As the election of 2020 barrels ahead, voters await the November 3rd poll day. In Illinois, early voting opens on September 24th, which has now already passed, meaning voting is officially open. Absentee...

We’re nearly eight months into what seems like a forever-continuing pandemic. With the restrictions on going out, we have to find other ways to entertain ourselves. Many of us have spent time binge-watching...

The Centers for Disease Control is officially canceling Halloween activities like trick-or-treating because it’s unsafe with the global coronavirus pandemic. Now I understand the pandemic, but canceling...

September is the National Suicide Prevention Month. According to statistics done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the website SAVE, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, suicide is...

If there was ever a band for the fall season, it’s Fleet Foxes. Prior to the Tuesday release of their new album, “Shore,” I was only familiar with some songs off of their 2008 self-titled album....

Here’s another tally mark to add to the shocking number of reasons why 2020 is probably one of the strangest, most unpredictable years in history: Microsoft is buying Bethesda. This means the game...

Like many Eastern students, I spent the entire summer break both excited to be back on campus and anxious to see what rules Eastern would set in place to keep the community safe from Covid. Being back...

When I came to Charleston, I was not amused. After seeing other college towns such as Bloomington and Urbana-Champaign, I was unsure about Charleston. I felt like I was back in my hometown, nothing to...

On Friday, September 18th, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87. Known as Notorious RBG, or RBG, she was an icon and fighter for women’s rights. Born in 1933,...

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court Justice, has brought both grief and uncertainty across America. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not only an amazing woman in politics but an important...

Election season is approaching us, and it’s time to choose between our current POTUS, or our former Vice President. On November 3rd, our country decides the POTUS for the next four years of our country’s...

If you’ve sent a letter or a package to a friend in the past few months you may have noticed that it’s taken a lot longer than usual to get to them, and there’s a reason for that. For years the U.S....