March on Climate Change
March 14, 2019
This Friday, March 15, the student organized Indiana Climate Strike is taking place at the Indiana Statehouse. The march will take place from 12-2 p.m. and banners and signs are encouraged. For many across the state, frustration exists in the government response to climate change. For those passion...
DNA Day
March 13, 2019
On Feb. 28, walking into room C221 all that can be seen are streamers, food, and DNA. The class itself has been transformed. It is decorated and ready to party. On that day in history, the structure of DNA was discovered. In celebration, Mr. Chastain’s Genetics class throws a party. Students from...
Weekly Update
February 20, 2019
Trump and Beto O’Rourke Face Off in El Paso President Trump travelled to Texas this week to rally over the border as Congress met to pass funding in order to avoid a repeat of the shutdown earlier this year. However, he wasn’t alone- Not even outside of sight range, former El Paso House representat...
Filmmaker Visits East
February 19, 2019
Sharing a personal problem that happened throughout a childhood sounds terrifying. Pushing past this fear, writer, director and videographer Spenser Fritz produced a movie all about his childhood issue. Fritz had a speech impediment that made it nearly impossible for him to pronounce the letter ‘r’...
New Restaurants in Columbus
Anna Combs
February 7, 2019
In the past year, Columbus has expanded its restaurant options to the satisfaction of westsiders and those traveling Interstate 65. These two well-known restaurants are Panda Express and McAlister's. McAlister's has over 400 locations in the U.S., and Panda Express has over 2,000. There are five...
Weekly Update
February 1, 2019
Longest Government Shutdown in History Ends After a long and arduous five weeks, the longest government shutdown in the United States is over. As reportedly requested by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, President Trump finally signed a bill to fund the government without any allocated funds for h...
Finding a Future
January 28, 2019
Last week, East was open to students in middle school and high school to explore the C4 fair. This is an annual event that allows the all C4 programs to appeal to new students and advocate for their classes. The booths are available to visit all day and range from health sciences to photogr...
Weekly Update
January 23, 2019
Steve King condemned for pro-racist comments Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) faced harsh backlash from House GOP and Democratic members following a quote submitted to the Washington Post that questioned why white supremacist language was considered wrong. Though King is often accused of racism,...
Russian Spy Pleading Guilty
January 16, 2019
2018 was a long year for the American intelligence community. From investigations into finances, communications, and meetings to hacking attacks and disinformation campaigns, the FBI and CIA have been ankle-deep in conspiracies and controversies often enough that what would have been considered a co...
Isaac Harper, A&E Editor
May 11, 2018
Korean War Ends Both leaders of the Korea’s meet and declare the end of the war to make peace talks. President Trump claims that it was all due to American relations. American Soldiers in Africa It is revealed that US soldiers in Africa after four are announced dead. Soldiers are placed there ...
