Eastern’s admissions adapts to stay-at-home order
Analicia Haynes, Senior Reporter
April 8, 2020
Director of Admissions Kelly Miller apologized for the noise in the background. She gave a warning and laughed as she said her window was open and her husband was mowing the lawn. It was an interview conducted over the phone from home on a workday, something that typically happens in person but has n...
Faculty react to Eastern’s COVID-19 plans
Corryn Brock and Hannah Shillo
March 13, 2020
As the campus community works to sort through all new changes coming to Eastern because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Eastern educators shared their concerns and thoughts on the new alternative instructional methods that will be in place. Instructors will need a laptop or desktop computer, high-spe...
Classes expected to stay online all semester
Analicia Haynes and Corryn Brock
March 13, 2020
Eastern is extending spring break by one week and transitioning all classes to D2L for the remainder of the semester. Public Information Coordinator Josh Reinhart said at this point, the plan is to continue online learning for the rest of the semester, but if that changes the university will let faculty...
Students react to extended spring break after COVID-19 concerns
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
March 12, 2020
Eastern’s spring break officially begins at 8 p.m. Friday, when students are expected to be out of the residence halls to begin what was originally planned to be a week-long break but has since switched to a two-week-long break, followed by online-only course instruction because of the COVID-...
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 ...
STAFF EDITORIAL: Snow days should stay snow days
Staff Editorial
December 6, 2019
It is usually exciting to find out that your school is closed for a snow day. Students anticipate being able to sleep in, having an extra day to get their homework done or just being able to lay around the house and be lazy. This is how a normal snow day usually is, but now schools have come ...
