Eastern loses a loved alumnus and friend
Archive 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…
October 2007
Redefining the term sweatshop
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…
Eastern receives award for wind energy initiative
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.…
Mission team reaches into new culture
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…
Introducing Sparrowk Hall
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…
Around the World
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…
Working on the Network
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…
Our talented faculty put on a show
“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…
Indie-pop group swings by Eastern
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…
Eastern State Penitentiary
Prison boasts electrifying new feature