Eastern’s campus is full of history and is truly beautiful. Often, students take advantage of the campus but do not take the time to actually appreciate it.

We at The Daily Eastern News feel that preserving the campus and keeping it clean, as well as keeping the beauty alive, is imperative.

It is understandable that humans naturally feel lazy, but it should not take too much time and effort to pick up a piece of trash off the ground and throw it in a garbage can.

Often, people feel that because they were not the ones who littered, they should not have to be the ones to clean the trash up. In all seriousness, this way of thinking will only make the problem worse.

Regardless of who threw their empty Wendy’s bag on the ground, we all should have the audacity to feel that the campus should be kept neat, and we should want to actually participate in doing that.

Eastern’s campus is full of beautiful buildings, plants and scenery, all of which are a part of what makes this place truly extraordinary.

There are so many different things we as students can do to help maintain Eastern’s campus. Besides picking up trash, we can also take part in moving things from where they do not belong.

It is likely that there have been times we have walked into a building or walked on campus and saw a random book or folder laying on the ground.

Our first thought is, “I don’t know who this belongs to, so I will just let it be.”

However, that random item or book likely belongs to another student who is missing it, and it is possible to find out who the owner is and return the item to them. Otherwise, that item is likely to be left for an extended period of time, either because the owner cannot find it or because they do not care.

We at The Daily Eastern News encourage everyone to pick up those random objects on the ground and either find out who they belong to, or turn them in to a lost-and-found.

We believe that the beauty of Eastern’s campus does not just revolve on its appearance. It also revolves around how we as a student body treat others and help people in a time of need.

There is no excuse for anyone to walk past a student who has dropped all their books in the hallway, and not help pick them up.

We all should be proud to be a part of Eastern, and we should truly give the school a good name and reputation by having respect and kindness for not just the campus but for everyone on it.

At the end of the day, if we want respect for ourselves and our own belongings, we need to have respect for everything and everyone else.