Eastern’s Winter Music Festival
Rachel Covert Eastern University held its annual Winter Music Festival Friday, Dec. 1 and Saturday, Dec. 2. On Friday, performances were given by Eastern Winds, Jazz Band, and Angels of Harmony. The…
January 2018
The Search for Transparency at Eastern University
Anthony Barr The Nuances of Transparency Asking for greater transparency from college administrators is a millennial thing, or so the senior editors of the Waltonian have been told. “I don’t know if…
Sounds in the Holiday Season
Grace Newman With the start of the Christmas season comes many wonderful traditions, which includes listening to Christmas songs we all know and love. During the month of December, it’s not unusual…
Eastern Alumna & Published Poet Visits Campus
Nicole Markert For as long as I can remember, I felt like I was born on this earth for one reason: to write. When I was little, one of my elementary school…
The Crucible: A Flawed Play, Well-Performed
Eastern University’s theater program recently performed Arthur Miller’s award-winning play “The Crucible.” As with any play, “The Crucible” only succeeds where its cast is strong, and Eastern’s cast was more…
College Students and Mental Illness: A Personal Look at Depression
Kelsey Fiander-Carr Classwork , homework, quizzes, tests, finals, projects, work, and depression. For most, this combination is foreign to them, but, for some, it is an all-too-real reality that presents itself as…
Reflection on Nature
Emily Matzinger This past summer I picked up a small book at a yard sale called “When the Trees Say Nothing,” written by Thomas Merton who was a Trappist monk of the…
Dr.William Storm Presents on “The Wife of Bath”
When people think of a 400-year-old text, not many people would think that it connects to a modern day dilemma such as sexual assaults on college campuses. However, Dr. William…
All Around The World: Iraqi border
Last month, a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck at 21:18 local time near the Iraqi border, killing more than 500 people and injuring thousands, making this…
Racial Slur Incidents at Cabrini
Jesula Fleurizard Many of the residents at Eastern University might not know about the events that took place a few months ago at our neighboring school, Cabrini’s campus. According to local NBC,…