April 2005

Wanting to give students from Gough and from all over campus a unique experience, Gough’s hall council decided to perform a show described by sophomore Eddie Hall as an “interactive-dinner-murder-mystery-comedy.” “I don’t know if Eastern has done anything like this before,” sophomore Richard Figueroa said. Hall wrote, directed and starred in the farcical murder-mystery entitled […]

Those who attended the Doane talent show saw skits, heard musical pieces, tasted cookies, crackers, chips, and soda, felt the cool evening air and smelled the stench of the pond. The Doane talent show, which took place outside of Doane Hall on a lighted, makeshift stage at 8 p.m. on April 13, gave Doane residents

There is a cloud of doubt over the world of professional sports. Several recent allegations concerning steroid and performance-enhancing drug use among athletes, specifically in Major League Baseball, have brought to question the ethical backbone of professional sports. Though steroid use in sports is not a new problem, there has been recent buzz surrounding the

At the end of March, the financial aid and student accounts offices became fully staffed, ending a staff shortage that had existed for the past four years. The staff shortage was most severe over the past summer, when the financial aid department was short three people and the student accounts department was short one, according

Two pairs of experienced Student Government Association members have announced their candidacies for the positions of president and vice president. Junior Adam Brittin is campaigning for the presidency in tandem with junior Alison Maier, while sophomore Erin Barefoot is running with junior Susannah Cobb. “Our biggest thing is that SGA should be made more available

Whether they see it as a distant event or an approaching reality, students have many questions about marriage. The campus mentoring group ENDURE helped students get some of those questions answered by an actual couple involved in a successful marriage in an April 18 seminar. The seminar was led by Henry and his wife Theresa

Eastern students know that when a bill needs to be paid or a paycheck cashed or a loan applied for, they must head to Mall Cottage, the tiny building situated neatly between McInnis and Walton. Once in the door, however, students are faced with a tough decision: choosing which counter to direct their question, financial

Everybody knows people who didn’t have their green cards in time to move onto campus, or waited weeks later than they expected to receive their loan refund checks. This can lead to headaches and late class registration, as well as angry phone calls home. However, the situation has been gradually getting better than it used

The final touches are being placed on the dance department’s upcoming 15th anniversary concert. Dr. Karen Clemente, head of the dance department, said that the concert, which will be held April 29 and 30, will consist of a mixture of dance works, mainly modern and jazz. “Most are connected to dancing our stories, dancing our

One thing that no one will have to worry about catching Vanessa Pagenkopf doing is nothing. “I’m always busy. Always,” Pagenkopf said. That is probably because, as financial aid counselor and student employment counselor, Pagenkopf does the work of at least two people. Before coming to work at Eastern three and a half years ago,