Students share plans for holiday break
Allison Little, Staff Reporting
December 4, 2019
Winter break is coming, and students have a lot of plans for how to spend their time off. Kareemah Martin, a senior television and video production major, said her plans were to just chill at home as much as possible. “I am going to sleep every single day that I possibly can; I am going to sleep,” Marti...
FEATURE PHOTO: Studying up before finals
Mackenzie Graham, Photographer
December 3, 2019
Chyna Edwards, a freshman biological sciences major, revises her essay for her Women and Gender Studies class in Booth Library on Tuesday afternoon.
FEATURE PHOTO: Working after Thanksgiving break
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
December 1, 2019
Mylissa Greenawalt, a sophomore special education major, gives two customers their pizza at Charleston’s Pizza Hut Sunday afternoon. Greenawalt said she stayed in Charleston during Thanksgiving break to work at Pizza Hut.
FEATURE PHOTO: Moving toward the end of fall semester
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
December 1, 2019
Piper Sardinha, a sophomore finance major, puts her bags onto a luggage cart as she begins to move back into her room on Sunday afternoon at Andrews hall. She said she enjoyed the Thanksgiving break because she could sleep in.
FEATURE PHOTO: Hot chocolate, cold weather
Elizabeth Wood, Photo Editor
November 19, 2019
Caroline Baumket, a freshman history major, talks to a student senator during the “Baby it's Finals Outside," organized by the Student Senate, in Coleman Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Baumket said the pamphlets the student senators handed out were helpful, and the hot chocolate was nice since it was cold out...
Student body president reflects on time at Eastern
Corryn Brock, News Editor
November 8, 2019
The first semester of Student Body President Carson Gordon’s term is nearing an end as well as her time as an undergraduate at Eastern. Gordon, a Mattoon native, is a senior political science major with two minors in pre-law and Spanish. Gordon came to Eastern in 2017 following her high school g...
McCleery ‘twirls’ her way toward graduation
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
November 3, 2019
Cassie McCleery has a decision to make: to continue her competitive baton twirling for the last year or to focus on her future career in teaching. The senior family and consumer sciences major with a focus in education and only twirler in the Panther Marching Band started twirling 16 years ago. She...
Students sing, dance, recite poems at open mic night
Bre Celestin, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2019
Eastern's Black Student Union kicked off its BSU week by hosting an open mic night in Seventh Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Monday night. Eastern students came to present their songs, dances and recite poems. Trinity Hudson, a junior majoring in psychology...
FEATURE PHOTO: Got pie?
Justin Richards, Photographer
October 21, 2019
Joshua Grostlin (front), a college student affairs graduate student, and Kurt Ness (behind), a college student affairs graduate student, get pied in a face during the Rush Hour event for homecoming week.
STAFF EDITORIAL: Attend homecoming week events
Staff Editorial
October 21, 2019
This is a big week for Eastern as we celebrate homecoming with all the school spirit we can possibly have. What we at The Daily Eastern News want to stress to the rest of the students and faculty is that it is highly important to get involved with homecoming festivities. Of course, the big homecoming gam...
Get out there, go to more concerts
Jaidyn Yarber, Columnist
October 21, 2019
Blaring speakers, blinding lights, and a crowd full of faces. A good concert exposes you to all of this and the promise of an unforgettable time. In my opinion, the experience of live music is so worth it. It gives you the opportunity to see your favorite artists, while blending into a crowd and feeling th...
Open house showcases Eastern to prospective students
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
October 14, 2019
Potential future panthers learned about what Eastern offers at the open house Monday. Students began checking in at 8 a.m. in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Mya Roberts, sophomore history education major, and Shannon Rahn, sophomore psychology major, worked together at the check-in table providing stu...
