Eastern responds to coronavirus
Analicia Haynes, Senior Reporter
March 12, 2020
With universities across the country canceling classes or switching instruction to online format, Eastern has been responding to what the World Health Organization is calling a pandemic. The Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has spread throughout the world and infected more than 120,000 people in more than ...
Have common sense; prevent illness
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
March 9, 2020
OK, people, common sense check: If you are told to self-quarantine, that does not mean go out and risk spreading the coronavirus to others. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday that the first case of coronavirus in Missouri had another level added to the initial scare of it: Family members of ...
Do yourself a favor; just go to sleep
Logan Raschke, News Editor
April 18, 2019
Go to bed. I understand that you probably have a lot on your plate, but just go to bed. Adults aged 18-25 are supposed to get between 7-9 hours of sleep a night. I want you now to think about the last time you had a good 7-9 hours of sleep. Well, seeing how we’ve only got one more week of school l...
Perseverance will help you get through the week
Carole Hodorowicz, Columnist
February 20, 2019
This is a call to all my fellow students who are sniffling, coughing and taking shots of DayQuil. Let us raise our tissues and play our tiny violins together: It sucks to be sick during the week as a college student. The rules change when you become a college student, and these new rules aren’t exact...
Temperatures fall, student illness rises
Thaija Evans, Verge Designer
September 28, 2016
Gruesome coughs, falling leaves and chilly nights are finally here as the fall season blooms. Allergies and the common cold linger around campus, spreading from student to student. Sheila Baker, medical director of Health Service, said most students come into the clinic suffering from allergies...
Mumps cases diagnosed on campus
Mackenzie Freund, City Editor
September 14, 2015
Eastern has had two confirmed cases of the mumps virus with others being evaluated as of Monday. As of Sunday, there have been 177 reported cases of mumps with 128 of them associated with the outbreak at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, according to the Illinois Department of Public...
