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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

Pictured is the front of Pemberton Hall.

History of Pemberton Hall: its namesake, legends

Luke Taylor, News Editor December 6, 2021

Pemberton Hall, named after Senator Stanton C. Pemberton, was the first dormitory built at a publicly supported university in the state of Illinois. Pemberton is also one of the oldest buildings on...

Pictured is the front of Pemberton Hall.

Pemberton Hall legends continue to flourish

Corryn Brock, News Editor October 30, 2019

While many versions of the legend of the ghost of Pemberton Hall exist, the truth behind the legend may be more interesting. As one legend has it, Mary Hawkins was restless one cold night in 1917 and...

Sammi Curtiss, a freshman family and consumer sciences major, poses as a corpse at the Pemberton Halloween Haunts haunted house Saturday night.

Students seek spooks at haunted house

Chrissy Miller, Campus Reporter October 30, 2016

  Students attended “Halloween Haunts” at Pemberton Hall Thursday, Friday and Saturday for scares and excitement. Dara McGee, a freshman undecided major, was a member of the haunted S.S....

Pemberton radiates legacy

T'Nerra Butler, Multicultural Editor October 22, 2015

With limestone resembling Old Main, Pemberton Hall’s history as an all-girl’s residence hall goes back to 1908, when it was built, and 1909, when it first opened its doors. As the second building...

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