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August 25, 2023
My name is Ellen Dooley and I am so excited to be back for my second year as Opinions Editor! I am a junior special education standard major and this is my last year on campus (woohoo!). In about a year from now, I will be back home student teaching. You will probably see me...
April 28, 2023
Well, dear readers, here we are at the end of yet another semester. It has been a turbulent one, not unlike the last few years themselves. You may be shocked (or not, I am not a mind-reader you know) to hear that this will be my last column for The News. Trust me, I do...
April 21, 2023
I think that living in a small town my entire life has spoiled my way of thinking. You hear people talk about crime rates, murders, kidnappings, shootings, and, if you are like me, you think that those things happen only in OTHER places; never where you live. The topic at hand for this issue of...
April 14, 2023
Strike, shmike, this thing has lasted longer than a couple days which means it is officially time to stop thinking about it. I mean, what kind of Americans would we be if we did not constantly distract ourselves from the ever-evolving hellhole we find ourselves in? Sure I could write ANOTHER column about the strike,...
April 7, 2023
While I normally do not write on topic for any of the issues of The News, Ellen said if I do not I will be forced to eat Kit-Kats and that is a fate worse than death. But really, this strike is too important NOT to write about. There are a couple of issues with...
March 31, 2023
So I have been working in the library for a full academic year at this point and I have just got to say: the individual who drops off the free snacks is an angel. My car could explode and I could be charged with war crimes but all the worry and sadness from that...
March 24, 2023
If you have paid attention at all to the goings-on around campus, then you may be aware that EIU-UPI members voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike because of a dispute with salaries. Anyway, if you are an idiot like me, you barely understand the situation beyond the fact that money is the solution. Thankfully,...