Hal Rogers is a bad congressman. Donald Trump is a worse president. Me voting makes them mad. That’s the short answer to the question posed in…
I am disappointed in my university for allowing a “protected class” of students, faculty, and staff to feel as though their safety on campus i…
As anyone who has lived in Kentucky at all during the past year knows, election time is fast approaching, although, oddly enough, it takes a l…
Kentucky’s midterm elections are coming up on Nov. 6. Despite the majority of EKU students being of voting age, classes are still in session o…
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No one knows more than me just how hard mold is on the human body. The house I grew up in was riddled with mold. Infested, even. During my tim…
The “Halloween” franchise is quite possibly the most convoluted series in film history. There are multiple timelines spanning from John Carpen…
Last week, the Western Kentucky University Senate approved a proposal to severely cut the number of classes that begin earlier than 9 a.m. Mor…
I was born and raised in church and hardly a Sunday went by that my family and I weren’t in attendance. I was baptized by my own choice when I…
The greatest tragedy of President Trump’s visit is how many of our students cannot safely attend the rally without fear of at best being mocke…
The Steak n’ Shake in lower Powell has been hyped to hell and back since I started taking classes on the Richmond campus in January. After a f…
It pisses me off that I have to write about this again, but last Thursday was a watershed moment for this country. I didn’t watch Brett Kavana…
On Sept. 20, Governor Matt Bevin held a community forum at Richmond City Hall; it was a disaster and a purposeful waste of everyone’s time.Bev…
The legalization of medical marijuana has been the subject of heavy debate in Kentucky legislature since the election of Matt Bevin in 2015. G…
Typically, when a Supreme Court Justice dies, the sitting president gets to pick his or her replacement. While a vote is held in the Senate to…
I’m going to be up front and say that I’ve never been a big fan of sports. Lord knows, I’ve tried to be though. I’ve sat through games of all …
Let me just start out by saying that I am a 20-year-old female, adopted from Guangdong Province, China. What you’ll be reading is based off of…
On Sept. 7, rapper Mac Miller was found dead of an apparent overdose in his Los Angeles home. Since the news broke, the media has been buzzing…
As many might remember, Louis C.K. stepped out of the public eye last year after multiple women spoke out about the comedian’s history of sexu…
Bears. Yachts. Charter schools. Heiress. These are some of the keywords that will pop up if you type “Betsy DeVos” into a search engine. Who c…
Last week two of President Trump’s biggest allies were found guilty of criminal activity.
Governor Bevin,
Over the last few days I can’t say how many people I’ve had to give directions to. They’ve all got a similar look about them; they’re panting …
One of the many roles of the press is to hold the powerful accountable. No matter how high your office or how prominent your name, the press w…
College is tough enough learning to live on your own and motivate yourself to go to class. But, even harder than that, is living with someone …
If you’re a freshman reading this paper, you’ve probably gone through plenty of change already.
The Kentucky legislature — and Gov. Matt Bevin — messed with the wrong people.
As public mass shootings become more prevalent in the United States, the current debate has been cast in the direction of our schools and univ…
Kentucky public schools are already in trouble. It is hard to imagine things getting worse, but I fear they are only going to get worse before…
As a smaller university in the state of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University’s athletics aren’t as widely known or as followed as those of th…
One of the big questions college students may find themselves asking is how to make the choice between enrolling in an online class and taking…
On April 6, the EKU Board of Regents voted to express approval of many of the budget advisory committee’s recommendations — including major cu…
The NBA G-League, formerly known as D-League, is the NBA’s developmental system, and has been for some time. Each NBA team has a G-League team…
College students spend tens of thousands of dollars and a lot of their time pursuing a degree, all in the hopes they will one day obtain their…
As we all know, Eastern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents have recently made the decision to suspend several academic programs. One of th…
Four years. It’s been four years since I moved into Keene Hall (the one place on campus I will not miss) in the pouring rain. I remember getti…
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