https://evawhited.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Writing PortfolioenSun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://waltonian.eastern.edu/archive/the-departure-of-miss-information/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/sports/alysa-liu-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/The Olympics are and always have been a staple of athleticism across the globe. Athletes from many types of sports train for years in hopes to land a chance to compete in the fight to determine whose country will bring home the gold. Naturally, these athletes endure the most intense and excruciating trainings to prepare them for the performance of a lifetime. This can include strict diets, limited socialization and down time and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment. There is very littl...Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://waltonian.eastern.edu/sports/alysa-liu-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/numb-and-number-we-are-getting-burnt-out-on-news/How many articles about detrimental AI usage have you seen in the news lately? How many articles about murder, theft or other crimes have you seen? Now think outside of articles, and look at how many Instagram reels and TikTok videos you have watched about current events recently. The same can be said for students and teachers selecting essay and lesson topics. Content begins to blur together and become just another thought in our minds. We try to keep ourselves in the loop by consuming this...Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/numb-and-number-we-are-getting-burnt-out-on-news/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/miss-information-im-hungry/Dear Miss Information, I have a problem. I’m a freshman, and I have classes back to back for hours each day. I try to pack food when I have time to plan ahead, but I’m constantly running between classes and ending up hungry throughout the day. This makes me feel tired and run down all the time, and I perform worse in classes as a result. It gets expensive to constantly go to the vending machines or stop to buy little snacks around campus, and I can only work a little campus job right now for...Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/miss-information-im-hungry/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/you-are-an-addict/Everyone, even the cleanest, kindest person you know, struggles with an addiction. This includes you. Have you ever sat and indulged in a guilty pleasure while thinking “At least it’s not drugs”? Whether your vice is public or private, you can easily think of something distasteful that has a hold on you.  People frequently excuse their own addictions by brushing them off and saying that it could be worse. After all, it’s only a nicotine pouch and not a street drug, right? It’s only following...Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/you-are-an-addict/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/miss-information-i-cant-afford-gas/Dear Miss Information, I’m a commuter student here at Eastern, and I literally can’t afford gas anymore. I’m worried that I’ll have to pick up another part-time job just to be able to fill my tank and make it to campus. I don’t mind working, but I’m swamped with school tasks already, and I don’t know how I can spend one more waking moment being productive without dropping balls left and right. Do you have any advice for me in this situation, or are there any resources I could seek out to help...Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/miss-information-i-cant-afford-gas/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/hard-pill-to-swallow-you-actually-dont-hate-yourself/Have you ever grimaced at your reflection in a mirror, winced after making an embarrassing comment aloud or considered the idea that you have too many bad habits to be likable? By the time a person reaches an age to attend college, they have typically announced “I hate myself!” at least once in their lifetime. Well, there is good news for you. You don’t actually hate yourself. No, this is not some new kind of therapeutic gaslighting technique. It’s all much simpler than that. In a sermon by P...Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/hard-pill-to-swallow-you-actually-dont-hate-yourself/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/486051/images/5f4280be-b2b8-4655-9fa0-52dd5eed9a5d.pngWed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/486051/images/5f4280be-b2b8-4655-9fa0-52dd5eed9a5d.pnghttps://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/sustainable-christmas-gifting/With the winter holidays come extensive amounts of gifts exchanged between loved ones. The wrapping that coats something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read tend to add up, leaving homes littered with trash bags full of colorful paper as they clean up their Christmas morning festivities. According to ecocenter.org, 4.6 million pounds of Christmas wrapping paper are used each holiday season. This excludes other wrapping supplies such as boxes, tissue paper, ri...Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/sustainable-christmas-gifting/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/miss-information-6/Dear Miss Information,  This is an URGENT request! Eastern has notified me that I will be unable to attend any further classes due to my continuously failing grades. They said I’m “not meeting academic progress expectations.” I have been here for two years, and I haven’t passed a class yet, but who cares? Like, why is it any of their business if I pass my classes or not? I pay to be here! Let me live my life! Please help; I don’t want to leave! I get treated like a little kid at home, and...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/opinion/miss-information-6/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/ae/the-return-of-now-you-see-me/In 2013, the original “Now You See Me” movie released in theaters worldwide, creating a fan base from its lovable characters and unique plot. Audiences fell in love with the “Four Horsemen” of magic, J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenburg), Merritt McKinley (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco), each with their own personal skill to use on stage. Their fantastical tricks and slick sleight of hand made the movie unlike anything the world of entertainment had seen...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/ae/the-return-of-now-you-see-me/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/features/85281/For college students, their campus library is often their safe haven during times of stress and work overload. Whether it be studying for finals, working on heavy projects or finding research and resources for an exhausting paper, a campus library is the tool that keeps students academically afloat during their tiring college years. Eastern’s library, the Warner Memorial Library, has been that safe haven for students for generations. In addition to establishing a secure place for students to...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/features/85281/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/ae/friends-mcfaddens-the-gift/Almost everyone has heard of the beloved story “The Gift of the Magi.” The short story, written by O. Henry in 1905, follows Della, a poor man’s wife who desperately wants to give her husband, Jim, a special Christmas present. She is known for her long, beautiful hair, and she decides to sell it to make enough money to buy her husband a gold chain for his pocket watch.  Jim also wants to purchase his beloved wife a beautiful Christmas gift. Knowing how she treasures her hair, he pawns his pri...Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/ae/friends-mcfaddens-the-gift/https://waltonian.eastern.edu/ae/review-of-the-black-phone-2/The original “The Black Phone” (2021) follows a boy named Finney who is held captive in the empty basement of a mysterious masked man who is referred to as “the Grabber.” With no other means of escape or contact with the outside world, Finney is devastated when he finds that the lone item in the scarce basement is a phone that is disconnected and cannot be used to call for help. However, spirits of the Grabber’s past victims reach out to Finney through the disconnected phone and guide him in ove...Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://waltonian.eastern.edu/ae/review-of-the-black-phone-2/