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Habitat Shack-a-Thon
At 8 AM on November 3, ECSU’s Habitat for Humanity set up cardboard boxes between the campus library and Webb Hall for Shack-a-Th on. Th e students slept in these cardboard makeshift houses overnight. Th e morning of November 4 was 31?F, so students were literally sleeping in the freezing cold. Students still attended their classes and went to work during the 24-hour event. “Th is isn’t [...]
Full StoryRelay for Life Rallies Students and Community
Saturday October 17th, more than three hundred Eastern students joined members of the Windham community on Eastern’s baseball field for their annual Relay for Life event. Eastern’s Director of the Center for Community Engagement, Kim Silcox, noted that such a high number of student participants in this year’s event was a “tremendous turnout”. Eastern was [...]
Full StoryTop Haunted Happenings In Ct
Halloween is almost here and a lot of people like to get in the scaring kind of mood. Instead of going to see the overhyped Paranormal Activity or the redundant Saw VI films, go visit a haunted house or take a drive down a creepy road. Whether someone prefers a spooky graveyard with a legend [...]
Full StoryApology on Behalf of the Lantern
Dear Eastern Students,
I would like to make note on the October 31st Issue of the Campus Lantern “claps and slaps.” There have been many heated discussions on the particular slap towards the death of the Uconn Football player. Some were offended. Some didn’t care. Either way, I’ve heard both sides and would like to make [...]
Complainers R’ Us
Complainers are people who express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: (dictionary.com).
Complainers are an annoyance to society. There are people who honestly believe that ears were made to listen to hours of pointless babble. For example: in one of the past issues of the Campus Lantern, I wrote about minority scholarships. Many [...]
The Not So ‘Real World ‘
I’ve got a bone to pick with this “real world” everyone’s always talking about. It’s not that I don’t believe that life after graduation is harder or more serious. I actually entirely believe that. It’s just that I do not feel this ultra-institutionalized, “adult” lifestyle should be considered “real”. Throughout our socialization process, many of [...]
Full StoryWhat About Commuters?
Here at ECSU it is no sur¬prise that the students certainly come first, at least the on-campus students. The university offers its entire stu¬dent community multiple opportuni¬ties to have fun and enjoy themselves after the long hard days of study¬ing, tests and note taking. However, most of these events happen to the convenience of only [...]
Full StoryHIV Vaccination Breakthrough
Hopes are high as scien¬tists find a 31.2% success rate in a HIV prevention experiment.
In Thailand, 16,395 people voluntarily received a vac¬cination to potentially reduce HIV infection. The experiment was per¬formed and funded by the United States army and Thailand’s govern¬ment over a span of seven years. The participants were tested for infection every six [...]
Charlie Bartlett Review
Charlie Bartlett, performed by Anton Yelchin (Alpha Dog) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Hyper-intelligent and musically gifted, his bedroom wall is decorated with countless framed letters from all the private high schools that have expelled him. His adoring but almost permanently medicated mother finds herself at a bit of a loss, especially since Charlie’s Dad is not around.
Full StoryDan's Spring Weekend
Spring Weekend was the other weekend, and of course, I went against the consideration of Eastern to go have fun. My decision had been made already, figuring that I’d rather be the designated driver to my drunk and very capable of getting into trouble type friends as opposed to hanging back bored at Eastern.
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