What Would Jesus Demolish?
Archive Most of us have seen the clearing of trees that marks the ground breaking of the new dorm on campus. For some, I suspect it is a bit jolting to…
2006
Watch this election: Pro-life from two perspectives
Where in the United States can you find a U.S. Senate race which pits an incumbent, pro-life, Catholic Republican senator against a pro-life, Catholic Democrat challenger? Right here in Pennsylvania!…
Notes from afar: Belize
From the veranda at Nabitunich, the farm where my program is taking place this semester, I can look out over the unfolding palms and find ancient Mayan ruins emerging from…
Inquiring Minds: Where’s our Elie Wiesel?
Why isn’t Elie Wiesel coming to Eastern? What is it about Cabrini, a college similar in size to Eastern, which allowed them to get a renowned Nobel Prize winner to…
Fair Trade gains ground in Jammin’ Java, Eagle’s Nest
Fair Trade coffees and teas have no competition at the Eagle’s Nest and Jammin’ Java this year. Earlier this summer, Sodexho leadership decided to sell only Fair Trade coffees and…
Head of Ireland’s Sinn Fein party comes to Philly campus
On September 23, SPEAK held a meeting of epic proportions. It was a meeting to end all meetings. It was a meeting about peace. According to David King, executive dean…
Post-9/11 policies, politics and religion explored in recent forum
On September 13, about 25 students and faculty gathered in Barid Library to discuss the five-year anniversary of 9/11 from an analytical perspective. There were three speakers: Dr. Steven Boyer…
Eastern sophomores create nationwide web-based textbook business
Sitting in a Gough dorm room last year, two Eastern students expressed their disgust for the high cost of college textbooks. They jokingly brought up the idea of starting a…
CBS-3 films program segment at Eastern
CBS-3 filmed a segment of Healthwatch on September 18 in interim Dean of Arts and Sciences Betsy Morgan’s office on second floor McInnis. The segment is an advertisement for the…
Dr. Rob MacGregor speaks at Windows about AIDS; Africa
A ministry to people with AIDS recently reached Eastern. Dr. Rob MacGregor, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, spoke about his experience with HIV/AIDS…