy

February 5, 2015

Review: ‘Dear White People’ exceeds expectations

February 5, 2015

Diversity conference to combat stereotype

February 2, 2015
Shamerea Richards, a senior communication studies major, suggests that students learn their basic rights when dealing with law enforcement Monday during “Life of a Black Man” in the auditorium of Coleman Hall.

Alphas simulate ‘life of a black man’ through testimonials, interactive game

February 2, 2015

Sorority to host free HIV testing

February 1, 2015

Library accepting student entries

February 1, 2015
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