Up up and away… to the great down under
Archive The very precise fictional character Phineas Fogg made it around the world in 80 days in the book by Jules Verne. Senior Kayon Watson recently discussed her trip around the…
2006
Planetarium reaches for the stars with upgrades
Thanks to a generous donation by former board member Conrad Fowler, Eastern University’s planetarium is receiving an upgrade. Its waning optical-mechanical projector will be replaced with a new digital projector…
Facebook both attracts and violates students
Nationwide, 85 percent of college students have Facebook accounts. According to a survey done by political science professor Kathy Lee, approximately 68 percent of Eastern students have Facebook accounts. Approximately…
Eastern remembers September 11 with prayers and candlelight
Five years ago, the university gathered on the baseball field when they heard about the attacks in New York. On the fifth anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, a…
Reflections on chaos, compassion and the character of God
Katrina one year later...
Political science faculty grows
The political science department welcomes Dr. Rosemary “Rosie” Cowan, Ph.D. Cowan hails from Lisburm, northern Ireland. She is teaching justice in a pluralistic society, American government, and political theory classes…
Eastern volleyball player journals about most recent tournament
September 15, 2006 (1:00 p.m.): The road trip to our tournament this week wouldn’t be quite as bad as the last one. Instead of flying for an entire day to…
Piracy on Eastern network taken seriously
At the word piracy, what comes to mind first? Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean? The last picture that comes to most minds is the unauthorized duplication and/or distribution…
Continental Midtown: Lights! Camera! Action!
Walking into the Continental Midtown restaurant, one might feel as if she is walking into the set of some high profile movie. Or better yet, it might feel as if…
Must-see concerts
As school continues to roll along and it seems like there is no end in sight, remember that the Philadelphia concert scene will always be there to ease students’ pain.…