Eastern University News
The Diversity and Inclusion Planning Initiative was created in 2016 to respond to an analysis which determined the racial makeup of the EU workforce had been steadily declining from 2010 to 2015. The analysis specifically cited university leadership as lacking in racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. The initiative, charged by […]
By: Marin Dremock While reading James Joyce’s Ulysses, I came across the mention of a sport that I’ve never heard of. It’s called hurling, and it’s Ireland’s oldest and fastest game. Hurling is a combination of field hockey, lacrosse and baseball, according to the website Experience Gaelic Games. It involves […]
By: Will Cunningham There’s an old saying that goes, ‘the end of one chapter is just the beginning of another.’ As the page chapter of the fall season comes to a close, we turn the page to a new chapter: the chapter of Eastern basketball. Now, basketball has been hyped […]
By: Brian Lines Every four years, in the summer, the world’s largest sporting event takes place. The FIFA World Cup was last played in Russia in 2018, where France made their mark by defeating Croatia in the cup final. Four years have passed since the spectacle that was the 2018 […]
By: Jennie Brouse The day I switched my major a weight that I didn’t even know existed immediately lifted off of my shoulders. Coming into college, I had been so sure of my life, and what my plans for the future were. I had decided on my major since my […]
By: Jayme Fisher So, the editor of this section requested that I argue a scientific opinion. However, as a humanities student, I feel this may not be my place as I could be missing many key concepts that would really complete my argument. And sell it, for that matter. In […]
By: Rachel Baker In today’s world, there are many things that take over pop culture. An example of this would be the dreaded sports. Football, hockey, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, badminton, golf and more. All of these are examples of extremely boring social events that take priority over such things […]
By: Jayme Fisher Within recent weeks, it feels like political violence has been increasing. There was the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, and an attack on a conservative canvasser. A few months ago, there was an attack on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. When I think of what could be […]
By: Daniel Finegan I have been exceptionally lucky in that my parents did not allow me to have social media in high school. Now that I am older, I have made that decision for myself and have never regretted it. Many of my generation have not had the same fortune. […]
By: Katherine Seeley Since thanksgiving is around the corner, I would like to thank someone very special to me…my cat. I have had her since freshman year of high school and she is my best friend. Her name is Bonnie and we are not sure what kind of cat she […]
By: Hannah Bonanducci I had a conversation with a friend the other day talking about how it seems like time is racing past us, how these four years seem so short with all of the things I have in mind that I want to do. Classes and clubs aside, you […]