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Members of the University Professionals of Illinois socialize before the negotiation team meets with Eastern’s negotiation team at Booth Library Monday afternoon.
Faculty union gains forward momentum with third negotiation meeting
The renaming of Douglas Hall to Powell-Norton Hall was approved by the Board of Trustees during their meeting on April 22.
At least a few thousand dollars to rename Douglas Hall
Daniel Fox, one of four candidates for the position director of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, answers questions by Eastern faculty during the open session on Wednesday afternoon in the Oakland Room in the Union. Fox spent Wednesday on Easterns campus meeting administration, touring campus and being interviewed.
D.J. Fox announced as new Union Director
Brian Carter, a worker for King-Lar Company, fastens a vent in one of the science labs in the Life Science Building.
Biology students, staff relocated during construction
Laura McLaughlin, Eastern’s general counsel, and Amie Calvert the director of office employee and labor relations leave Booth Library after hearing the University Professionals of Illinois team’s demand to bargain in regards to wages Monday afternoon.
‘Struggle’ to get faculty union contract signed
Trevor Nichols pitched five innings during the Panthers first game of the OVC Tournament against the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars in Lexington, KY. The Panthers lost 8-6 against the Courgars, closing out the season.
Panthers eliminated in first game of OVC Tourney
The Panthers celebrate after winning their last conference game of the season on Friday. The Panthers won one game of the doubleheader, against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks 7-5.
Panthers lock fourth seed in OVC, play Wednesday
In the top of the eighth, left, Jason DeCicco, a senior left-handed pitcher, is relieved after Jackson Nichols, a sophomore right-handed pitcher, during the Panthers Senior Day game against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks Tuesday afternoon. After stepping off the mound, DeCicco embraces most of the team exchanging sentiments with them.
Panthers snap losing streak on Senior Day
Eastern pitcher Hayden Birdsong releases a pitch against Murray State on April 22 at Laker Baseball Field in Mattoon. Birdsong pitched five innings of relief, allowing just one run while striking out a season-high nine batters. Eastern lost the game 17-10.
Panthers lose weekend series against Belmont
Submitted Photo Kyle Lang, a senior right-handed pitcher, warms up during the Saturday, May 7 Morehead State Series at Coaches Stadium.(Sandy King | Eastern Athletics)
Panthers fall close in second series game against Belmont
COLUMN: Living with PCOS
COLUMN: Living with PCOS
The best worst decision I ever made
The best worst decision I ever made
Robert Rob Le Cates
COLUMN: Growing my hair long helped me appreciate myself
COLUMN: Sonder is a testament to student creativity, filmmaking
COLUMN: “Sonder” is a testament to student creativity, filmmaking
COLUMN: Away from campus blues
COLUMN: Away from campus blues
EDITORIAL: It is too late to take credit
EDITORIAL: It is too late to take credit
EDITORIAL: Find your Betsy Jewell and thank her
EDITORIAL: Find your Betsy Jewell and thank her
EDITORIAL: No one needs a Miss White EIU
EDITORIAL: No one needs a Miss White EIU
EDITORIAL: What Eastern needs in its next president
EDITORIAL: What Eastern needs in its next president
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: See you at Unofficial (as always)
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: See you at Unofficial (as always)
COLUMN: Living with PCOS
COLUMN: Living with PCOS
Robert Rob Le Cates
COLUMN: Growing my hair long helped me appreciate myself
COLUMN: Sonder is a testament to student creativity, filmmaking
COLUMN: “Sonder” is a testament to student creativity, filmmaking
COLUMN: Away from campus blues
COLUMN: Away from campus blues
COLUMN: So it turns out I love summer school
COLUMN: So it turns out I love summer school
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
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
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’
Three different commencement speakers gave speeches during the graduation ceremony for the Eastern Illinois University Class of 2022 Saturday afternoon in Lantz Arena. Representing the Lumpkin College of Business and Technology Marie Koch delivered her speech during the first ceremony. Representing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Jerimiah Boyd-Johnson presented his speech at the second ceremony. Representing the College of Education, MaryAnn Catt and Esperanza Murillo gave their speeches during the last ceremony.
Looking back at the 2021-2022 academic year
Members of the Eastern Class of 2022 celebrate a fellow graduate receiving their diploma during the 2022 spring commencement ceremony in Lantz Arena Saturday afternoon, May 7, 2022.
THROUGH THE LENS: Eastern graduation class of 2022
Sam Fagaly directs 10 songs at the Jazz Ensemble featuring Saxophones, Trumpets, Trombones, and the Rhythm Section on Tuesday night in Doudna Fine Arts Center, April 26, 2022 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill.
THROUGH THE LENS: Spring Jazz Ensemble
The coaches of the Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Phi, and Sigma Chi team celebrate their first place for their dance routine at Greek Weeks Airband event Saturday night at McAfee gym
THROUGH THE LENS: Airband is out of this world
Delta Chis tugs coach Branden Lawrence, a sophomore majoring in exercise science, yells at the team to keep their footing during the tugs finals Saturday afternoon.
THROUGH THE LENS: Tugs finals
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 30: The Bad Guys & The Northman
creative outlet
Creative Outlet Ep. 9: Tyler Jordan of Good Looks
the news desk
Looking Back at the History of Powell-Norton Hall (formerly Douglas Hall)
the movie den
The Movie DEN Ep. 29: Legally Blonde & Fear
the news desk
Sports To Look Forward To & Athletes of the Year with Adam Tumino
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Eastern sweeps Golden Lions

March 11, 2020

Close bonds led De Wilder to Eastern

March 8, 2020
Will Klein completes his follow through and lets his pitch fly toward the batter. Eastern lost 6-3 to Northwestern State on the road Sunday.

Panthers win one against Northwestern State, lose series finale Sunday

March 2, 2020

Men’s tennis team faced hard times in February

March 1, 2020
Eastern senior Gertjan De Wilder attempts a backhand shot in the Eastern Illinois Fall Invite last September at the Darling Courts during a doubles match. The men’s tennis team plays at Green Bay Saturday at 9 p.m.

Men’s tennis team looks to bounce back, snap losing streak

February 26, 2020

O’Brien earns OVC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week

February 25, 2020
Adam Tumino | The Daily Eastern News Mack Smith rises for a three-point shot attempt during Eastern’s 76-74 loss to Southern Illinois Edwardsville Feb. 13 in Lantz Arena. Eastern faces Murray State Thursday after the women’s game.

Men’s basketball team hosts Murray State, Austin Peay in crucial games

February 19, 2020

Men’s tennis loses pair of weekend matches

February 17, 2020

Eastern baseball team has tough weekend at Arkansas

February 16, 2020
File Photo | The Daily Eastern News Max Pilipovic-Kljajic reaches out to nail a backhand return to his opponent. Eastern takes on Northern Kentucky Friday and hopes to end a losing skid.

Men’s tennis looks to end losing skid Friday

February 12, 2020

Eastern looking for another big win

February 11, 2020

Men’s tennis struggles continue in defeat at Oral Roberts

February 9, 2020
Eastern guard Josiah Wallace drives under the basket against Morehead State on Feb. 8 in Lantz Arena. Wallace had 25 points in the game, which the Panthers won 71-65.

Strong 1st half fuels Panthers in win against Eagles

February 8, 2020

Eastern men’s tennis ready for light weekend

February 7, 2020
JJ Bullock | The Daily Eastern News Kashawn Charles maintains his dribble as he is guarded on the wing during Eastern’s 95-83 victory over Tennessee-Martin Jan. 23 in Lantz Arena. The Panthers host third-place Eastern Kentucky Thursday in Lantz Arena.

Men’s basketball hosts Eastern Kentucky in important game Thursday

February 5, 2020

Men’s tennis hits rough patch, loses 2 straight

February 2, 2020

Men’s basketball falls late to Austin Peay, now 0-6 in road OVC games

February 1, 2020
Max Pilipovic-Kljajic nails a serve to his opponent and completes his follow-through last September at Easterns Darling Courts. The Panthers play three more road matches this weekend.

More road matches ahead for men’s tennis

January 30, 2020

Men’s tennis splits weekend matches on road

January 26, 2020
Eastern point guard Shareef Smith dribbles through a Southeast Missouri defender in the Panthers 61-59 win Saturday in Lantz Arena.

Eastern hangs on late for win over Southeast Missouri

January 25, 2020

Men’s tennis to continue long-road stretch

January 23, 2020

Men’s tennis sweeps weekend matches

January 20, 2020
Eastern freshman Cameron Slabbert, a native of South Africa, said he is adjusting to life at Eastern as well as the United States. Slabbert is a member of the Eastern mens tennis team.

Far from home, Slabbert adjusts to Eastern

November 19, 2019

Panthers end fall schedule on high note

November 4, 2019

Men’s tennis gets ready for Louisville, home invites

October 10, 2019
File Photo | The Daily Eastern News Gage Kingsmith returns a hit with a forehand strike of his own. Eastern lost to Jacksonville State 6-1 at the Darling Courts in March.

Gage Kingsmith’s shining personality stands out during different eras at Eastern

October 1, 2019

Men’s tennis excited to host annual Alumni Match Saturday

September 26, 2019
Dillan Schorfheide | The Daily Eastern News Max Pilipovic-Kljajic returns the ball to his opponents’ side of the court with a forehand hit. He competed in flight 1 for the men’s singles matches in the Eastern Illinois Fall Invite Sept. 20 and 21 at the Darling Courts.

Men’s tennis dominates in Fall Invite at Darling Courts

September 23, 2019
File Photo | The Daily Eastern News Gage Kingsmith returns a hit with a backhand strike of his own. Eastern lost to Jacksonville State 6-1 in March at the Darling Courts.

Men’s tennis has solid outings to start fall season

September 16, 2019

Men’s tennis team finishes stellar year

April 28, 2019

Eastern men’s tennis team ready for OVC tournament

April 24, 2019

Eastern 5-seed in Ohio Valley Conference tournament

April 22, 2019

Men’s tennis duo showing how it’s done

April 17, 2019

Eastern finishes regular season

April 15, 2019

Men’s tennis team to wrap up regular season

April 10, 2019
Dillan Schorfheide | The Daily Eastern News Gage Kingsmith lunges to return a hit in a doubles match during the men’s tennis team’s 6-1 loss to Jacksonville State March 22 at the Darling Courts.

Eastern men’s tennis team wins two of three matches over weekend

April 8, 2019
Eastern’s Freddie O’Brien serves a ball in the Panthers’ 6-1 loss to Jacksonville State on March 22 at the Darling Courts. Eastern beat Alabama 4-3 on Sunday.

Eastern men split weekend matches

April 1, 2019
Eastern’s Gertjan de Wilder returns a ball in a match against Jacksonvile State March 22 at the Darling Courts. Eastern plays Tennessee Tech and Alabama A&M this weekend.

Men’s tennis team back to OVC action

March 27, 2019
Freddie O’Brien rears back to return a hit in his singles match during Eastern’s 6-1 loss to Jacksonville State at the Darling Courts Friday.

Men’s tennis team falls to Jacksonville State 6-1 Friday

March 24, 2019
File Photo | The Daily Eastern News Gage Kingsmith (left) and Jared Woodson celebrate a point they earned during Eastern’s 7-0 loss to Belmont in March 2018 at the Darling Courts.

Men’s tennis team hosts Jacksonville State in OVC opener Friday

March 20, 2019

Men’s tennis team tops Rose-Hulman

March 17, 2019
Gage Kingsmith lunges forward to return a hit during the Eastern men’s tennis team’s 7-0 loss to Belmont at the Darling Courts in March 2018.

Men’s tennis team wins Thursday before weekend matches

March 7, 2019
Jared Woodson jumps and returns a hit during a doubles match with partner Gage Kingsmith in the men’s tennis team’s 7-0 loss to Belmont at the Darling Courts in March of 2018.

Men’s tennis team wins both matches

March 3, 2019
Eastern junior Freddie O’Brien returns a ball in a match last spring at the Darling Courts. O’Brien and Eastern have two matches upcoming this weekend.

Men’s tennis team short-handed this weekend

March 1, 2019
Freddie O’Brien returns a hit during the Eastern men’s tennis match against Belmont in March 2018. Belmont swept Eastern 7-0.

Men’s tennis team extends losing streak

February 24, 2019
Eastern junior Gage Kingsmith returns a ball in a match last season at the Darling Courts. The men’s tennis team is 6-6- this season.

Men’s tennis team drops 2 matches

February 18, 2019
Freddie O’Brien returns a hit during the Eastern men’s tennis team’s 7-0 loss at the Darling Courts against Belmont in March of 2018.

Men’s tennis team passes win total from last season

February 11, 2019
Sophomore Mike Jansen stands in the quad at Eastern holding his tennis racket. Jansen is from the Netherlands he was ranked in the top 20 in the Netherlands for juniors 18 and younger.

Jansen sticks with tennis program, thrives

December 6, 2018

Men’s tennis team’s season comes to end

November 7, 2018

Men’s tennis doubles pairings go 2-1 at home meet

October 17, 2018

Men’s tennis team sees good chemistry this season

October 10, 2018

Men’s tennis team staying positive as season approaches

September 5, 2018

Kercheval leaving Eastern for Notre Dame, Tolson hired as women’s coach for Eastern tennis

August 20, 2018

Men’s tennis team ready to begin season

August 19, 2018

Grants given out to undergraduate students for research

April 25, 2018
Senior Grant Reiman returns the ball on his forehand in Eastern’s match against Belmont March 30 at the Darling Courts. Despite a first-round OVC Tournament loss, Eastern improved overall and has the team excited for the future.

Season review for Eastern men’s tennis

April 24, 2018

Men’s tennis team loses in OVC tournament

April 22, 2018
Freshman Kaisei Kuroki looks to hit a forehand over the net in his singles match March 30 at the Darling Courts against Belmont. Eastern starts the OVC Tournament Friday.

Panthers set for OVC Tournament

April 19, 2018
Senior Trent Reiman sends a forehand over the net in his singles match against Belmont March 30 at the Darling Courts. Eastern starts the OVC Tournament later this week.

Men’s tennis seniors excited for OVC tournament

April 17, 2018
Senior Grant Reiman returns a backhand in his match against Belmont March 30 at the Darling Courts. Eastern won its Senior Day match against Marian Saturday.

Men’s tennis team picks up win on Senior Day

April 15, 2018

Men’s tennis team celebrates Senior Day

April 12, 2018

Men’s tennis team finding groove in singles

April 10, 2018

Men’s tennis team drops final OVC match

April 8, 2018
Eastern senior Grant Reiman returns a ball in the Panthers meet last Friday at the Darling Courts. Reiman and his partner lost in the No. 3 doubles position.

Eastern ready for last OVC match

April 5, 2018
Senior Jared Woodson returns a ball on his forehand during doubles. Woodson and his partner, sophomore Gage Kingsmith (left) have found success this season as a doubles team.

Woodson, Kingsmith starting to click for Eastern

April 4, 2018
Senior Grant Reiman sends a back hander to his Belmont doubles opponents Friday at the Darling Courts. Reiman and partner Logan Charbonneau lost 7-5 to Belmont as Eastern lost 7-0 overall. The Panthers picked up a win Saturday against Tennessee State.

Panthers get first OVC win in over two years

April 1, 2018

Men’s tennis gears up for conference matches

March 29, 2018

Panthers seeing growth in conference play

March 28, 2018

Panthers seeking consistency in doubles

March 27, 2018

Eastern earns doubles point, but falls late

March 25, 2018

Men’s tennis team ready for road match

March 21, 2018
Logan Charbonneau, a freshman men’s tennis player, stayed on the tennis courts till 2 a.m. following a 3 p.m. tennis practice to ready himself for a chance at playing at the college level. His 2 a.m. “partner” was a machine that fired thousands of balls at him until he decided it was time for bed only to wake up and do it the next day.

Following dreams helped men’s tennis team’s Charbonneau

March 19, 2018

Men’s tennis starts conference play 0-2

March 18, 2018

Men’s tennis team to play Illinois State, Rose-Hulman

March 7, 2018

Lindenwood tops men’s tennis team over weekend

March 5, 2018

Men’s tennis team returning home for match with Lindenwood

February 28, 2018

Changes made to ethics training in 2018

February 27, 2018

Men’s tennis team splits weekend matches

February 26, 2018

Men’s tennis team on road again for doubleheader

February 21, 2018

Men’s tennis team splits weekend matches

February 19, 2018

Men’s tennis team takes on Valparaiso

February 15, 2018

Eastern comes up short against St. Louis

February 11, 2018

Men’s tennis continues road trip

February 8, 2018

Men’s tennis team loses weekend matches

February 4, 2018

Men’s tennis team ready for Wright State, Dayton

February 1, 2018

Men’s tennis team prepares for Wright State and Dayton

February 1, 2018

Men’s tennis wins first season match

January 30, 2018

Men’s tennis team travels to Chicago State

January 29, 2018

Eastern men’s tennis team falls to IUPUI 5-2

January 28, 2018

Men’s tennis team travels to IUPUI for match

January 25, 2018

Men’s tennis team falls to Ball State 6-1

January 21, 2018

Men’s tennis team continues road trip at Ball State

January 17, 2018
Senior Jared Woodson forehands the ball at the Panthers’ practice in Lantz Field House Oct. 25. Woodson dropped his doubles match this weekend at Indiana in the Panthers first meet of the season.

Men’s tennis team drops first spring match

January 16, 2018
Eastern sophomore Freddie O’Brien returns a ball at a team practice in October. O’Brien had a 4-5 record in singles play for the Panthers last season.

Men’s tennis team ready for season

January 9, 2018

Residence halls, other buildings to close over break

November 16, 2017
Eastern sophomore golfer Romeo Perez recently wrapped up the fall schedule competing in four events with a average stroke score of 76.73 to lead the Panthers. Perez, from Paris, France has competed in 31 rounds for the Panthers averaging 78.23 strokes per round.

Perez happy with deciding on Eastern

November 15, 2017

Men’s soccer team ties for sixth time on season

October 25, 2017

Men’s golf team in 11th after 36 holes

October 16, 2017

Eastern to host Oral Roberts

October 12, 2017
Sophomore Andre Nappa kicks the ball toward the middle of the field. The men’s soccer team has been shut out six games in a row.

Men’s soccer team heads to Bradley

October 9, 2017
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