On Sept. 11, 2001, former big leaguer, Big 10 pitcher of the year in 2000 and current Eastern Illinois baseball head coach Jason Anderson was woken up from his mother’s couch to the alarm of the...
Gunnar Olson, Editor-in-Chief
• September 11, 2024
It has been 23 years since the devastating terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
News spread of these attacks fast, and many people felt the attack deeply...
Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter
• September 10, 2021
Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that shocked the country in 2001, and Daily Eastern News alum Bill Ruthhart was one of the college journalists who was involved with news coverage...
Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief
• September 10, 2021
Twenty years ago Saturday, a terrorist attack shocked the United States from those leading the country to those in small towns like Charleston.
The country watched in horror as 2,977 lives were taken...
Saturday marks two decades since the Boeing aircraft struck the twin towers, forever changing the lives of United States citizens. Professors recalled their lives during that time, and how they reacted...
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary since the national tragedy of 9/11. At the start of the day of Sept. 11, 2001, no one knew how much our country would change from that day on. However, as the years...
With tables filled in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, students and staff gathered to discuss what impacts 9/11 has had during the Office of Civic Engagement and...
Students, staff and community members can gather Wednesday morning to memorialize those who died on 9/11 at the remembrance ceremony.
Beth Dunahee, assistant director of military services, said the purpose...
Students can attend the first EIU Ted Talk to participate in civic discussion Wednesday about how 9/11 changed immigration policies, how Islamophobia has shifted over years and what freedom of speech entails.
Beth...
A memorial ceremony Tuesday morning will commemorate heroes and others who died on 9/11.
Eastern’s New Student and Family Programs will host the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at the north side of the library...
Although she is too young to recall the day the tragedy happened, freshman psychology major Kirsten Daugherty still sees the affect the Sept.11 attacks have had on present-day issues.
“Whenever I...
Fifteen years ago yesterday, the shape of American life, politics, travel, culture and security changed irreversibly.
We need not remind the reader what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. Instead, we would...
