Editorial: College bribe scandal is insulting to students
Staff Editorial
March 18, 2019
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The biggest scandal of the year so far is no doubt the college admissions scandal. On March 12, 50 people, including wealthy celebrities, were charged with allegedly scheming to influence colleges into admitting their children. These parents, two of which being actresses Lori Loughlin, best known for her role in ...
Editorial: Break is already over; time to hustle
Staff Editorial
March 17, 2019
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The age-old battle students everywhere face has come upon us Sunday, into Monday, and standing your ground is the only way to combat the opponent. St. Patrick’s Day and spring break are fresh in everyone’s mind still, though both are now thoughts in the past. Even though they are in the past now...
Editorial: Recharge, but stay prepared on break
Staff Editorial
March 7, 2019
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The long week of assignments, last-minute chores and packing before leaving Charleston has left many of us students sleep-deprived and ready for a week of fun. For some, spring break has already started. For many of us, we’re almost there. The Editorial staff members at The Daily Eastern News ha...
Volunteering comes with all kinds of benefits
Staff Editorial
March 6, 2019
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Everyone should volunteer at least once. Volunteerism is a good thing all around, and it really does make an enormous difference. Crystal Brown, assistant director of the Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism, said the state of Illinois values one hour of volunteer service as a $25 donation to ...
Respect is earned by giving it to others
Staff Editorial
March 6, 2019
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Respect is something that should be given and received by all. There are so many people in this world who lack respect, yet they believe they should automatically receive it. When you see a person in the hallway as you walk to class and they say hi, it does not hurt for you to say hi back. So many...
Editorial: Don’t be someone’s roommate horror story
Staff Editorial
March 4, 2019
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Something college students learn early on in their journeys from high school dependence to higher education semi-independence is that roommates can either light up your life or make it a living hell. It seems like every college student has their own roommate horror story; these cautionary tales rang...
Editorial: March is the time to job search
Staff Editorial
March 3, 2019
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March has begun, and spring is closing in fast. While that hopefully means better weather, it also means for all of us that it is time to take the next step in our lives: careers. This is the time of year when your laptops and emails need to be full of applications and emails for jobs. That is, if...
Minimum wage topic creates conversation
March 1, 2019
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We at The Daily Eastern News are divided on this issue of the gradual increase of minimum wage. There are studies out there and opinions from politicians, but there seems to be no concise explanation on what happens with minimum wage increase. Naturally, we recommend that you do your own research ...
Seek, know the facts of Cohen’s testimony
Staff Editorial
February 27, 2019
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Wednesday could very likely go down as a historic day for this country because of an important and presumably game-changing testimony before Congress. Michael Cohen, who was President Trump’s personal lawyer for a little more than a decade, testified about the essentials of the behind-the-scenes a...
Be safe, considerate of others at Unofficial
Staff Editorial
February 26, 2019
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Well, we are just a few days away from one of Eastern’s favorite traditions: Unofficial. Amid the stress and busyness of the semester, especially with midterms, this is understandably a much-anticipated break for many students. For those who are not aware, in summary, Unofficial is an event starting Saturday morn...
Look at the big picture of big news
February 24, 2019
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A lot of big news has broken this past week, and the headlines are important things to look at. We have all heard about the Jussie Smollett case and the complete 180 that happened, where he became the suspect of a false report and convicted of such charge. More recently than that, Robert Kraft, th...
Editorials exist for us to read, react and act
February 21, 2019
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There is no shred of doubt that the editorial that Goodloe Sutton published in his the Democrat-Reporter on Feb. 14 promotes a demonstrably false, morally irresponsible agenda that hurts minorities and political figures who were unjustly targeted. On Feb. 14, Sutton published the editorial called “Klan ...
