EDITORIAL: Enjoy what we have to offer at Eastern
Staff Editorial
August 18, 2019
For those of you who are just stepping on campus and beginning your education here at Eastern, there are so many activities you can partake in and enjoy. We at The Daily Eastern News want everyone to take everything in and experience everything that the school has to offer. No matter what your intere...
Sororities, fraternities face off in round 2 of Tugs
Analicia Haynes and Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief and Associate News Editor
April 10, 2019
It was the longest tug of the afternoon. Delta Zeta was inching closer to the water, closer to defeat, when the person anchoring for Kappa Delta fell and the round took a turn. People stood on tippy toes, stretching their necks to get a glance of Kappa Delta on the other side of Campus Pond ...
Airband kicks off Greek Week; queen, king crowned
Maria Ruettiger, Staff Reporter
April 7, 2019
Greek Week’s king and queen were crowned during Airband Saturday night in McAfee Gym. Austin Honn, a senior corporate communication major, and Celine Crow, a junior management major are this year’s king and queen The winners of Airband were paired teams Alpha Gamma Delta and Lambda Chi. Crow said ...
Nominations continue for Greek Week king, queen
Logan Raschke, News Editor
March 31, 2019
Eastern’s fraternities and sororities are nominating kings and queens for this year’s upcoming Greek Week. Celine Crow, a junior human resource management major and the Panhellenic President for Greek life, said nominating the kings and queens is a collaborative process for each fraternity and sororit...
Students take different paths to Greek Life
Maggie Runge, Contributing Writer
March 4, 2018
For most incoming college students interested in Greek Life, the fall of their freshman year is where they begin their search. For a few students at Eastern, however, this was not the case. Sammie Mackey, a junior elementary education major, joined her sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha,...
Sigma Chi investigation flawed, biased
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
December 4, 2017
The Eta Mu chapter of Sigma Chi was not given a fair and unbiased investigation by the Office of Student Standards. Nothing about what happened during the investigation was right. Eta Mu was designed to fail from the beginning. Sigma Chi was fighting an uphill battle from the start —a battle...
Yell Like Hell
Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief
October 22, 2017
Students jumped, cheered and danced their way to victory Friday night for the annual Yell Like Hell pep rally in McAfee Gym. In the Greek division, the group including Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Chi and Phi Kappa Theta took first place, the group made up of Alpha Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha won second and...
Alpha Phi Alpha helps Hurricane Harvey victims
Jakira Smith, Contributing Writer
September 12, 2017
After hearing about the hurricane that took place in Houston, the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity wanted to do more for their fellow Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha is hosting a toiletry drive for the victims of Hurricane Harvey from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday. in the Martin Luther King Jr. University...
Sororities embrace potential members
Brooke Schwartz, Contributing Writer
September 5, 2017
Tomorrow marks the start of this year’s Sorority Recruitment, a process that started all the way back in July when registration first opened up. After women interested in sororities first signed up, they were given a recruitment counselor to guide them through the process. These counselors can...
Black Student Union talks about unity, leadership
Samuel Nusbaum, Contributing Writer
August 29, 2017
Topics such as Black unity, getting involved on campus and leadership were all topics of discussions at a Black Student Union panel called Real Talk with BSU. The panel was made up of Yolanda Williams, an academic adviser for the Gateway program, Mona Davenport, director of Minority Affairs, Maggie...
Greek chapters still working on unity
Ariel Anderson, Contributing Writer
February 26, 2017
Though individual Greek chapters strive for unity, some say there is still work to be done when bringing Greek life together as a whole. Currently at Eastern, there are six National Pan-Hellenic fraternities and sororities, which are historically black. There are nine Panhellenic sororities and...
Pep rally encourages students to “yell like hell”
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
October 23, 2016
Both Greek and registered student organizations showed that there is “No Place Like EIU” at this year’s Yell Like Hell pep rally. Teams cheered and danced using their own routines with their groups to win. In first place for the Greek Division were Alpha Phi and Sigma Chi. Sigma Nu and...
