The New Tobacco Ban: A smart decision or a violation of freedom?
Maggie Lauer Anti Ban In December 2019, a new law in the United States went into effect stating that anyone under the age of 21 could no longer buy products that contained…
Opinions
Despite Recent Controversy, Student Affirms Eastern’s Claim as a Liberal Arts School
Eastern University defines itself as a liberal arts school, but there is some controversy among students if they should be able to stick with this title. Students, and presumably faculty…
Staying Healthy and Woke: How to protect mental health while exposed to a negative news cycle.
Nicole Markert 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
Cait Wooten 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
Kay O’Keeffe 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.
Phillip Piper 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…
The Importance of Introducing Boundaries into Personal Relations: Respecting others’ boundaries and drawing your own requires introspection.
Relationships are a complicated and tricky thing. It’s our human desire to crave closeness with another person— whether that’s a significant other or simply a kindred spirit. Come too close,…
Eastern, Ableism, and the Lack of the Doane Bridge: Waltonian Editor-in-Chief investigates Eastern’s seemingly ableist actions and their impact on students at Eastern, especially those with disabilities.
Kelsey Fiander-Carr The only solid path from the main part of campus to the gym (where chapel is held) and many dorm buildings is inactive for a non-specified amount of time, leaving…
Social Media as a Coping Mechanism: Although social media is popular, many are wondering if its importance is overtaking our needs to properly care for ourselves.
Abigail Brooke Social media is so ingrained in the modern world that it can be difficult to distinguish our digital lives from our face-to-face ones. Whenever we are bored, uncomfortable, relaxing or…
Creation Care for a Christian University
Claire Kasari In the issue of climate change, many wonder whether it is a Christian responsibility. Christ calls us as Christians to bring forth justice and restoration to his fallen Creation. In…