On the Trails: Exploring the benefits of hiking
Rebecca Belotti At home, I live on a small, and relatively inconsequential mountain. In fact, it’s more like a big hill, but it certainly feels mountainous, with the steep one-way streets and…
2020
The Failure of Impeachment
Kiriam Yordan On Feb. 5, news networks across the country turned their attention to the trial of President Trump expecting its outcome to be as dramatic a show as Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
What Does “Liberal Arts” Mean?: Evaluating Eastern’s identity requires answering this question.
Phillip Piper Is Eastern a liberal arts college? If we want to know the answer, we must know something about what “liberal arts” means. It was the early Medievals who canonized the…
The Influence of Local Politics: The power of public activism to bring about change lies in the ability and willingness to be politically involved at the local level.
The common trope among young voters, particularly in the United States, is a hesitancy to participate in the electoral process. There are, of course, a plethora of reasons for this…
The Christian Case for Reparations
Kay O’Keeffe In a world where religion plays such an integral role in American politics, it is important to analyze our own political loyalties with the lens of the true teaching of…
Rootin’ for Everybody Black: Inside the event held by the Black Students League
The Rootin’ for Everybody Black event, held by the Eastern University Black Students’ League, had a great turn out and was a fun way to learn about, and celebrate, Black…
Open House at Eastern: How this event has become one of Jaclyn Favaroso’s favorite days since becoming an Admissions student worker at the beginning of the academic year.
On Feb. 17, Eastern is set to hold one of the many Open Houses that are expected through the Spring semester. These events are held for the purpose of engaging…
The 2021 Budget: A look into how government funds are going to be divided up this upcoming year.
Nicole Markert With another year quickly approaching, the White House unveiled President Trump’s budget for the fiscal year 2021. This budget is a record $4.75 trillion.There are multiple cuts to many initiatives…
Getting to Know Eastern’s Faculty: Dr. William Storm
Cait Wooten If you’ve been on campus long enough, you’ve probably seen him. Worn leather briefcase, a long, colorful scarf in the winter, and a bow tie. Always a bow tie. Even…
An Open Letter to the Weather
When it first occurred to me to write to you, I thought I would take you to task. I thought I could hold you accountable for all the times you…