The Daily Eastern News

Coverage of @eiu and the surrounding community since 1915.

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The preliminary budget for fiscal year 2027 discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday is projected to have a $4.8 million deficit. 

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#boardoftrustees #budget #deficit

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Emerson Reynolds argues that "The Backrooms" misunderstands liminal horror despite its successful run in theaters.

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#backrooms #liminalspace #horror

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Participants braved the heat Saturday morning for the annual Races for All Paces fundraising event at O’Brien Stadium. 

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#racesforallpaces #fundraiser #sarahbushlincoln

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Griffin May argues that the newly introduced AI minor at EIU should be implemented with more classes that address important issues with AI.

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#AI #AIminor #artificialintelligence

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Treylin Couch singlehandedly represented the Charleston High School boys’ track team at the Illinois High School Association Boys State Track & Field Championships at O'Brien Field for the third consecutive year.

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#ihsa #treylincouch #trackandfield

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The Charleston Community Band kicked off its 49th season Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Kiwanis Park.

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#charlestonil #communityband #livemusic

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Emerson Reynolds argues that artificial scarcity is a bad business practice used by businesses and scalpers to exploit the consumer's fear of missing out.

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#artificialscarcity #scalping #fomo

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Eastern has approved a new artificial intelligence minor that will be offered starting in the fall.

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#eiu #artificialintelligence #aiminor

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Eastern Illinois University hosted the IHSA girls' state track and field meet at O'Brien Field Wednesday through Saturday.

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#ihsa #statechampionship #girlstrackandfield

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Little Rock scored eight runs in the seventh inning to beat Eastern 9-6 in the championship game of the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament Saturday at Mtn Dew Park in Marion.

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#EIUPanthers #eiu #OVCtourney #OVC #OVCit #collegebaseball #baseball

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EIU baseball falls to Little Rock 10-6 in the OVC championship game.

The Trojans used an eight run seventh inning to erase a 6-1 deficit.

More coverage from this game will be released later today.

#eiu #eiupanthers #ovc #ovctourney #collegebaseball

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Eastern lost to Little Rock 4-3 in game 12 of the OVC Baseball Championships Saturday evening at Mtn Dew Park in Marion.

It forces a winner-take-all championship game Sunday at noon.

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#eiu #EIUPanthers #OVCtourney #OVCit #OVC #collegebaseball

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Little Rock starved off elimination and beat EIU 4-3 to force a winner-take-all OVC Championship game at noon on Sunday.

The Trojans scored three runs in the final two innings for the come from behind victory.

#eiu #ovc #eiupanthers #ovctourney #collegebaseball

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Little Rock beat SIUE 7-5 to advance to play EIU in the championship round of the OVC baseball tournament.

Follow along on our Instagram story for updates throughout the game.

#eiu #ovc #eiupanthers #ovcit #collegebaseball

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Little Rock held off Southern Indiana 7-2 to advance to play SIUE with a spot in the championship round of the OVC tournament up for grabs.

The winner of Little Rock/SIUE will face EIU at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow.

#eiu #ovcit #ovc #baseball #collegebaseball

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Hear from graduate outfielder Brett Stanley on EIU baseball‘s 3-2 win over SIUE Friday in the OVC tournament at Mtn Dew Park in Marion.

The Panthers advance to the Championship game, which is set to start at 4:30 p.m. Saturday pending weather.

#eiu #ovc #ovcit #collegebaseball

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EIU baseball held on for a 3-2 10 inning victory over SIUE at the Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championships Friday at Mtn Dew Park in Marion.

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#eiu #EIUPanthers #OVCit #OVC #collegebaseball #SIUEdwardsville #collegebaseballtournaments

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EIU baseball beat SIUE 3-2 in 10 innings to advance to the OVC Baseball Tournament Championship Round Friday at Mtn Dew Park in Marion.

More coverage from this game will be released later today.

#eiu #EIUPanthers #OVCit #OVC #OVCtourney #collegebaseball

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The game has been moved up to a 9:30 a.m. first pitch due to weather conditions forecasted for later in the day Friday.

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Eastern is set to face off against the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars in the Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship winners' bracket semifinal on Friday.

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#eiu #EIUPanthers #OVCtourney #OVCit #OVC #collegebaseball #baseball #SIUEdwardsville

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Eastern is set to face off against the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars in the Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship winners' bracket semifinal on Friday.

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#eiu #EIUPanthers #OVCtourney #OVCit #OVC #collegebaseball #baseball #SIUEdwardsville