The Campus Lantern

Love Your Career

Calling all undergrads! Are you prepared to take the next step towards your professional goals? It is never too early to start focusing on your future!

On Thursday, February 11th from 2-4 p.m., join the Office of Career Services, located on the 2nd floor of Wood Support Services, as they host their third annual, Love your [...]

Obama Asks Congress, “Don’t walk away from reform. Not now.”

Barack Obama took office while America was stuck in two wars, and was on the verge of an economic collapse. The Obama administration could have tackled the major issues facing the US without dealing with the underlying problems, but, luckily for us, that is not the kind of man we elected. In his State of [...]

Super Bowl’s Pro-Life Commerical

When you turn on your TV this Sunday to watch Super Bowl XLIV, along with around 100 million other people, what do you expect to see?  The Budweiser frogs, the E*Trade baby or even Terry Tate office linebacker, but the one thing that I did not think I would see this year during the Super [...]

Apple’s Newest Toy

Steve Jobs has done it again. On January 27th, Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., announced in San Francisco the company’s newest technology. The product, called the Apple iPad is a slight upgrade from the iTouch or iPhone. What’s not to like about this new technology? It’s “a truly magical and revolutionary product,” as Jobs [...]

A War Against Terrorism?

Terrorism! Terrorist! Terrorizing! Terror! Ever since the attacks of September 11, TERRORISM has been at the forefront of society’s collective mind. Since the reign of [King] George [W. Bush], the word and concept of terrorism has been thrown around hypnotically, as a mind numbing, ignorance generating, socially controlling, enemy demonizing, and citizen uniting scare tactic. [...]

Haiti Will Live On

Even weeks after the tragic night of ‘Reflection, Inspiration, and Action’ was just getting started in the Betty Tipton Room at ECSU. About a month in the making, the event finally came together for all those who helped make it a reality. Yet, even before the event began, reflection was already taking place. Student volunteers, Eastern alumni, and other volunteers met in a circle where thoughts and quiet hopes were shared in support of Haiti.

Obese Children

The National Center for Health Statistics show that in 2005-2006, 34% of Americans were obese.  Statistics also point out that 3.2% of the people in Korea and Japan are obese.   Obviously Americans are doing something wrong.  According to a report by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Mississippi takes the cake [...]

Danny Glover and Felix Justice Perform at Eastern

Sponsored by Eastern’s Arts & Lecture series, Glover was accompanied by fellow actor Felix Justice, who gave a stirring rendition of Martin Luther King’s I’ve been to the Mountaintop. Justice’s ability to recreate King’s moment in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 brought a standing ovation from a crowd of students, faculty and community members inside E.C.S.U.’s Geissler Gymnasium.

Tea Parties Sweep the Nation

The Tea Party Patriots are a loosely connected, grassroots movement that has popped up throughout the country. While Palin has only recently become active in supporting the Tea Party the movement began in early 2009 as Americans around the nation became disgruntled with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was passed by Congress in February of that year.

‘Negro’ is the New Word

Census 2010