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

A table in the University Union’s Bridge Lounge was set up Monday to honor POWs, MIAs, and others who have fallen in service.

MIA table honors fallen soldiers

Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor November 9, 2015

A plate, with a lemon wedge and salt to signify the loss of veterans, sat on the table of the bridge lounge in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. A wineglass was inverted to show that the soldier...

Call of Duty concert to honor Veterans

Luis Martinez, Entertainment Editor November 4, 2015

Submitted Photo Eastern’s Wind Symphony and Concert Band will have their Veteran’s Day concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The concert is...

Zach White, a senior sociology major, explains why he enlisted in the army and what it is like being a student-veteran.

Student veterans remember service

Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor November 11, 2014

When Cody Gallagher was overseas, the big eye-opening moment for him was when bullets were flying at his head. His training would instantly kick in and he would fall back on it. “No one prepares you...

Eastern ranks No. 13 for ‘Best College for Veterans’

Bob Galuski, Editor-in-Chief November 10, 2014

U.S. News & World Report ranked Eastern as the No. 13 “Best College for Veterans” for its commitment to military veterans. The magazine’s “2015 Best Colleges” rankings, which are published...

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