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

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Booth offers incentives for library research

January 10, 2018

Eastern students who have used resources from the Booth Library for their research can now enter the library’s “Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity” program. The program is...

Good stories are hidden in plain sight

Shelby Niehaus, Columnist November 28, 2017

On Monday, I walked to the Effingham County Courthouse and asked for original copies of the 1890 census. The official census of 1890 was lost to time, of course. It burned in an archival fire in the early...

Students can enter for research awards

Staff Report January 17, 2017

  Eastern students who have used the Booth Library for research are eligible to enter the library’s Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity” program. A potential $300 in...

Theatre arts department to hold annual research symposium

Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter November 13, 2016

  The theatre arts department will be hosting their 12th annual research symposium 7 p.m. Monday in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. In 2004, English professor Christopher Wixson...

Ropes

Rope Destroyer: Professor constructs device to test ropes, knots

Amanda Wilkinson, Online Editor June 18, 2014

An Eastern professor, with the help of his students, created a device that tests the strength of different ropes and knots. Isaac Slaven, an assistant professor in the school of technology, said a few...

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