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Jay Gatrell’s first of many First Nights as President
Alexis Moore-Jones, Feature Reporter
• August 21, 2023
![Team Leader Kennedi Hall, a first-year graduate student majoring in human services program administration, applies the first coat of paint to a lamppost at The Square Saturday morning. Volunteering is important to hall on many fronts. First she is a Christian and believes giving her time to people who need help is essential to her life. Second, she is the Vice President of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, so volunteering is a part of their morals.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/VolunteerDay_02_O-1200x800.jpg)
Conjoining Charleston and Eastern through volunteering
Cam'ron Hardy, News Editor
• August 19, 2023
![Stephanie Buck, a sophomore elementary education major, poses for a picture in the Library Quad after attending the Christian Faith Communities Find Your Fit session Sunday afternoon.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FindYourFit_Stephanie_01_KB_O-e1661192309945-900x843.jpg)
Eastern provides communities for new students to join
Katja Benz, Campus Reporter
• August 22, 2022
![Abbey Vollmer, a junior communications disorders and sciences major, and volleyball player TaKenya Stafford, a sophomore journalism major, dance the Cha Cha Slide during First Night at OBrien Field Sunday night.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FirstNight_ChaChaSlide_01_RL_O-900x601.jpg)
The last First Night with University President Glassman
Madelyn Kidd, News Editor
• August 22, 2022
![During a friendly competition, two friends get ready to duel against each other during last years Quakin the Quad](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-23-21_Quakin_in_the_Quad-900x600.jpg)
Zipline, rock wall cancelled amidst Welcome Weekend
Madelyn Kidd, News Editor
• August 20, 2022
![More than 100 new and old students piled into the Grand Ballroom Thursday night to dance and make friends during the New Student Mixer Silent Dance Party for part of the Easterns Welcome Weekend.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SilentDance_CongaLine_03_RL_O-900x600.jpg)
Eastern welcomes students with silent dance party
Adriana Hernandez-Santana, Feature Junior Editor
• August 18, 2022
![More than 100 new and old students piled into the Grand Ballroom Thursday night to dance and make friends during the New Student Mixer Silent Dance Party for part of the Easterns Welcome Weekend.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SilentDance_CongaLine_03_RL_O-900x600.jpg)
THROUGH THE LENS: Silent Dance Party
Ashanti Thomas and Rob Le Cates
• August 18, 2022
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Students ‘quake’ in the South Quad Saturday
Rob Le Cates, Campus Reporter
• August 23, 2021
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• August 23, 2021
![Omar Solomon, Eastern admissions counselor and hype man talks to the crowd during First
Night on Aug. 22.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-23-2021_firstnight_online-900x600.jpg)
First Night kicks off Fall 2021 semester
Luke Taylor, News Editor
• August 23, 2021
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