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

The Daily Eastern News

Students and faculty attend a lecture, “Touching the Past in a Radio Adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred” by Dr. Andre Carrington in Coleman Hall Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon, April 12, 2022 in Charleston, Ill.

Eastern guest English professor makes adaptation of time travel book ‘Kindred’

Adriana Hernandez-Santana, Campus Reporter April 12, 2022

Eastern invited guest speaker, Andre Carrington, an associate professor of English at the University of California Riverside, to give listeners a peek into his work on the radio adaptation of Octavia Butler’s...

Three more events to begin for ‘The 400th’ on Tuesday

Staff Report September 9, 2019

Three events will be held Tuesday throughout the day as a part of “The 400th,” a semester-long series of events on the 400th anniversary of the first slaves being brought to America from Africa.  The...

1619 Exhibit, Race Card Project kick off ‘400th’

Corryn Brock, News Editor September 3, 2019

Two events were held to kick off a series of events with the purpose of looking in depth at race in the past, present and future in American society. The event falls on the 400th anniversary of the...

Free speech allows us to discuss world problems

Alyssa Cravens, Staff Reporter June 24, 2019

Freedom of speech is one of the most important principles our nation was founded on. People who are given this privilege are incredibly lucky, but with fortune also comes responsibility. The recent...

Anti-Slavery Presentation at Booth Library

Luis Martinez, Entertainment Editor September 30, 2015

The next presentation in Booth Library’s latest exhibition, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” focuses on the topic of the anti-slavery movement during the Civil War. The presentation,...

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