May 2005

The golf team may not be well known on Eastern’s campus, but they have been making big waves in the PAC. But the man in charge of this progress is making this year his last season. Eastern alumnus Derek Ritchie, who has been the team’s head coach for the past three years, will be leaving. […]

Two of Eastern’s most generous supporters will be speaking at commencement. Terri Klaassen will speak at the graduate commencement on May 14. Her husband Paul Klaassen will speak at the undergraduate commencement that same day. The Klaassens are the founders of Sunrise Senior Living, a network of retirement communities. They have donated generously to Eastern

The newest social work class at Eastern is designed to bring students halfway around the world. “They can immerse themselves in another culture and challenge their western thinking and their western theories,” said Monica Smith, social work faculty member and developer of the course. An August 7-18 trip to the Zowe people of Malawi, Africa

As the campus community says goodbye to the class of 2005, it will also bid farewell to two full-time professors. Eastern veteran Dr. Marv Meyer is retiring this year along with communication professor Dr. Emily Langan. For 30 years Meyer has taught courses in the biology department, namely mircrobiology and TCP earthkeeping. In addition to

With the advent of spring, love has been on the forefront of many students’ minds. However, according to Dr. Wood Bouldin, the white-bearded teacher of the love capstone, love is not everything it is cracked up to be. Bouldin, who described himself as a “historian of intellectual ideas,” has a distinct message for students. “Romanticism”

Campus life is dead. At least that is what Nietzsche would say if he were a resident student at Eastern. And he would be right. Walk around just about any dorm hall on a Friday or Saturday night, and you’ll find next to nothing. This might be heaven for a hermit, but for the average

Regarding the sentiments of Peter M. Cooper of the U.S. Army, I must agree with him in regards to the flag having a symbolic representation and that it is more than just a piece of cloth. But I must differ with his holier-than-thou attitude because he is in the armed services and went to Iraq.

Each Thursday night over the past five weeks, Eastern gamers were given the chance to compete at various video games in the Breezeway. Each week featured a different game and a new chance to win a $50 Best Buy gift certificate and a custom-made trophy. Breezeway employees Steve Jacke and John Sours were the competition’s

Graduation is associated with any number of emotions: anticipation, joy, excitement, relief, anxiety, terror and at times, overwhelming heartache. It’s the last of these emotions that I have to question. After all, the hard cold purpose of going to college is to get a better job than you had in high school. But somewhere along

The students of the Templeton Honors College have ratified the THC Constitution, a document which provides for the mandatory participation of all new honors students in committees related to the Honors Council. The constitution received insufficient support in its original form and was revised by current council members. The requirement that each student serve four