April 2005

From left are astronomy professor David Bradstreet, one of the Bradstreet Observatory’s twin telescopes, observatory coordinator Steve Sanders and research assistant Jonathan Horgis. The research they have done on the binary star system V842 Herculis was recently featured on the national radio program Stardate. The system is a contact binary, which means it is two […]

While it may be true that the Lady Eagles lost the game, head coach Carolyn Urban is not discouraged about her team’s future. On Wednesday, April 6, Eastern’s women’s lacrosse team played Rowan University and lost 21-6. “I know we have the ability…we just didn’t play well against Rowan,” Urban said after the game. Rowan

The men’s volleyball team may only have club status, but they still have competitions and feel the frustrations of not enough practice. Since volleyball is not currently an established varsity team, the team faces challenges getting practice time in the gym. “We don’t get anything,” said first-year Jon Falcone, one of the members frustrated with

The additions of the cross country and men’s lacrosse teams to Eastern’s PAC competition next year are the buzz of the athletic department. Until now, cross country has been running on its own. The team is excited to be gaining a coach and joining the PAC. The men’s lacrosse team has been participating in the

While the spring semester is drawing to a close, some of Eastern’s faculty and staff are beginning a new phase in their lives: parenting. Since early February, babies have been born to Michele and Anthony Monaco, John and Jessica Sullivan, John and

Since his first year, junior Rob Granholm has toyed with the idea of creating an Eastern version of eBay. Now, over sixty users are logged onto a site called EUtrader, which Granholm built. The site grants students the freedom to buy and sell many kinds of products. The aim of the site is to give

Two Eastern students took their passion for justice a step further than most when they went to Washington, D.C. to speak for action in Darfur, Sudan. First-year Naomi Sonne and junior Dorothy Stowe visited D.C. on April 6 as part of the Genocide Intervention Fund’s 100 Days of Action Campaign kickoff and Congress RUSH. The

This school is full of crap. You teach Christian values to be used by students in their professional and personal lives, but the school does not follow their own teachings when they see it fit.. This institution purposefully leaves loopholes in the rules so that they may be manipulated by the institution to their benefit.

Having first-hand experience of the university, we students have some right to make suggestions (or, in a few cases, to whine). One of our most popular complaints is having to spend $17,600 on something that seems like an overly-demanding job or, at times, a prison sentence. An increase in overall tuition price should not incite

I recently returned from a year-long combat tour in Baghdad, Iraq. During a recent visit to Eastern University, I was appalled and infuriated by the actions of a few Eastern students at a lacrosse game, more specifically, during the playing of the National Anthem. While the rest of us stood, either in reverent silence or