November 2007

Imagine you’re at the Palmer Seminary music library, seated in front of an old safe crammed with legal documents, slowly sorting through each yellowed page. As you look through the next bundle of aged papers, you catch your breath, unable to believe what you’ve just discovered. You’re holding the lost manuscript of Mozart’s Fantasy in […]

Although some doubt the existence of the “albino deer,” many past and current students have reported sightings of it. It is usually spotted behind the upper McInnis parking lot, on the path between Sparrowk Hall and Gallup. Reports seem to indicate that there are actually two deer being assigned this identity. One deer that some

Imagine you are watching a movie and you begin to see images of a place you recognize; familiar buildings and landscapes flash across the screen, and you are astonished as you realize you’ve been in the building where this movie was filmed. This is what happened to an Eastern alumnus who saw the film Oh!

At the last Board of Trustees meeting this past October, Dean of Templeton Honors College and Provost Dr. Chris Hall announced his resignation as dean of THC effective sometime in the future. Hall, who was appointed as dean of THC two years ago, will use the rest of the school year as a transition period

What kind of music do you like? Where do you find out about new music? Would you be interested in finding out about local concerts throughout the Philadelphia area? Do you like to just hang out and have a good time? The Underground Music Collective is a group that meets on Tuesday nights in the

The reality of injustice occurs even at Eastern

A very sincere thank you to Eastern professors, staff, students and alumni for joining us in mourning the loss of our son and big brother, Ben Carr. Thank you for your presence at the services. Thank you for the cards, gifts, written memories and prayers. From Tim and Karen Carr, and Daniel, Laura, Peter, Josiah,

On Nov. 1, Eastern implemented a new shuttle service offering safe rides from the St. Davids campus to nearby locations. Students can call Security for a ride to and from the Valley Forge Military Academy parking lot, the R100 trolley in Radnor and the SEPTA R5 in St. Davids between the hours of 5:30 p.m.

April 20, 1999, 11:00 a.m. Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado. Two students enter the school and open fire. Twelve students and one teacher are dead before the shooters take their own lives. On Oct. 26, 2007, nearly eight and a half years later, CBS-3 reported a 14-year-old boy confessed to planning a Columbine-style attack on

In 1977 Eastern’s men’s soccer team made the national championship. So did the college’s kazoo band. Void of a marching band and desiring to create some fun at the halftime of soccer games, a group of guys got together and began what became known as the kazoo band. “A couple of us in the crowd