College Headlines

Paws and Claws: On- and off-campus living

The Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, IL

1 day ago by Paws by Julia Carlucci/Online Editor Claws by Kristin Jording/Managing Editor

Paws

I've lived on campus for my first three years of college.

I've lived in Andrews, Ford and Weller.

I'll be living on campus again this school year in Weller. I haven't lived off campus during the school year, but I've stayed with friends living off campus at other times.

Column: DEN reporters are people, too

The Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, IL

1 day ago by By Sam Sottosanto/Editor in Chief

All of us at the DEN have had such a blast this summer - with our fun get-togethers, inside jokes and late nights. We recently just had our last staff meeting, where we gave awards to everyone-but they were funny awards that demonstrated their lives at the paper these past few months.

Paws and Claws: Macs versus PCs

The Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, IL

1 day ago by By Kristin Jording/Managing Editor and Julia Carlucci/Online Editor

Paws by Kristin Jording/Managing Editor

I love my MacBook!

Once you go Mac, you never go back. Trust me.

First, I am a journalism major with a concentration in design, so we are required to own MacBooks, but my Mac also allows me to have design programs, which is perfect for me.

Health care reform is needed

The Triangle, Drexel University, PA

5 days ago by Tony Harrison

Health care reform is one of the most widely debated topics among politicians today. Recently, a bill was passed that was initially intended to rework the industry in order to provide cheaper health care to all citizens. The method to be employed is to require that everyone purchase health insurance, or face an economic penalty.

Don't bank on it

The Triangle, Drexel University, PA

6 days ago by Editorial Board

For those of you who were shocked to learn of the sudden departure of the AJDrexelBank and all of its ATMs, do not feel uninformed or out of the loop. There was little to no warning to the campus at large when the only University-related bank disappeared faster than Lehman Brothers.

The American economy has made a bad turn

The Triangle, Drexel University, PA

6 days ago by Shawkat Hammoudeh

Many of us expected the U.S. economy in the second half of 2010 to surpass its performance in the first half of this year. We even expected 2011 to be an expansion period. But the economy made a bad turn in the second half. Instead of expecting an economic growth of between 3 and 3.