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Archive Notes From Afar
October 2005
Inquiring Minds: Eastern needs tradition, through pet-based dorm unity
Homecoming is a good time to think about what makes a university different and what holds true about it over time. Eastern is a young school, barely 50 years old.…
Homecoming 2005
Right: due to the rain, some of the Fall Festival booths were moved into the Gough Great Room. In this photo, people visit the booths and take shelter from the…
Video games are good for you, say studies and Reagan
“Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock and roll.” -Shigeru Miyamoto, inventor of Mario and Zelda. Far from being bad, video games are good for…
Poker
In your article on poker you said that commuters and women were underrepresented. I disagree. Commutters, for one, are not effected by any rules laid down for residence on campus.…
I’m no expert, but: The Rolling Stones revive rock ‘n’ roll, their image with most recent album, A Bigger Bang
For those of us who thought that rock ‘n’ roll died, we can rest easy that it has returned in the form of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A Bigger…
Poker rules vary by residence hall
While the Residence Life staff considers implementing an official policy regarding recent poker-related problems on campus, the RDs of each residence have instituted differing informal rules for their own buildings.…
Some Easterners switch to biking to save gas money
Three-dollar mochas, fifty-dollar parking permits and soaring gas prices may be leaving the Eastern community in a bit of a financial hangover. But there is great news. Several Easterners are…
Survey reveals that nearly half of all student respondents have been sexually active
Last spring, Dr. Wendy Steinberg, associate professor of Psychology, conducted a Sexual Behavior survey among Eastern students because she suspected that the nationwide statistics for the sexual behavior of college…
Student missions fellowship begins fellowship ministry to Philadelphia Muslim community
Even though Islam has rarely been out of the public’s view since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, one campus group is taking a unique approach to understanding and…