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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: Animal Crossings new update is golden

COLUMN: ‘Animal Crossing’s’ new update is golden

Elise Keane, Columnist November 10, 2021

Quarantine had just started, and I was eager for something to do. All of my friends were talking about this new game that released on Nintendo Switch called “Animal Crossing: New Horizons.” I remembered...

COLUMN: A review of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

COLUMN: A review of ‘The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope’

Maya Kurth, Columnist October 28, 2021

I have recently completed the video game "The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope." This is the second installment out of eight total (and three released) games. These are first-person single or multiplayer...

COLUMN: Board? Game. Block? Buster.

COLUMN: Board? Game. Block? Buster.

Maya Kurth, Columnist October 7, 2021

The BlockBuster Party Game was introduced to me this weekend, and my friends and I loved it so much we got two noise complaints out of it. Jokes aside, I was raised in a household that expected me to...

Lashonda Banks celebrates her win at balloon darts at the RHA Family Carnival. Banks was visiting her son Jeremy Banks for Family Weekend. “Family Weekend is very important to us because we still get to be together with (Jeremy) who is now apart from us,” Banks said.

Family Weekend is back after 2-year hiatus

Elizabeth Wood, Online Editor September 16, 2021

This Friday, Eastern will kick off family weekend with long-awaited in-person events including bingo, bowling, and games. Assistant director of new student and family programs Tanya Willard said family...

Game night slated for Tuesday

Staff Report October 21, 2019

The homecoming committee of Eastern’s University Board will host “Who’s Got Game?” in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. The game...

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Astoria Griggs- Burns a senior health administration major, and Parrish Amos a junior English major, sing on stage at “Ladies and Hip-Hop” Monday night at the 7th Street Underground.

Students take part in ‘Ladies in Hip-Hop’ karaoke and game night

Coraima Vazquez, Contributing writer February 27, 2018

  The National Association of Colored Women’s Club had students singing their lungs out during the “Ladies In Hip-Hop” karaoke and game night Monday in the 7th Street Underground of the...

Residents of Lincoln Hall decide where to put a letter during a game of Bananagrams.

ROC fest starts with a board game tournament

Cassie Buchman, Editor-in-chief September 25, 2017

Students could feel the friendly competition in the air as Residents on Campus fest started Monday evening with “Tournament Night,” a part of its 2017 “Panther Family Game Night” theme. Throughout...

Zeta Phi Beta bring a splash to campus with water balloon fun

T'Nerra Butler, Verge Editor September 15, 2016

Water balloons will be sent into the air and splashed right on to the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at “Coolin’ with the Kitties”. The water throwing and splashing festivities start 4 p.m....

Gotta catch em’ all around campus, safely

Mallory Kutnick, Verge Reporter September 8, 2016

The school year has officially kicked off. More students and teachers now rush to and from than one would have seen just three weeks ago. Cars roam the streets, bicycles roam the sidewalks and Pokémon...

Lock-in to help students relax, socialize

T'Nerra Butler, Multicultural Editor October 19, 2015

Students looking to wind down during the excitement of Homecoming week can do so at Black Student Union’s Homecoming Lock-In. BSU is having their night of games, movie and music at 7 p.m. Wednesday...

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