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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

Educating on“Queering Religion”

Logan Raschke, Staff Reporter October 23, 2018

Queering Religion, a discussion-based event focused on educating people about religion and the gender and sexual diversity community, was open to students Tuesday night. Queering Religion began with a...

Question your beliefs, strive for goodness

Colin Roberts, Copy Editor April 24, 2018

When I was thinking on what to write for my last column of the semester, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to tackle. There’s plenty of challenging issues facing our nation, but it’s hard to cut through...

Extremism is on the rise

Colin Roberts, Copy Editor April 3, 2018

There has been a disheartening rise in religious, as well as ideological, extremism in America. You can see it in the comment sections of Facebook. You witness it when someone you once respected uses...

Religion should not mix into politics

Colin Roberts, Copy Editor March 6, 2018

For those of you who read my columns, the left-leaning political musings of a college student, I’ll have to ask you to skip this week’s column. Because this week, I want to write on a topic that is...

RSO promotes relationships over religion

Gabriel Tomer, Contributing Writer September 11, 2017

  This story is the first in a series of stories exploring religious organizations on campus and in the community.   Eastern is a place where different cultures and lifestyles collide....

Students, ministers work to keep faith while on campus

Dillan Schorfheide, Staff Reporter December 5, 2016

Some students on campus have parents who worry that homework, social media and extracurricular activities will distract them from their faith at college so ministers and students give advice on how to...

Panel to teach about First Amendment

Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter September 18, 2016

A panel of professors will discuss a wide variety of topics such as political protests and what it means to exercise one’s freedom of religion for this year’s Constitution Day. The panel is scheduled...

Professor to speak on religious tolerance

T'Nerra Butler, Multicultural Editor November 2, 2015

An anthropology class will be traveling around the Mediterranean area in a lecture opened to the community to let people in on religious tolerance in different cultures. This lecture is at 12:30 p.m....

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