Catch up. Stay on track to graduate. Get ahead. EKU summer courses offer students the opportunity to ensure progress toward graduation. Taking…
I’ve always had a love for theatre. It’s a community where people of all walks of life come together to play all walks of life. Theatre offers…
Like most hard-working Americans, I have a disdain for taxes or anything that takes more of my hard-earned money from me without my permission…
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It’s time to state an unpopular opinion on this campus. Governor Matt Bevin has done right by the Commonwealth of Kentucky by tackling the pen…
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If you are someone other than a caucasian, cisgender male, it is in your best interest to vote Andy Beshear for Kentucky Governor on Tuesday. …
Come October, my spare time is packed to the brim with all things horror. Movies, books, comics, games, music, whatever else. If it’s spooky, …
The first two years of my college experience were spent at a small NAIA school, Lindsey Wilson College. Track scholarship, opportunity, and fu…
My journey at Eastern Kentucky University started more than 10 years ago after I graduated with my PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies f…
Latino Heritage Month ran from Sep. 15 - Oct. 15.
An alumna’s college career isn’t just a story to reminisce about. Alumni are a part of history and exemplify how American society has progress…
As a public relations student, several of my professors have put emphasis on developing a brand for myself. For a company or organization, a b…
Many have taken notice of the increasing number of service dogs going around campus the past few semesters. Where everyone else sees a cute do…
Over the summer while most students were relaxing by the pool, I had the opportunityto cover once-in-a-lifetime events and gain experience as …
Life as a college student is many things: exciting, stressful and really expensive. But it seems like no matter where we turn, our university …
Since I transferred to EKU over a year ago, I have been hearing about the nightmare that is parking around campus. Years back my brother also …
There is no question that some people spend hours on their smart devices every day. But despite the name of these devices, are they making the…
Regardless if you are a freshman or transfer student, as I was last year, you may find yourself overwhelmed by your new environment. No matter…
Welcome back, Colonels! I hope you all had an enjoyable summer but are ready to get back into the groove of the semester.Those days of laying …
With First Amendment Week at EKU set for April 15-18, the staff of the Eastern Progress gave its take on each clause, the freedoms of religion…
Child maltreatment is an issue in America and it always has been, but some people don’t realize just how close to home this issue is. Child ab…
On the modern campus, “civil discourse” is a term rarely heard outside of an analysis of John Locke and even more so, it is rarely practiced, …
Is the internet anti-conservative? The claim that search engines and social media sites have a purposeful liberal bias has been passed around …
Technology has created a new way for people to communicate with anyone they want in a matter of seconds. It has given people the opportunity t…
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To the Editor:
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The following is a response to the article "Meet the campus group who feeds and manages EKU's feral cat population," published in print on Feb…
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You know how when you were little and your mom or dad told you not to do something and when you asked why they responded with, “because I said…
Procrastinating has become a part of the cliche college kid’s lifestyle. Every college student has spent their time watching “Friends” on Netf…
As students at EKU, I think we’ve all felt the loss of one of our staple dining facilities on campus, Einstein Bros Bagels. Einstein’s w…
President Trump chose to end 2018 with one of the dumbest political moves in American history. In an effort to fulfill his signature campaign …
Let me start this out by coming clean; I am in a relationship. I am not single, nor have I been single for a very long time. However, I don’t …
Netflix is bombarding us with shows and documentaries about serial killers, knowing that almost every one of their viewers will latch on and b…
United we stand.
What a disappointment Super Bowl 53 was. I started this night full of excitement for the Patriots-Rams rematch from Super Bowl 36 and ended th…
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For many years the Yankees stood their ground as America’s most hated sports team, but in the last couple of years, they have been dethroned. …
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Northern Kentucky is finally on the map... in the worst way possible. Covington Catholic High School made headlines this past week after stude…
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From the very start of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to this present day in time, Americans have been promised an answer to all of our …
Gun control is quite possibly the most polarizing, vitriolic topic of discussion in modern American history. The outbreak of shootings in grad…
This has been a weird year. I know that living in a post-Trump world, weird is the standard description for things. But 2018 has been weird in…
In a world full of judgement and hatred, I often found myself in a position of feeling secluded by everyone. For the last fifteen to twenty ye…
If memory serves, Thanksgiving used to feel a lot different. Dubious history aside, it was a holiday untainted by the commercialism seen in Ch…
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…
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