Be who you are, not who others want
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
September 4, 2018
College is a wonderful time to explore opportunities and find one’s identity as a person in the vast expanse we call life. However, it can also be a very stressful and pressure-filled time. Throughout my early years, I was told repeatedly that I was “going somewhere.” Because I earned good grades and did well...
College is full of surprises
Karena Ozier
August 30, 2018
It was the day before classes started. I had just gotten back from church, and my roommate asked me if I wanted to tag along to a meeting about the school’s daily newspaper. To sum up how she persuaded me to go was that if I didn’t want to do any writing then I didn’t have to. I had previous...
Welcome to the next 4 years, freshmen
Staff Editorial
August 15, 2018
Filed under Back to Campus, Editorials, Opinions, Special Sections
The Staff at The Daily Eastern News would like to welcome all first year students to Eastern. We recognize that right now is a scary, yet exciting, stage of your young life. College is such a unique experience, and everything from move in until graduation will contribute to the rest of your adult exi...
Time may fly, but we have our memories
April 23, 2018
The cliché saying that “time flies” is one we should not take lightly. Life has felt like it has been on fast forward since the moment I got here. When I arrived for my first weekend at Eastern in August 2015, I felt nervous but liberated. I no longer would have to live at home with my family,...
Continue to ask questions about new college structure
Staff Editorial
April 2, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Changes are coming to the university, and they are coming quickly. Under the new proposal for college restructuring shown by Provost Jay Gatrell, the university is now looking at one new college, two new schools and the creation of a consolidated college — with some changes coming as quickly as...
College won’t last forever, so enjoy it
Staff Editorial
March 20, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
It is hard to believe that we are already at this point in the semester again. We only have roughly six weeks left. We at The Daily Eastern News are not the hugest fans of clichés, but we are also human. And because we are human, and we know that you are too, we catch others as well as ourselves saying...
College degrees offer more than a job
Staff Editorial
February 14, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
We think it is pretty safe to say that college students want a job after they graduate. The Daily Eastern News editorial board does not anticipate many angry emails disputing this fact in our inboxes tomorrow. It is also pretty safe to say that in this day and age, going to a 4-year university is al...
Make time to stay connected with friends
Carole Hodorowicz, Opinions Editor
February 14, 2018
For the past two weekends, I said farewell to Charleston to visit my lifelong friends from home at their universities. The first weekend of February I found myself wearing blue and gold in celebration of National Marquette Day. This past weekend, I was fully surrounded in hues of purple, gold and gr...
Faculty forum looks at threats to higher education
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
February 13, 2018
Decreased funding for colleges and universities and how the public misunderstands their mission were two threats to higher education looked at during a faculty forum on Tuesday. The forum included an introduction from economics professor Teshome Abebe and four panelists: Provost Jay Gatrell, histo...
College is where we become the best versions of ourselves
Andrew Paisley, Campus reporter
February 4, 2018
Filed under Columns
People truly do not realize how much college changes them. I never thought I would ever go away to school and I honestly thought if I did that I would not have a good experience and I was terrified of losing my friends. I am here to say that I have lost some but others are still near and dear to my heart. Going...
Being indecisive is a part of being young
Carole Hodorowicz, Columnist
December 3, 2017
With the constant momentum of taking on another year of school and the pressure to be the best that we can be, it feels like there is no time or room to second-guess ourselves. We are encouraged to follow our gut, but we are expected to make a decision before we can figure out which direction our instincts...
College can be a ‘new home’ for growth, finding oneself
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
November 26, 2017
While filling out various forms, I often come across a section that has recently gained the ability to induce a swirl of anxiety in my stomach — the home address line. When I come across this, my first instinct is to write the address of the house where I had lived for most of my life. The house th...
