Parts of Eastern to close for Thanksgiving break
Rylee DeLong, Contributing Writer
November 21, 2019
Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and that means Eastern will be closed. Starting Friday at 8 p.m. all residence halls will have their locks changed out, so students will not have access to any of the buildings over break. Students were able to sign up if they needed to stay over break. This a...
Special hours in effect over summer
Zoë Donovan, Staff Reporter
May 13, 2019
Many popular and important resources on Eastern’s campus have special hours over the summer. Hours for these services and resources change in the summer months because of reduced student traffic. Only the University Court Apartments are available for students who are completing summer courses...
College is a cup of coffee: too brief
Carole Hodorowicz, Columnist
April 24, 2019
For the past couple of weeks, my dad has been repeating a few words to me that have yet to hit me with their full weight until I sat down to write this column, my last column for The Daily Eastern News: “College is like a cup of coffee.” An absolute delight, but much too brief. Looking back...
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...
Factors considered in Facilities
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
February 27, 2017
When it comes to Facilities, many factors go into deciding what projects are started and completed as well as what is prioritized. Last semester, Workgroup No.5 looked at Facilities and made recommendations for them during the vitalization project. The group recommended several areas receive increased...
Editorial: Eastern’s break tragically short
Staff Editorial
January 18, 2017
As many students have found out by now, Eastern has begun the second week of the spring semester at the same time that many of the neighboring institutions are starting their first week back from winter break. Other students at neighboring schools had an extra week for break and were eased back into...
Editorial: Make library services a funding priority
Staff Editorial
October 19, 2016
Everyone has their own wishlist for when the budget is restored. Some people list restoration of terminated Building Service Workers at the top of their budget wishlists. Others want cut academic programs or academic support services like the Testing Center back. At The Daily Eastern News, we recog...
