2006

Living at college is not always the easiest thing financially, and most students would not mind a little extra money in their pockets. The university provides the opportunity to receive federal work study through the government or Eastern Campus Employment through departmental budgets. Through both of these options, students can get paid for working in […]

The Black Dahlia was advertised as the presentation of a grisly, unsolved Hollywood murder. Do not go to the theater expecting to get that. The murder is there, but it is almost overshadowed by several other strong threads of plot. The whole conglomeration is decked out with an absurd amount of corruption and violence. From

Two new departments recently formed under the umbrella of the year-old performing arts division. One department consists of dance and theatre and the other of fine arts and music. The move, according to interim dean of arts and sciences Betsy Morgan, fills an organizational hole in Eastern’s academic structure. “These things are disciplines in their

As the leaves begin to change from green to orange and the weather changes from hot to cool, the department at Eastern that cleans up fallen leaves is also metamorphosing. On August 11, Carl Altomare was hired as executive director of campus services. Donna Macintosh, head of campus services, took responsibility for overseeing plant operations

How high can they jump? This year, Eastern University has opened the doors to a new campus in the city of Philadelphia called Eastern in the City. The program allows students to attend classes for two years with the option of transferring to Eastern’s main campus their junior year. These students have access to many

Every fall, colleges across America experience the pageantry and excitement of college football. When some think about classes beginning, others are thinking about the start of football season. For years, Eastern has not shared in this fine collegiate tradition, until now. Sophomore and Pennswood RA, Brittany O’Neal, has been laying the foundation for a well

Top: first-year midfielder Taylor VanBrackle has helped the men’s soccer team to their 2-2 start. VanBrackle has played solidly at both ends of the field. He has scored a goal in each of three of the team’s four games so far this season. In high school, VanBrackle was his school’s all-time leading scorer, a two-time

Ocean City, NJ: The sublime weather seemed like a miracle on Labor Day. It was as though God himself parted the clouds and allowed the sun to finally shine through after nothing but rain for days. This relief from the rain was welcomed by the Eastern community and greatly appreciated by all those who went

Not everyone fits neatly into the canon of art history. How exactly does Jimmy Lee Sudduth, for example, a self-taught folk artist who drew in the dirt as a child in Fayette, Alabama, fit into a world of Wyeth and Rembrandt? Where does one put Mose Tolliver, a man crippled in a furniture factory accident

I feel like many Christians see Hollywood as a toxic waste dump that should be walled-off with bio-hazard signs. Actually, maybe it is–the smog does appear particularly thick today as I look outside my eleventh floor apartment window in Los Angeles. These Christians think that other believers should avoid contact with Hollywood at all costs.