Students, admins discuss poker and gambling at forum
Archive On November 15, the SGA held a poker forum in the Dining Commons to discuss gambling and poker issues on campus. In attendance were Heidi Birtwistle, Shannon Hartsock, Gershwin Sandberg,…
December 2005
Violence, Christ and the view from outer space
Imagine you are an alien. You have been sent to Earth to survey the human race and to report on all its dealings. Now imagine trying to explain human war.…
Inquiring Minds: Optional Fair Trade coffee insults the idea of justice
It took long enough, but Eastern finally has the Fair Trade option. There’s only one catch: students have to want it. Under SPEAK’s current agreement with Sodexho, unless students are…
Jarhead explores a bored Marine’s view of war
“Are we ever going to kill anyone?” a jaded Marine asks after waiting for an eternity in the desert for the Persian Gulf War to begin. A war movie without…
SAB sponsored karaoke night filled with big laughs and bad singing (and some good singing, as well)
During the November 12 event in the Gough Great Room, the SAB men devoted ‘N SYNC’s “God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You” to the SAB women,…
Commercialization, lack of purpose keep modern satire from being helpful
In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the U.S. invades Canada in order to free American children from the smutty influence of the Canadian media industry. Why? Welcome to the…
Mandatory on-campus living coming for new students, due to new dorm, lots of commuters
Starting in the fall of 2006, incoming students will again be expected to spend their entire college careers living on campus. For current students, the policy regarding off-campus living will…
Homeless supported during HAHA week
Members of Youth Against Complacency and Homelessness Today prepare to hand out clothes and coffee to the Philadelphian homeless on the night of November 18. During the week of November…
Take off, you hosers! A Canadian speaks his mind
“I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada,” Henry David Thoreau said. “What I got by going to Canada was a cold.” But like so many…
Hip-hop, Halo and why we went to war: The readers respond
Dear Editor, In the last issue of the Waltonian, Josh Andersen reflected on reaching 2,000 deaths of American soldiers in Iraq. He closed his article with the words, “I still…