February 2006

The new format of the spring convocation ceremony is selective, exclusionary and, in fact, elitist. Under the new system, only 60 of Eastern’s most promising juniors and seniors will be recognized for academic excellence at a special dinner and ceremony on February 17. The event will not be public. All the other hundreds of Dean’s […]

New Orleans is slowly recovering from Katrina, but the lives of six Eastern students who traveled to the city over Christmas break are permanently changed. A student’s connection with the Red Cross allowed for an informal team to travel to the city and help participate in the most extensive disaster relief effort in the nation’s

U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, in the opening phase of a tough re-election race, delivered a major address on the war in Iraq recently at the Valley Forge Military Academy and College. The bulk of his speech was a call for American unity in the conflict against Islamic fascism, in the way the U.S. united during

Long lines, long waits and cramped space used to be norm at the bookstore, especially during the first and last weeks of the semester. Not anymore. Since the bookstore moved to its new location in the Harold Howard Center, there is much more space for actual shopping. “During the rushes, they can come in here

When it hit the market last November, the Xbox 360 created a hype similar to the first man landing on the moon. This new gaming system was supposed to be the beginning of a new millennium in video games. Its slick silver and intersecting green colors together with its absence of ninety degree edges were

The recent theater production at Eastern was a testament to the power of human words. The Testimony Project was performed January 22 on a bare stage to a small, onstage audience. The performers used verbatim readings of interviews to tackle today’s most controversial religious and political debates. “We thought that if one made a theater

There are two sometimes-conflicting principles that drive Grow Groups, the weekly gatherings organized by student chaplains in each of the residence halls of Eastern University. They are meant to “create an atmosphere or sense of Christian community” on each floor, as University chaplain Joe Modica said, but they are also to be reflections of what

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” The words of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist denomination, would be

The Eastern Ladies’ Eagles Basketball team has played a tough season so far as they battle to become united as a strong force out on the court. With a record of 1-17 the girls have had a hard season, but continue to show determination and fortitude as a team. On December 10 the girls won