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Weekly Catchup | Soccer Team’s Face Harsh Weather, Football’s Struggle at Home, Volleyball Sweeps

Daily Eastern News

In this episode of the Weekly Catchup: – Soccer Team’s Face Harsh Weather – Football’s Struggle at Home – Volleyball Sweeps – Cross Country Falls Short – An Update on Men’s + Women’s Golf – Future scheduling for the Panthers – More! 🎤 By: Gabe Newman 🎥 By: Zak Rojahn

Homecoming royalty announced at 2026 coronation ceremony

Daily Eastern News

Eastern Illinois University’s 2026 Homecoming king, queen, prince and princess were named during coronation on Monday. Sophomore biomedicine major Shiloh Frederick and junior biological sciences major Candace Schomaker were crowned king and queen. Sophomore elementary education major Ava Patchett and sophomore pre-physical therapy major RJ McKennie were crow

CHS vocal ensemble opens festival at Doudna

Daily Eastern News

Maximum Forte, Charleston High School’s a cappella group, opened the Doudna Fine Arts Center’s third annual ACA Fest, a one-day vocal music festival featuring a cappella groups, at Eastern Illinois University on Friday. The performance was followed by Plainfield North High School’s a cappella group, The Angelics, who traveled over 150 miles to perform before

Professor reflects on anthropology research, time abroad

Daily Eastern News

EIU professor Angela Glaros will tell you she spent a lot of her time during her field work in the Greek island Skyros doing laundry. While that is true, Skyros for her was about much more than clipping clothes up on a line to dry, and everything that came before it prepared her. Through the...

Takeaways: EIU football’s 20-13 loss to Lindenwood

Daily Eastern News

Eastern Illinois (2-5, 1-1 OVC) took a home loss 20-13 against Lindenwood (2-4, 2-1 OVC) on Saturday afternoon at O’Brien Field. The Panthers’ defense held on string after spending nearly 40 minutes on the field and holding the Lions to 13 points through three quarters. Ultimately, two costly turnovers and a failed fourth down on...

Two Dudes Talk Movies Ep. 130: ‘Paranormal Activity:’ We All Hate Micah

Daily Eastern News

Luke and Griffin discuss the 2009 horror film ‘Paranormal Activity’, ft. guest Hassan Travis.

THROUGH THE LENS: Haunted Hike brings scares to Mattoon

Daily Eastern News

Gallery • 10 Photos Patrick Schmitz The Haunted Hike was filled with scares from different movies including “IT,” “Scream” and “Friday the 13th." At one of the trails at the Douglas-Hart Nature Center, there is a bridge where scare actors jump out from below it dressed as Pennywise to scare people at on Friday.

Haunted Hike Brings Crowds to Douglas Hart Nature Center in Mattoon

Daily Eastern News

Visitors took to the trails at the Douglas Hart Nature Center in Mattoon on Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17 for the Haunted Hike event. The event saw a lot of attendants both days, bringing families in and letting them get into the Halloween mood. Production: Zak Rojahn

Week of events planned for EIU Homecoming 2026

Daily Eastern News

Eastern Illinois University kicks off homecoming themed around “Lights, Camera, Panthers!” this week with a lineup of events ranging from a food drive, lip sync battle and the annual homecoming parade. Food donations are being collected all week with hopes of getting 1,000 pounds of food. Donors are asked to bring their donations to the...

Panthers of the Week: Sergej Misic, Cora Erickson

Daily Eastern News

The male Panther of the Week is going to Sergej Misic from the EIU men’s soccer team. The senior forward from Belgrade, Serbia, helped the Panthers pick up three points in the OVC standings with a 3-1 win over Houston Christian at Lakeside Field on Sunday. Misic opened the scoring with a thundering shot that...

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