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 ...
View health as a priority this year
Karena Ozier, Columnist
January 14, 2019
On average, the typical person visits the doctor four times in a year. I am not the average person. I couldn’t tell you the last time I visited the doctor because it has been so long—until recently. I have always talked myself out of going to the doctor because I hated the fact that they could ...
Reach out to family, friends when possible
Logan Raschke, News Editor
January 14, 2019
I’m the kind of person who hardly ever gets sick or injured. With that being said, I am quite clumsy, and you can imagine my horror and shock when I fractured my ankle in the stupidest way possible. I was just walking to my next class and tripped on a twig, or a crack in the sidewalk, or something els...
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...
