November 2004

Taking pictures, organizing yearbook sections and publishing is a lot to expect from a small staff of volunteers. But next semester there will be more incentive to get that job done. There is a plan to make working on Eastern’s yearbook, The Log, available as a class where credit is earned, similar to a field […]

This year’s World Series resulted in victory for the Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Cardinals. In the events leading up to this final victory, both aficionados and newfound supporters of both the Sox and the Yankees became remarkably concentrated on the baseball season. Suddenly, the topic of small-talk conversations was not the weather

Despite facing some challenges this year, Eastern’s women’s volleyball team is ready to take its eighth consecutive conference championship and maybe even make it back to the Sweet Sixteen. “The best aspect of the team is their desire to win,” said coach Mark Birtwistle. “They have a unique ability to get the job done.” Team

Come sophomore year, some students have not even decided on a major. One Eastern student not only had psychology picked as a major, but had also started work on his senior thesis. Senior Michael Walk’s research project is a study on time use patterns of college students and how well they manage time. “The better

Members of the Eastern community, residents of North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Antarctica were all greeted with a total eclipse of the moon. The eclipse began at 9:14 p.m. on October 27 and lasted until approximately 11:55 p.m. The first hour of the eclipse was videotaped by the Bradstreet Observatory. Then the clouds

Lights hit the black stage as actors waited for the director’s “go” to rehearse a procession scene from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. With less than a month before opening night, director Mark Hallen pushed for actors to get off-book. Proudly wearing his Boston Red Sox cap, Hallen moved the actors around the stage like chess

The popular Harry Potter books, the many witchcraft-related television shows and recent Halloween trick-or-treating tempt many people to regard witchcraft as fun, fanciful or just plain harmless. Tim Baker, in his surprising book Dewitched: What You Need to Know About the Dangers of Wicca and Witchcraft, serves well to counteract these ideas by informing young

My mother was here to visit me a few weeks ago, and we couldn’t help but hear the conversation that two students were having with each other as we made our way up to Walton patio. They were talking loudly about the last Eagles game, and their exchange was full of curse words. Normally, I

For those of you who may not know, there is a dangerous crime wave sweeping Eastern’s campus, and it does not involve paintball. The perpetrators of this horrible crime are crafty, violent, and they live among us. At this point you may be asking, “Why have I not learned of this crime wave from Eastern’s

Students who enjoy expressing themselves through writing or artwork might know what it is like to yearn for the publication of their work. Through Inklings, Eastern’s literary magazine, students can have their voice heard and their talents displayed. According to senior Kate Carter, editor of Inklings, the name came from a group that included C.S.