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Eastern Illinois University The Keep Centennial Commemorative Chronicle 1915-2015 The aiD ly Eastern News (DEN) 2015 Daily Eastern News Centennial Commemorative Chronicle (1915-2015) Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_centennial Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News Centennial Commemorative Chronicle (1915-2015)" (2015). Centennial Commemorative Chronicle 1915-2015. 1. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_centennial/1 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The aiD ly Eastern News (DEN) at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Centennial Commemorative Chronicle 1915-2015 by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE DAILY EASTERN E 100 YEARS TELL THE TRUTH • DON'T BE AFRAID THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS r 100 YEARs Welcome! For 100 years, the men and women of the student newspaper at Eastern Illinois University have been responsible for covering their campus and community, for reporting the local reaction to national issues and for representing their fellow journalists and their newspaper in the state and nation. They have done all this under the leadership of their peers and advisers. And they have built a strong foundation from which the staffs of the next century can build. We honor those staffs as they appeared over the years in their sister publication, the Warbler yearbook. THE DAILY EASTERN E 1 0 0 YE AR S TELL THE TRUTH• DON 'T BE AFRAID Logo by Tim Broderick '84 ,...., History by John Ryan '75 Design by Lauren Chadick '16 ..:. -=- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS A hundred years ago three students decided to start a State Teachers College, the newspaper became the newspaper on the then-Eastern Illinois State Normal Teachers College News. School campus in Charleston. With the move, the college established governing rules for At the time, the three - Ivan Goble, Ed McGurty and Ernest the newspaper. The Student Council appointed the editor Bails - weren't concerned with starting an enterprise that and the business manager of the paper, subject to the would cause thousands to follow in their path, lead to a approval of a faculty committee and the president of the minor and major in journalism and result in hundreds of college. graduates pursuing careers in journalism. In 1931, the selection of the editor and business manager All they wanted was to give the football team some was changed, giving the selection to a facu lty-student coverage. So they went to then-President Livingston C. board. In 1964, the advisers were given the authority to Lord and sold him on the idea of sanctioning their appoint the editor. Today, the director of Student publication. Publications, in effect, nominates the editor and the Student Publications board made up of seven students, They then formed a staff to gather news, solicit three faculty members and three working professionals advertising and sell subscriptions for $1 for the school accepts or rejects the nomination. year, SO cents a semester. Goble became editor, McGurty sports editor and Bails business manager. H. DeF. Widger Elsie Sloan became the first woman editor in 1923. Since was the first adviser. then more than SO women have held the top spot Since 1972, women have led the newspaper approximately SO Although sanctioned by the college, the newspaper was a percent of the time. private enterprise at first and housed in the Bails' family home, across the street from Old Main, where the current In 1929, Franklyn L. Andrews, for whom Andrews Hall is bank building is now located. named, became the adviser of newspaper and moved the newspaper to become a more professional organization. The first edition of the Normal School News rolled off the Prather Print Shop press, in the basement of the Coles According to the 651h anniversary edition of the County Courthouse, on Friday, Nov. 5, 191S. It has stopped newspaper, "Andrews began an informal class in publication only twice since. journalism, which later became a part of the curriculum. Other achievements by Andrews included getting the True to its mission, the first edition provided paper to join the Columbia Press Association and the chronological coverage of Eastern's 2 7-0 rout of the National Scholastic Press Association and continue as a Presbyterians from Lincoln. It also included plans for the member of the lllinois College Press Association. college's first homecoming. At one point, the University of lllinois named the In addition to advertising from local merchants, it ran an newspaper the best college newspaper in Illinois, and the article on entertainment planned for the fall and winter, lllinois Press Association gave it top honors for 14 years. which included a concert by the U.S. Marine band. Other articles in the four-page paper included a humor column Throughout the years, the newspaper has brought about called "Grins and Groans," a short on the geography class many changes on campus. It led the charge to have trip, news of a male student being elected cheerleader and Homecoming court elections, organize a school band and a "Personal" column that included a list of briefs of student adopt "Panthers" as the school's nickname. news. "The title 'Panthers' was chosen in a contest sponsored by According to an article in the SO•h anniversary edition, the News on Oct 16, 1930," according to an article in the "The first editions of the paper were four pages, each four SO•h anniversary edition of the paper. "First prize of $S in columns wide, containing chiefly sports news. The tickets to the Fox Theatre went to Harland Baird, Paul editorials were rambling but always boosted the school." Birthisel and Thelma Brook." In 1921, the newspaper went bankrupt and the university From 1939-47, the newspaper's name changed again to officially took it over. The newspaper moved into Old Main, the Eastern Teachers News. In 1947-1964, the newspaper's where it would stay until 1958. masthead read Eastern State News. The newspaper, according to Daniel E. Thornburgh, a In 1944, Andrews died, Kevin Kuinagh advised the paper News adviser and the journalism Department's founder for a year, and Francis W. Palmer served as adviser from and first chair, "has been downstairs in Old Main and 1946 to 19S9. upstairs in the tower." The newspaper also underwent a name change, as did the Palmer was a much-beloved adviser. He, however, university. When the school became the Eastern Illinois resigned in 1959 after the Publications Board asked 2 -THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS f 100 YEARS student editor Bruce Schaeffer to resign, allegedly because in 1988, Evette Pearson in 1993, Avian Carrasquillo in of"consistently inaccurate reporting." according to "The 2003, Marco Santana in 2007 and Olunike Ogunbodede in Emerging University: A History of Eastern Illinois 2012. University," published in 1974. Jim Roberts was the editor with the longest tenure. He However, Schaeffer claimed he was being dismissed served as editor from 1943 1946. Roberts went on to because "of the strong 'anti-administration' position" the own a chain of weekly newspapers and taught in the newspaper had taken on university policy issues, Journalism Department for a time. particularly the disciplining of three students. Publication of the newspaper was suspended from January until Under Reed, the News bought its own press in 1976. Pete summer. Zucco was pressman until summer 1978. Larry Kuykendall was the pressman for a semester. Eastern Kenneth Hesler succeeded Palmer as adviser until 1964 journalism grad Mark Turk succeeded him in January when the paper was suspended again, this time for two 1979 until 1982. Johnny Bough, who printed the News weeks. while a pressman at the Times Courier, succeeded Turk until he retired in December 2004. Tom Roberts, son of President Quincy Doudna fired editor Jon Woods for Jim Roberts, has been the News' pressman since early trying to publish a potentially libelous article about illegal 2005. "construction irregularities" on campus. Hesler had stopped the publication after Prather Printing tipped him Since going daily, the News has been named by the to the story. He pulled the article and asked the Associated Collegiate Press as a five star All American Publication Board to fire Woods, but it refused. paper. In 1983, the News won a National ACP Pacemaker award for the 1982 83 school year. It routinely wins Two state investigations - one by the state Legislature's awards annually in the Illinois College Press Association Audit Commission and one by a blue ribbon committee and Society of Collegiate Journalists contests. In 2008, the appointed by Gov. Otto Kerner - determined that there News' online edition won a National ACP Pacemaker had been some "false economies" involved in Eastern's award. building program but no illegal activity. In 1975, Student Publications was moved to the Student When the News resumed publication on Jan. 28, 1964, the Services Building. In 1981, Student Publications was newspaper began publishing twice a week - Mondays and moved to the North Gym of Buzzard Hall. The North Gym, Fridays. Later that year, its name was changed to the of course, is no more. It became the east end of the first Eastern News. It became The Daily Eastern News in 1980. floor where WEIU is located. The Journalism Department is located on the second floor. Thornburgh, who had been the adviser of The Warbler, became adviser to the newspaper, too. Thornburgh Student Publications was moved temporarily for two brought in a more professional handling of the years to the sub basement of the University Union, supervision of the newspaper. He would go on to run the beneath the bowling alley, during the renovation of journalism minor and eventually led the efforts to create Buzzard Hall, 1995 1997.

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