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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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Booth Library offers finals activities

MacKenzie Jung, Contributing Writer December 7, 2016

Update: The story has been edited to reflect that the Booth Library will be giving out popcorn at 7 p.m. Booth Library will provide opportunities for students to stay healthy during fall finals with...

Booth Library taking donations for One Stop Community Christmas

Staff Report November 6, 2016

The Booth Library is taking donations of books, toys or money to benefit the One Stop Community Christmas program. One Stop Community Christmas works collaboratively with different organizations in...

New databases at Booth Library

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter September 27, 2016

Several new databases are now available for students to use on Eastern’s webpage, including three created by the university and one that is a state database Eastern uses. History professor Debra Reid...

Cassie Buchman | The Daily Eastern News Political science professsor Kevin Anderson talks about the power of images, especially as they pertain to African-American politics and movements, at the Booth Library Wednesday.

Professor talks power of images

Cassie Buchman, News Editor September 14, 2016

  The power of images and how they have affected African-American politics was the topic of the latest presentation at the Booth Library Wednesday. The presentation was made by political science...

UIUC professor talks injustice in the US

Janet Pernell, Multicultural Reporter September 9, 2016

Janice Collins, a journalism professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, spoke about how citizens are denied basic rights and how they are fighting for them in a speech at the Booth Library. Before...

Booth Library to host Civil Rights Exhibit

Abbey Whittington, Associate News Editor September 2, 2016

The Marvin Foyer in Booth Library is decorated with displays of historical moments and people from the civil rights era to prepare for this semester's traveling exhibit. The library will be hosting...

Booth Library offers global resources, gives students options

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter August 17, 2016

Sitting in the middle of campus, the Booth Library is hard to miss. The three-floor building is host to 1 million volumes of books, movies, recordings and periodicals, as well as an online database. One...

Faculty Senate to hear resolution on CUPB

Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor November 30, 2015

The Faculty Senate will hear a proposed resolution concerning the number of members on the Council on University Planning and Budgeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. Grant Sterling,...

Faculty Senate to close part of meeting, vote on resolution

Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor November 16, 2015

The Faculty Senate will invoke the Open Meetings Act to close part of the meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Booth Library. The first hour of the meeting will be open like any other Faculty Senate meeting,...

Musical storytime to be at Booth Library

Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor October 29, 2015

Children who want to play with instruments and read stories can hear live music and read books at the special musical storytime 10 a.m. Saturday at Booth Library in the reference reading room in the northwest...

Booth to have Lincoln, slavery panel discussion

Liz Dowell, Copy Editor October 5, 2015

Booth Library will be putting on an Abraham Lincoln panel discussion about race and slavery at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Coleman Hall Auditorium. Beth Heldebrandt, the public relations director for Booth...

Anti-Slavery Presentation at Booth Library

Luis Martinez, Entertainment Editor September 30, 2015

The next presentation in Booth Library’s latest exhibition, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” focuses on the topic of the anti-slavery movement during the Civil War. The presentation,...

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