About The Campus Lantern
Established in 1945, The Campus Lantern is the student run newspaper for Eastern Connecticut State University. We've been releasing issues for years, both in print and online. Unlike other campuses, ECSU's newspaper is entirely student run. All the articles are written by our lovely staff or any contributing students.
The Campus Lantern has four sections: News, Opinion, Arts & Entertainment, and Sports. We also have an Expressions section for creative writing, poetry, art, photography, and anything else that doesn't quite fit in our other sections.
Our staff meetings are every Monday at 2:45, and we have biweekly general meetings at the same time for anyone looking to get involved. Anyone can join us, with no writing experience required - we want to get students involved in journalism, and the first step is to tackle the events happening in today's world. This is covered in both our General Body meetings and writing workshops.
If you want to find us, go to the Student Government Association Suite, on the bottom floor of the Student Center. In our office, we discuss articles, have food, and talk about ideas for the club such as apparel or events.
If you would like to have your piece published in the paper or online here (on Friday's), please submit the form below. Make sure to attach your file as a Word Document or PDF! Submissions (excluding Expressions, which can be up to 1,000) should be between 350 and 750 words, with no specific formatting requirements. The editors will take care of the rest!
Email us at lantern@my.easternct.edu with any questions or stop by our office!
Disclaimer: The Campus Lantern does not own any of the images on the site and the credits go to the image's owner.
Our Staff
Editorial Board 25-26
Editor-in-Chief
Megan Hayes
Megan is a Senior at ECSU and is double majoring in both Communications and Psychology. In the future, she wants to work as a therapist with her own practice while working in news on the side. Outside of the Lantern, she is a member of the Lambda Pi Eta and Tri-Alpha Honors societies, and she has pet snails and isopods. She also loves to read!
Co-Managing Editor
Jenna Lawrence
Jenna is a Senior English major and a History minor. In the future she’d like to work as an technical writer. Besides the Campus Lantern, she loves to listen to music and read. A fun fact about Jenna is that her favorite foods are birria tacos and chicken cutlets and she loves Dunkin Donuts!
News Editor
Mathew Biadun
Mathew is a Junior at Eastern majoring in history and secondary education with a minor in political science. Outside of writing for the Lantern, he loves to read, play video games, and hike. In the future, he aspires to be a history teacher. He also studied abroad in Thailand through ECSU!
Opinion Editor
Julianna Concepcion
Julianna is a Senior this year majoring in English! In the future, she wants to be a professor that teaches English. Her favorite things to do outside the Lantern are to read and play video games, and a fun fact is that she is double jointed in her upper body!
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Mikayla Leskey
Mikayla is a Junior at ECSU majoring in English. In the future, she aspires to be a author or a writer! In her free time, she loves to spend time reading, writing and hanging out with her friends. A fun fact about her is that she once tried pickles on ice cream with cherries.
Sports Editor
Kaitlyn Nielsen
Kaitlyn is a senior majoring in communications and minoring in political science! In the future, she would love to work in marketing or advertisement. Her favorite thing to do outside of the Lantern is arts and crafts. A fun fact about her is that she has 3 cats!