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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

Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major. and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

Overconsumption of alcohol can lead to long term effects for athletes

Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor October 12, 2022

While alcohol is not a banned substance (for those over 21), under the NCAA and Eastern drug testing rules, student-athletes need to be careful in the ways they choose to consume it.  Alcohol is a...

Robert "Rob" Le Cates

COLUMN: In the end, I’m just doing my job

Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor March 9, 2022

Throughout my two semesters working at the Daily Eastern News, I never thought I would be flipped off and yelled at for doing my job. For the coverage of Unofficial 2022, the News decided to place reporters...

A student raises a black cherry White Claw at the second house on the Unofficial 2022 crawl. Unofficial is an annual event in Charleston where participants take part in a “house crawl” where people go from house to house drinking and partying. Unofficial is not affiliated with EIU.

THROUGH THE LENS: Unofficial 2022

Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor March 7, 2022

Be safe, considerate of others at Unofficial

Staff Editorial February 26, 2019

Well, we are just a few days away from one of Eastern’s favorite traditions: Unofficial. Amid the stress and busyness of the semester, especially with midterms, this is understandably a much-anticipated...

Somewhere, sober the rainbow

Kayln Kayslett, Editor-in-Chief October 20, 2016

  It is all fun and games until the student wakes up the next morning to an unbearable headache, overwhelming nausea and dizziness. This can be avoided by following three steps. Step one:...

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