By: Christian Lengkeek When I was asked to write and take readers of the Waltonian “into the classroom,” I thought I would take the request literally and give classrooms of Eastern their due respect. Students often write about teachers and courses and labs and textbooks, but when was the last time someone acknowledged classrooms themselves? […]

By: Sarah Westmoreland Better to begin with the end in mind. But, you don’t have to. Often students in high school are pressured on every side to try and figure out what they want to do with their professional life, get the highest SAT score, be in numerous extracurriculars and get high grades all in

By: Lenora Kirkland This month, Eastern University was given a grant of one million dollars to improve our campus. Plans include redoing the gym room, adding new offices, and making preparations for a new wrestling team.  “We are extremely grateful and blessed to receive these funds,” President Ron Matthews shared in the announcement email. “The

By: Jennie Brouse On the evening of Oct. 29, tragedy struck Seoul, South Korea, as Halloween festivities got out of hand amongst people celebrating the holiday.  In the wake of a death toll that rose from 20 to 156 throughout the night, families scoured the streets looking for loved ones in the blur of a

By: Lenora Kirkland Nigeria faces numerous threats of violence across its 36 states, many of which often seep into its Federal Capital Territory where the country’s capital city is located. In the later weeks of October, the U.S. State Department announced that its non-emergency embassy workers and their families must seek immediate removal from Nigeria’s

By: Hannah Bonaducci At 9:49 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, Eastern University students received an email from the Office of the Provost with the subject line “URGENT: Campus Security Emergency Notification.” Within the email, students were alerted that Eastern had received a bomb threat and that everyone was encouraged to get off campus or meet