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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

Students met in the Center for Student Innovation Thursday to craft and have free snacks. President of the library ambassadors of Booth Christopher Redman said, “I feel like every event we planned is successful. We put the hard work and dedication into it.” 
Thanksgiving arrives early at Booth Library
Koria Downs, Reporter • November 18, 2024

Students gathered in the Center for Student Innovation Thursday for a Thanksgiving craft event. Anyone attending needed a panther card to get in and...

Two people died in a murder suicide at 817 N. 34th St. in Mattoon on Nov. 10, 2024.
Mattoon pair who died in murder-suicide named by police
Luke Brewer, Reporter • November 17, 2024

The Mattoon Police Department confirmed the identities of the two people involved in a murder-suicide on Nov. 10, said Mattoon Police Chief Sam Gaines.  Davontye...

Former Illinois govenor Jim Edgar introduces David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIUC, during the Edgar Speaker Series in Buzzard Auditorium on Thurday.
Former governor visiting EIU
Jason Coulombe, Student Government Reporter • November 17, 2024

EIU graduate and former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar is coming to speak at the next student government meeting on Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom.  Edgar...

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The head coach of the Panthers calls for a quick team discussion at the end of tonight’s game against Tennessee Tech
EIU volleyball gets swept by Tennessee State; loses tournament hopes
Bryce Parker, Sports Reporter • November 19, 2024

With Eastern’s 3-0 (20-25, 22-25, 21-25) loss to Tennessee State Tuesday evening in Groniger Arena they have officially been eliminated...

Redshirt Junior Forward Blake Goodman shoots and scores during the first half of the game of  The Eastern Illinois University against Earlham Quakers men basketball game at Groniger Arena ,
EIU transfer talks about NBA camp counselor job in Q&A
Payton Liggins, Sports Reporter • November 19, 2024

Blake Goodman’s new basketball teammates at Eastern call the redshirt junior 6-foot-7-inch forward “Bgoody.” The Fisk University...

The EIU volleyball team cheers during the Eastern Illinois University against Southern Illinois University Evansville, on Tuesday Oct 15. 2024. at Groniger Arena
What EIU volleyball needs to do to make the OVC Tournament
Bryce Parker, Sports Reporter • November 18, 2024

After losing both games to conference opponent Morehead State, Eastern’s volleyball team-- the defending champions-- has an upward...

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Gunnar Olson, Senior, Journalism.
COLUMN: Pokémon TCG Pocket, we need to talk
Gunnar Olson, Editor-in-Chief • November 20, 2024

On Oct. 30, the Pokémon Company International released the mobile game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket globally.    As someone...

Cam'ron Hardy, Senior, Journalism
COLUMN: ‘The Intruder:’ nothing you haven’t seen before
Cam'ron Hardy, Senior Reporter • November 18, 2024

'The Intruder' is nothing out of the ordinary. It's the same plot that you've seen dozens of times and something that you shrug off and...

Luke Brewer, Freshman, Journalism.
COLUMN: ‘We Live in Time:’ an emotional story told out of time
Luke Brewer, Reporter • November 14, 2024

Emotionally gripping and intimate is the best way to describe “We Live in Time.”  The film follows the story of Tobias (Andrew Garfield)...

Cam'ron Hardy, Senior, Journalism
COLUMN: ‘The Intruder:’ nothing you haven’t seen before
Cam'ron Hardy, Senior Reporter • November 18, 2024

'The Intruder' is nothing out of the ordinary. It's the same plot that you've seen dozens of times and something that you shrug off and forget...

Luke Brewer, Freshman, Journalism.
COLUMN: ‘We Live in Time:’ an emotional story told out of time
Luke Brewer, Reporter • November 14, 2024

Emotionally gripping and intimate is the best way to describe “We Live in Time.”  The film follows the story of Tobias (Andrew Garfield)...

Enlow (Amalia Balash) unknowingly sells a leather music box as a musical candy box and then performs “No More Candy.”
‘She Loves Me’ closes doors after two-week showing
Asha Hoak, Reporter • November 12, 2024

“She Loves Me” performed its final show at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Sunday afternoon.   The love drama invoked audible gasps and oohs...

The EIU Reserve Officers' Training Corps loads the first group of cadets onto the Chinook aircraft for a ride around Charleston before landing back to the ground on Thursday. The ride was part of an aviation lab for cadets to learn what it was like to be on an aircraft.
THROUGH THE LENS: ROTC brings Chinook to EIU’s campus
Sia DeyKoontz, Photo Editor • November 9, 2024

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