October 2007

On Friday Sept. 28, the Eastern community lost a friend and brother. Benjamin Timothy Carr, a 2006 graduate of Eastern University, died at age 23. While visiting Lake Raystown Campground in Huntingdon, Pa. to celebrate the Feast of the Tabernacle, he went for a swim. Friends and family reported that Carr lost the ability to […]

SPEAK, an organization on campus that calls for justice, is redefining the term sweatshop. An item of clothing made in another country is not necessarily made in a sweatshop. “I was using the term ‘sweatshop’ without a clear definition in mind, because there is no clear-cut, agreed upon definition,” Jeremiah Barker said. Barker is a

In recognition of the fact that St. Davids is now 100 precent wind-powered, Eastern University has been selected to recieve the 2007 Green Power: Turn It On! award from PennFuture. According to a letter from John Hanger, president and CEO of PennFuture, this is the eighth year for their awards. The organization exists to promote

As the semester came to a close last spring, one group of Eastern students spent the last two weeks of May in Cochabamba, Bolivia. They helped build homes, worked for a school and supported girls in a clinic for the sexually abused. The school and clinic were started by 2007 alumna, Brisa DeAngulo. Sexual abuse

Dr. Cora Sparrowk has dedicated over 20 years to Eastern University and to honor that dedication on Oct. 19, one of our newer residence halls, North Campus Hall, will be named after her. As with every dedication, the recipient is one of high character and one which the Eastern community can emulate. Sparrowk has been

London, England A statue of a fallen Prince Harry is set to go on display at the Bridge Art Fair. The statue, which depicts the prince as a fallen war hero, is a memorial dedicated to those who are willing, but are unable to serve in the Iraq war. Prince Harry, a Lieutenant in the

Two little yellow cables, glass and wire, covered in plastic, thinner than my pinky finger. These provide the entire Internet connection to Eastern’s St. David’s campus. At the beginning of this semester, the campus almost tripled its Internet speed. What was previously a 15 mgB/s connection grew to 40 mgB/s, the connection speed of approximately

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m Johnny Cash.” Dr. Chris Hall, provost and theology professor, appeared to have an identity crisis as he pranced around in black and drawled the lyrics to “Folsom Prison Blues.” If you were not in McInnis auditorium the night of Oct. 6, you may not be aware of the full extent of

A quiet, foggy Friday night in October isn’t normally spent in a gymnasium listening to indie-pop music. And yet, on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m., as many as 30 people were sitting in the main gym musing over the musical quality of Daniel Ellsworth, the opening act, and Horse In The Sea, the main act

Prison boasts electrifying new feature