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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

Speaker of the Eastern Illinois University Student Senate Megan Fox reads a bylaw revision bringing back the diversity affairs committee at the Senate meeting in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union on Wednesday.
Student Senate brings back diversity committee
Jason Coulombe September 10, 2026

The Eastern Illinois University Student Senate is bringing back a former committee after a bylaw change was passed unanimously at its meeting Wednesday. In...

The Student Services Building on the Eastern Illinois University campus is at the top of the list of six buildings planned for demolition as part of the Space Utilization Plan.
EIU takes action to reduce unused spaces across campus
Luke Brewer September 10, 2026

Eastern Illinois University has started taking action to accomplish its Space Utilization Plan as part of the Facilities Reinvestment Plan and Plan 2028. A...

At his 100th birthday party, George Morris, a World War II veteran, greets his granddaughter Maddie Morris before walking inside the DeMar's Center in Mattoon on Monday.
Mattoon farmer, World War II veteran turns 100 years old
Luke Brewer September 9, 2026

The sun beamed down on the DeMar’s Center in Mattoon’s Peterson Park on Monday afternoon, causing the approaching cars to glisten. A white truck...

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Charleston senior running back Treylin Couch is tackled by a host of Effingham defenders during CHS' 44-27 loss to Effingham at Washington Bank Stadium on Friday night.
CHS senior shatters rushing record in loss to Effingham
JD Golden September 12, 2026

Senior running back Treylin Couch entered tonight’s game in Effingham 98 rushing yards away from Charleston High School immortality as...

Eastern Illinois senior forward Sergej Misic (right) celebrates his goal in the 23rd minute of EIU men's soccer's 3-3 draw against Bradley at Lakeside Field on Friday.
EIU draws with Bradley after 83rd minute penalty
Patrick Schmitz September 11, 2026

Eastern men's soccer led Bradley 3-2 in the final 10 minutes. The Panthers were eyeing their first win of the season when a long throw...

(Thumb) EIU junior outside hitter Katie Koshever walks back onto the court after a huddle in a 0-3 loss against her childhood team Indiana University on Friday at Wilkinson Hall.
Junior outside hitter leads EIU in loss to No. 21 IU
Aaron Coffin September 11, 2026

Eastern Illinois volleyball couldn’t take down No. 21 Indiana, losing the match 3-0 (16-25, 18-25, 13-25) Friday night.  Eastern...

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Griffin May
COLUMN: Oversimplification is killing company branding
Griffin May September 10, 2026

Everyday, things change whether we like it or not. People change, places change and even companies change. A rebrand is a process where...

Emerson Reynolds
COLUMN: U-Court is better than the dorms, and it’s not even close
Emerson Reynolds September 8, 2026

University Court is the best place to live on campus, hands down, no competition. My first two years that I spent on campus were spent...

Emerson Reynolds
COLUMN: The best third spaces on campus
Emerson Reynolds September 3, 2026

The third space is one of the most important locations to any student at a university. It’s somewhere separate from your home or your...

Assistant professor of piano at Pennsylvania State University Katherine Benson plays Robert Schumann’s Fantasie Op. 17 on Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Before she began, Benson explained that the piece is a sort of love poem for Schumann’s later wife Clara, written after Clara’s father forbade her from seeing Schumann.
Penn state piano professor visits Eastern for recital
Sean Strunk September 5, 2026

Pennsylvania State University’s assistant professor of piano visited Eastern Illinois University for a piano recital at Doudna Fine Arts Center...

Luke Brewer
COLUMN: ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ isn’t all humor, folks 
Luke Brewer September 4, 2026

Looney Tunes returned to the big screen this fall with a new film that escaped the hands of corporate restraint, standing as a historical moment...

Charleston 'Concerts in the Park' at Kiwanis Park Daum Amphitheater
Charleston ‘Concerts in the Park’ at Kiwanis Park Daum Amphitheater
Zak Rojahn and Rob Crownson September 4, 2026

Charleston's Concerts in the Park at Kiwanis Park Daum Amphitheater, which showcases live bands in or around the area to play music for the local...

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