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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

COLUMN: Holidays arent always great

COLUMN: Holidays aren’t always great

Ian Stobaugh, Columnist November 29, 2021

When most people think of holidays, they think of celebrations and a time to catch up with family and friends. All of the ads, whether it’s for Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July, show happy families...

Friendsgiving: A time to be thankful and celebrate with your best friends

Friendsgiving: A time to be thankful and celebrate with your best friends

Morgan Bledsoe , Contributing Writer November 17, 2021

An array of delicious holiday dishes is a delight to share with others on Thanksgiving—especially when the people at your table are friends. This year, some Eastern students are celebrating something...

Here’s why Thanksgiving is my favorite

Blake Faith November 22, 2019

Less than a week away from my favorite holiday of the year and I’m excited. Thanksgiving is a holiday that is enjoyable for a lot of people and for me it's my favorite.  I can’t even think about...

STAFF EDITORIAL: Don’t dream of holidays; live them

Staff Editorial November 22, 2019

 Can you imagine it?  Passing by relieved pupils with happy faces in the halls, packing your things for a great trip and making the drive back home in the cold of November. A relief from the tumult...

Parts of Eastern to close for Thanksgiving break

Rylee DeLong, Contributing Writer November 22, 2019

Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and that means Eastern will be closed. Starting Friday at 8 p.m. all residence halls will have their locks changed out, so students will not have access to any of...

November is making me homesick

Katelyn Eddington November 7, 2019

November has me feeling homesick. I know, that's weird coming from a girl who does not like her hometown.   The truth is, I miss my family and the friends I do talk to when I am home.   Maybe it...

Just let people enjoy the holidays

Katelyn Eddington October 31, 2019

Halloween was the other day, Thanksgiving is this month and Christmas is next month.  Obviously, everyone knows that, or do they? On social media, I have seen multiple articles and people talk about...

Be grateful that you have food

Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor October 28, 2019

So often, people take the food available to them for granted. I am guilty of this too. All I have to do is drive to the store and pick out what things I want to eat and put a little plastic card into...

Don’t ruin holiday celebrations with questions

Carole Hodorowicz, Columnist November 14, 2018

I can see it now: my dining room decked out in fall hues of burnt oranges, warm yellows and deep greens. I can smell it already: homemade mashed potatoes and gravy, juicy slices of turkey and the subtle...

Don’t celebrate Thanksgiving

Megan Keane, Columnist November 14, 2018

The fourth Thursday of November annually marks Thanksgiving for most of us. It’s a commercialized holiday that we’re taught originates from the thanks pilgrims gave to the Native Americans. They had...

Remember what you are thankful for

Karena Ozier, Columnist November 12, 2018

It’s family and food season, the time when most families gather in one house, in one room to share a meal together for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Along with eating turkey and other traditional dishes,...

Scott Kroner, a senior business major, fills a plate with food during the Thanksgiving potluck last Thursday at the Charleston Elks Lodge 623. “The meaning of Thanksgiving is to eat until you cannot eat anymore, then take a nap. If you’re not doing that, you’re doing it wrong,” Kroner said.

Elks Lodge hosts Thanksgiving potluck for members’ family, friends

Qian Cheng, Contributing Writer November 26, 2017

A Thanksgiving potluck held by the Charleston Elks Lodge 623 this past Thursday raised money for charity while also giving members the chance to connect with old and new friends. More than 25 people...

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