Dr. Gatrell,
My perspective is a unique one that demonstrates my pride for EIU and its community through multiple avenues.
PAST:
I am a proud EIU alumnus who remembers the positive impacts my...
Starting in February, I became the target of dozens of hateful and/or threatening posts on the infamous app Yik Yak because of my work for the Daily Eastern News.
Posts like “her dad can’t save her...
On Saturday night, my old college roommates and I met with a group of older alumni while attending some after homecoming activities in Charleston.
What stood out to us was that several of these older...
I love Brother Jed day. This isn’t to say that I love Brother Jed himself, or the repugnant and hateful ideology that he and his wife semiannually spew on the library quad, but Brother Jed day? Absolutely...
Our mission at The Daily Eastern News has been and always will be to deliver high-quality journalism and reporting to the Eastern campus and community on all things happening at Eastern.
We will...
This letter was submitted by Ben Hahn.
During this Lenten season, I was struck by multiple references in last week’s news that failed to capture what Catholicism is really about. From the front...
This letter was sent by Ryan McDaniel, an instructor in the School of Communication & Journalism and a Catholic priest serving at the Newman Catholic Center.
On Feb. 28, The DEN expressed regret...
A preview of this letter appeared in our print edition on Feb. 2nd, 2017.
Dear President Glassman:
We, the undersigned members of the Women’s Studies program at Eastern, protest in the strongest...
Dear Editor:
Alex Bonnott did well to point out that "going paperless has its downsides, too." Being totally paperless makes possible that I do "not even have to leave my bed," because I have "no need...
Throughout this campaign, we have all heard many reasons why we should not elect Donald Trump as our next president. Although, despite the intense anxiety the word “Trump” generates, the feeling on...
I’m writing today in response to a Letter to the Editor published on September 1 entitled “In Ferguson, we are all ignorant to the facts.”
To the author, you attribute your silence on Ferguson to...
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