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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
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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
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Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 13: The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 12: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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Kara Price, a junior graphic design major, enjoys the weather while it lasts in front of the Booth Library. She says her favorite part about the nice weather was grilling and spending time outside with her friends.

[Photo] Photo: Breath of fresh air

April 17, 2019
Vincent Rodriguez (left), a freshman engineering technology major, and Kat Stephens (right), an elementary education major, relax and enjoy the weather on the steps of the Doudna Fine Arts Center Sunday afternoon.

[Photo] Photo: Fine weather

April 8, 2019
Seonghwan Kim, a graduate student in history, stops by the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union for a quick snack on Sunday night. Kim said he is preparing for classes tomorrow.

[Photo] Photo: Quick snack

March 25, 2019
Morgan Bledsoe, a freshman journalism major, Journee Evans, a freshman english major, Makenna Boyd, also a freshman english major, and Lyric Ailshire, a freshman pre-medicine major, relax and enjoy themselves at the Thomas Hall Council Meeting held in the Thomas Hall lobby on Tuesday night.

[Photo] PHOTO: Gals being pals

February 20, 2019
Tsuyoshi Suzuki, a freshman graphic design major, takes on his newest project for his art class: basket weaving. He spends his evening in the Doudna Fine Arts Center working on finishing his basket for tomorrow.

[Photo] PHOTO: Building of a basket

February 20, 2019
To start off the Jazz Combos concert in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Theater, the Vanguard Quintet begins by playing “Black Nile”, a song by Wayne Shorter. The members of this group consist of Joey LoCascio (left), Kathleen Kehoe (back left), Gabe Mansfield (center left), Jacob Williams (center right), and Corey Clark (far right).

[Photo] Students perform in Jazz Combos concert

February 19, 2019
Tim Engles, an English professor, speaks at an event on Tuesday night called “White Man, Listen!” The event was held in room 4440 in Booth Library. “Angry white men… That’s basically my topic here,” Engles states after mentioning how he studies white masculinity. Engles spoke about white life novels, and read about Savage Holiday, a book by Richard Wright.

[Photo] Presentation discusses white male privilege, Kavanaugh

February 12, 2019
Nick Delener, the interim dean of business at Indiana University East, makes an appearance at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union for an open interview session Tuesday afternoon for the dean of Lumpkin College of Business and Technology. Delener begins by introducing himself to the audience and later recounts his 18 years as a dean. Some of of his major accomplishments that he touches on include: developing 5 Year Strategic Plans, generating over a million dollars worth of financial resources, and increasing enrollment.

[Photo] PHOTO: Dean search continues

January 30, 2019
Kristina Wang, a senior early childhood development major, works on her ceramics project in the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Sunday evening.

[Photo] PHOTO: Tender touch

January 28, 2019
Matt Banks, a freshman marketing major, relaxes in the Taylor Hall lobby Tuesday evening. He said he was just “chilling out after a long day of classes”.

[Photo] PHOTO: ‘Chilling out after a long day’

January 23, 2019
Julia Edwards, a freshman elementary education major, stands in the middle of a circle during an icebreaker activity in the Thomas Hall lobby Tuesday night. The icebreaker activity is for a new privilege program called Life in a Nutshell, where students can participate and interact to show that not everybody gets the same chances throughout life.

[Photo] PHOTO: Icebreaker in Thomas

January 23, 2019
Saad Elkhelfi, a freshman marketing major, enjoys a close game of pool with his friends Tuesday afternoon in the Taylor Hall lobby.

[Photo] FEATURE PHOTO: Close game

January 9, 2019
George Gao, a junior biological science major, takes a walk around campus Tuesday afternoon. He said he was enjoying the nice weather as he says, “It isn’t bad for January. It was really nice today.”

[Photo] FEATURE PHOTO: Jackets in January

January 9, 2019
Rebecca Cash, Student Body President, goes over appointments at the student government meeting on Wednesday night. The meeting was held in the Arcola-Tuscola Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

[Photo] Student Senate hears updates on BLM flag, approves RSO

October 17, 2018
Tiana Webb (left), a senior business management major, returns to the shore of Campus Pond soaked after participating in the ROC Fest Boat Race Thursday evening.

[Photo] PHOTO GALLERY: ROC Fest Boat Race 2018

September 27, 2018
Samuel Augustin, a junior music performance major, practices conducting alongside Aaron Jones (who can be seen in the background) , a junior instrumental music education major in the Doudna Red Room Sunday night. Augustin says his favorite class is his camerata singers class, while Jones says his favorite is his choral methods class.

[Photo] Gallery: Around campus on a Sunday night

September 16, 2018
Tatymia Walton, a freshman pre-nursing major, talks with her friend Khadijha Mitchell, a freshman undecided major, eat dinner together in the Thomas Dining Hall Sunday night.

[Photo] Housing, Dining Services adjust to new semester

August 26, 2018
Rapper Fetty Wap poses for the camera during his performance in the Lantz Arena Saturday night.

[Photo] Screaming fans welcome Fetty Wap Saturday

April 22, 2018
Comedian Andrew Sleighter performs Friday night in the 7th Street Underground in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Comedian interacts with and entertains audience

January 28, 2018
President of Colleges Against Cancer Madison Carlson (back), a junior family consumer sciences major, and vice president Catherine Lestina (front), a junior elementary education major, help students sign up to become stem cell or bone marrow donors.

[Photo] CAC registers people to become bone marrow, stem cell donors

November 28, 2017
Drag Queen Auntie Heroine performs with a zombie by her side at the Halloqueen Drag Show Monday evening.

[Photo] Divas dominate Grand Ballroom Monday night

October 30, 2017
Natalie Standley, a senior graphic design and communication studies major, gives a presentation on the history of feminism Wednesday evening during the You Take the Floor event. The event was held in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

[Photo] Students take chance to showcase creativity

October 25, 2017
People gather around the Eastern marching band at the homecoming tailgate before they perform at halftime.

[Photo]

Dozens of families gather at the homecoming tailgate event Saturday afternoon. Many acvtivities are held for people of all ages, including a bouncy house, obstacle course, and a rock wall (as pictured).

[Photo]

Families and friends cook out to celebrate homecoming game day as the Eastern football team plays against Jacksonville State University Saturday afternoon.

[Photo]

Karissa Light, an intern with the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity, teaches students how to be an activist for various causes at Activism 101 Wednesday night in the Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

[Photo] Students learn advocacy at activism workshop

October 11, 2017
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