Up until Oct. 24, telling someone where I came from would be no big deal. The town of Marysville, Washington, had no stigmas attached to it. It was just my home. A home I didn't necessarily praise, but...
Last month, the Department of Education announced it has taken an extra step to ensure there will be wider access for the Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students.
The department has redefined “adverse...
Since this is an opinion based on the generalization that these two monsters evoke, we need to grab the extremes of each to narrow the decision or we’ll never get one.
When we talk about vampires,...
Hello Gentlemen and Ladies,
I am writing you in regards to the article: “Protests in Missouri unfair to local businesses.” Written by: Tanner Streicher. Although this article title is great, the...
The Department of Defense (DoD) released the 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap in June. In it, they admitted that the government needs to be taking action to secure national interests. These interests...
To The Editor:
The full acronym is LGBTQQAAI – it includes allies. We are lucky enough to live on a diverse campus. In highly conservative areas, allies are marginalized. People assume that if you...
I first heard about Ebola in 2009 when I contracted swine flu. My friend was sitting with me in our hotel room and he casually said, “at least it’s not something bad like Ebola.”
It sparked my...
By Jaclyn Archer, Eagle Life Editor
• October 24, 2014
What is oppression? According to the Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology “Social oppression is a concept that describes a relationship between groups or categories … of people in which a dominant group...
By Nicole Ruse, Editor-in-Chief
• October 23, 2014
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Transcript:
Dear Readers,
We owe you an apology. As I reflect upon the nature of The Easterner’s editorial decisions...
Have you ever known anyone that’s been shot by Police enforcement or even seen the excessive force too often done to innocent people? This sense of power that has indefinitely been given to the White...
I would like to preface this column by saying that I am a 23-year-old white male who writes sports, and while I grew up in inner-city Chicago and Seattle, I in no way can ever fully understand the perception...
It's that time of year again: Ally Week. An entire week dedicated to those who make the brave sacrifice of not hating LGBTQIA folks. At least not in the obvious and usual ways.
As ridiculous as Ally...
