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

The Daily Eastern News

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

The Daily Eastern News

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

The Daily Eastern News

COLUMN: Journey of an imaginary lifetime

Kierstyn Budz, Columnist September 1, 2023

I grew up hearing that the worst type of nerd was a D&D nerd. Even now, anytime the word D&D or Dungeons and Dragons is thrown around, it tends to come with “ew, that’s for nerds.” See,...

Students played characters with drug names like Advil and Amoxicillin in an honors colleges conference room Friday afternoon.

D&D event brings students into a ‘pseudo-fantasical medieval world’

Isabella Nantes, Reporter February 27, 2023

Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a role playing game that, according to Richard England, dean of the honors college, exists within a “pseudo-fantastical medieval world.” D&D dates back to the...

Luke Taylor is a senior journalism major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Artistic inspiration in unexpected places; or, how D&D made me a better writer 

Luke Taylor, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2022

“Art” is perhaps one of the broadest categories I can think of. Everything from oil paintings to architecture to the design of everyday objects can be classified as art- don't even get started on the...

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