Staying Healthy and Woke: How to protect mental health while exposed to a negative news cycle.
Receiving news has changed immensely within the past decade. News used to be more accessible through physical mediums such as newspapers, magazines or television, allowing people to somewhat regulate how…
Remembering Self Care in the New Semester
As the semester gets underway, every student slowly gets more stressed. No matter your year or major, at some point in the semester, you will start to feel the stress…
Study Shows Women Make Up More than 50% of U.S. Workforce as of December
For the first time since the 2008 Financial Crisis, where women took a brief lead in the workforce, women have surpassed men in the percentage of people on the payroll…
How I Discovered the Solar Panels on ELC: Eastern is secretly greener than you knew.
By now you have probably at least seen that you have a bill for the spring semester. If you look a little closer at the bill, you will find a…
Celebrating Black History Month
#BLACKLIVESMATTER: The importance of Black Lives Matter and how they honor the lives of the victims, seek justice for them, their families, and the Black community, as a whole. Trayvon…
The Art of Exercise: A refection on finding the creativity in an often boring area of life.
Exercise is essential for a happy and healthy life. A popular quote from an unknown author says, “Find three hobbies you love: one to make you money, one to keep…
Award Winning Women (or not?): A look into how the media at large still underappreciates women in award categories.
Women have been underrepresented and overlooked in Hollywood since the dawn of the entertainment business, and sadly, it seems the trend has continued. The Oscars in particular have repeatedly let…
An Artist’s Journey: One artist reflects on her relationship with art in its different forms.
Art cannot be defined or restricted to a singular process. Every artist has their own process, inspiration and definition of what art means to them. My art helps me to…
Twenty Four Hours to Get Creative: A look into Eastern’s Twenty-Four Hour Play Project.
Eastern University’s theatre department has many avenues for involvement from classes to full production shows, but perhaps one of the most exciting events they do is the annual 24 Hour…
Not Your Grandmother’s Oklahoma!: A discussion of the recent Tony award winning reimagining of a classic musical and its impact on modern audiences.
After audience members hear “please turn off your cell phones, the show is about to begin,” one expects the lights to dim, the overture to commence, and then the show…