Opinion: Open Book Exams are Better than Closed Book Exams
Posted on June 4, 2022Any college student who has opened an exam on Canvas or been given a paper exam in a classroom knows the gut-wrenching feeling of being underprepared, or simply anxious to do well. There are many benefits to open book exams as opposed to closed book exams. Panicking/Anxiety The problem with closed book exams is that […]
Women’s History Month
Posted on March 23, 2023Sally Ride. Photo by NASA March is Women’s History Month! Declared by Congress in 1987, Women’s History Month is meant to highlight and celebrate the often unrecognized contributions that women have made to American society throughout history. The Voice has taken the first two weeks of March to research and write about eleven remarkable women […]
The Benefits of Studying Without Screens
Posted on March 10, 2022As students, we are all familiar with the late-night cramming, drinking gallons of coffee to help stay awake until that essay is written, and wondering why we didn’t prepare an outline to help navigate our points. We procrastinate when it comes to reading textbook chapters, furiously trying to take notes in the hopes that we […]
Body mods and employment: Has the stigma changed?
Posted on January 28, 2022I grew up in a world in which tattoos, multiple piercings, and “unusual” haircuts and colors were for bikers, delinquents, “those kind of girls” (and I remember wondering what those kinds of girls were), or kids just trying to thumb their nose at adults and the rest of the world. Kids, or rather teenagers, […]
Student Fee Committee Unit Survey
Posted on December 24, 2021Representatives share their thoughts on the SFC Eastern Oregon University students have several ways of keeping up with the various funded clubs and units on campus, from social media to press releases and even newsletters. For more behind the scenes information, especially on funding and support, the Student Fee Committee maintains an online archive of […]
Student Fee Committee Unit Survey
Posted on October 27, 2021Representatives Share their Thoughts on the SFC Eastern Oregon University students have several ways of keeping up with the various funded clubs and units on campus, from social media to press releases and even newsletters. For more behind the scenes information, especially on funding and support, the Student Fee Committee maintains an online archive of […]
Student Voices Don’t Matter
Posted on June 10, 2021Dear EOU Community, We, the members of the 2020-2021 ASEOU Executive Board and Senate, are disappointed and have agrowing lack of trust toward the decision makers at Eastern Oregon University. We are told our voicesmatter but are consistently ignored on decisions that directly affect the student body. Oftentimes, when anissue is raised by the students, […]
Dead Waves and Deaf Ears
Posted on May 26, 2021The Community’s Response to KEOL The 2020-2021 fiscal year has been rife with changes and challenges that have rocked day-to-day life at EOU. In particular, student activities and clubs have been hit hard. Lower enrollment rates and an ever-shrinking reserve of funds forced the hands of both the Student Fee Committee (SFC) and many unit […]
How COVID-19 affects me
Posted on April 15, 2020It’s around late January when I heard about several cases where people were getting sick with symptoms that were similar to the flu, which led me to believe that this whole outbreak was a bad case of influenza. However, it wasn’t long until I heard the details of how the Coronavirus was affecting people around […]
