March 2006

Since its start 35 years ago, Eastern’s social work department has been kicking students out of the classroom. Most would agree that this is the key to its success, including the department chair, Dr. Edward Kuhlmann. The field experience part of social work is crucial to the major, Kuhlmann explained. “It’s a more realistic experience […]

As a part of their core curriculum, Eastern requires students to participate in some type of volunteer work, or service learning. There are many different organizations that the university affiliates itself with, but one in particular seems to get overlooked. MANNA is a food distribution service, stationed in Philadelphia, that delivers meals to people living

In a small room by the nursery, four-year-old Regal Noye is talking with volunteer Karen Hertzog about building a lower-case “a” out of crayons. It was Regal’s idea and now Hertzog caught on. “Six months ago, he could not say all that,” Regal’s mother, Resident Director Theresa Noye pointed out. “That’s a miracle.” Half a

Pennswood Hall, Eastern’s only residence hall not on the St. David’s campus, is a unique mixture of living off-campus and living in a dorm. Located on Harcum College’s campus, 4.3 miles from Eastern in Bryn Mawr, Pennswood is home to fifty-eight Eastern students, including the twelve women in the international nursing program. Professor Kevin Maness

Students may soon be “rofl” in the library, thanks to the new Virtual Bibliographic Instruction initiative led by Mark Puterbaugh, Warner Library’s Information Services Librarian. VBI is a virtual world rendered in full 3D which allows users to access internet library resources and chat with each other as they explore. “We want to get away

According to the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) the UK title of Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story is simply A Cock and Bull Story. Whether the American title differs because of licensing reasons, or because the distributor feared an American audience would be too dim to grasp the literary reference, the UK title seems

Guitars were tuned, microphones plugged in and drums set. This was the scene as the Christian punk rock band Superchick performed in the gym on March 18. The concert was part of Superchick’s “This is Your Anthem” tour, promoting their new album, Beauty from Pain. Seventh Day Slumber and Eleventy Seven joined Superchick on the

“This is college. No fun!” This proclamation from Dan Ulrich, half of comedic performing rap group Drive-Thru, was proved wrong as the voices of EU Idol’s finalists took the stage on February 16. The night was filled with strong performances, laughter and audience interaction as the seven finalists vied for the position of Eastern University

An intimate crowd gathered in the auditorium to watch and hear English professors Nancy Thomas and Chris Bittenbender read poetry for Windows on the World on March 24. The two professors titled their program “Singing the Sadness,” stressing poetry’s ability to bring healing in times of pain and featuring poems that did just that. The

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