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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: Time to visit The Covered Bridge Festival

COLUMN: Time to visit The Covered Bridge Festival

Maya Kurth, Columnist October 21, 2021

I love festivals and jump at every opportunity to be able to attend one, so given the opportunity to go to The Covered Bridge Festival this Monday, I took it. I had never been, despite being told about...

Eastern celebrates Holi Festival in rain

Logan Raschke, News Editor April 28, 2019

The Saturday showers quite literally put a damper on the three-day Celebration Festival, but that did not stop Charleston from having a good time. Food trucks surrounded the Doudna Fine Arts Center;...

Celebration: A Festival of the Arts returns

Staff Report April 18, 2019

Celebration: A Festival of the Arts returns to  campus April 26 through April 28. It is a free event and will take place at south 7th Street between the Doudna Fine Arts Center and the Tarble Arts Center....

Jovan Williams, a sophomore music performance major and vice president of community engagment at the Residence Hall Association, laughs with the crowd during Rocfest trivia night Monday afternoon in the Pemberton Great Room.

ROCFest: Residence halls play trivia

Hannah Shillo, Staff Reporter September 24, 2018

Trivia night kicked off the beginning of ROCFest on Monday night in the Great Room of Pemberton Hall. Team members of the residence halls on campus gathered at 5 p.m. to compete for points that will...

Guests speak with each other after eating some Latin American cuisine at the Latino Heritage Month Kickoff Reception Monday afternoon at the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Latino Heritage Month begins

Brenna Scullen, Staff reporter September 17, 2018

Students and staff gathered in Doudna on Monday for a reception to kick off Latino Heritage Month with music, food, and conversation. The informal reception was sponsored by Eastern, with volunteers...

Celebration looking for people to participate in art show

Staff Report March 4, 2018

Celebration: A Festival of the Arts is looking for people to participate in this year’s art show, scheduled for April 21 and 22. After being canceled in 2016 and 2017 because of Illinois’ budget...

Fiction writer Vu Tran talks during a Q &A session at Lions in Winter.

Writers talk shop at Lions in Winter

Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor January 28, 2018

Students heard from experienced writers and shared their own work at the Lions in Winter literary festival Saturday.  Poet CM Burroughs, non-fiction writer Rachael Hanel and fiction writer Vu Tran...

Eastern to Host Marching Band Festival

Eastern to Host Marching Band Festival

Cassie Buchman, Staff Reporter October 1, 2014

The 38th Annual Panther Marching Band Festival will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at O’Brien Stadium.   The festival, which is expected to last all day, will consist of 36 high schools from...

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