For four decades, Ceci Brinker served Eastern Illinois University as not only a coworker to her colleagues, but as a friend and role model to the campus community. Brinker’s final role at Eastern was ...

On Feb. 19, the U.S. women’s hockey team won the gold medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.  The game went into overtime, tied 1-1. At the 4:07 minute mark, Megan Keller scored the winning ...

A tripped circuit breaker at Eastern Illinois University’ main electrical substation wiped out power for the majority of campus on the evening of Feb. 14.     The power outage began around 11 p.m. and ...

Eastern Illinois University hosted the annual Glow Polar Plunge in the parking lot of O’Brien Stadium on Sunday.   The Glow Polar Plunge is an event to raise money for Special Olympics, an ...

Eastern Illinois University’s Black Student Union hosted the Sankofa Awards on Saturday to celebrate Black excellence on ...

EIU men’s basketball clinched the final spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championships despite losing on the final day of the regular season. With the help of a loss from Tennessee ...

The male Panther of the Week is going to Kooper Jacobi from the men’s basketball team. The graduate forward from Sellersburg, Indiana, recorded a 30-point, 13 rebound double-double in Thursday’s 71-67 ...

When asked how many Scream movies there are, I answer, “Six, but soon to be seven.” This answer is usually met with deadpan ...

Four actors took on 26 different characters at the Charleston Community Theatre Thursday night, putting on their fourth ...

The Eastern Illinois University Choral Ensembles showcased pieces from a variety of Black artists at the “Every Voice” ...

The challenge of getting out of bed for a class that has no reason to be that early is one most students understand.  The Daily Eastern News is a student-run paper, and the majority of our readers are ...

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