Beyond exploding heads, reading means life or death
Archive In a culture that increasingly pursues pleasure for pleasure’s sake, I find myself in a difficult position when faced with the question, “Why do you read?” This is because my…
2005
Holistic health not easy, especially here
I entered college with a sketchy concept of what my food options might be. I didn’t expect to find gourmet cuisine, but I never expected I’d have such a hard…
Ebony is alive! Oregon Ext. continued
Notes From Afar
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…