2007

Drug testing could potentially reach Eastern’s campus with a new pilot study the National Collegiate Athletic Association is implementing in Division III. According to the NCAA website, the drug testing program was created to protect the health and safety of student athletes and to ensure that no one participant might have artificially induced advantages or […]

Everybody likes a good lip-synch competition. When the participants are first-years willing to make fools of themselves for the audience’s enjoyment, the show is even better. On the evening of Aug. 31, the first-year color groups performed at the annual variety show in Eastern’s main gymnasium. Amidst entertained upperclassmen, the first-years danced, acted and lip-synched

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A tiny gem of a town tucked away from the more prosaic vistas we have become so accustomed to, Skippack Village is the place to consider if you are looking for something out of the ordinary to do on a weekend. Only about half an hour from Eastern, the main street lined with boutiques and

The beautiful Schuylkill River Trail can be found approximately 10 minutes from Eastern’s campus. From the Valley Forge National Historical Park to Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, there is an extensive amount of paved trail to cover. In the Valley Forge area, however, there is still much to see. The trail is open to bikers, hikers, roller-bladers,

For anyone looking for some exercise or a lesson in local history, the Philadelphia Ghost Tour is a great evening activity. And, with a decent amount of imagination, it can even be a creepy adventure into Old City Philadelphia in hopes of seeing a ghost, possibly even Ben Franklin himself. Our tour guide proved to

In what would appear to be more like central Pennsylvania than a suburb of Philadelphia, the Northbrook Canoe Company is nestled among windy back roads and small bridges along the Brandywine Creek in West Chester. While sitting in a canoe for two hours with blisters forming on your wet hands from gripping an oar is

I know that returning students who are reading this right now were just as heated as I was when rumors were going around about the Eastern’s new housing policy last fall. Unbeknownst to many of us when we decided to attend, all students who enter Eastern in the fall of 2006 and after are required

Eight anti-depressants and $5,000 worth of debt later, my grandmother found herself in a hospital bed. Pulling back the curtain that shielded her from the busy ER, I found her staring blankly at a wall. At this point I thought of a good MasterCard commercial: one ambulance trip – $800, three nights in the psych

Come out and represent your first-year class as part of the Student Government Association for the 2007-2008 school year. Applications are still being accepted. Election packets can be picked up at the SGA bulletin board across from the mailroom or in the SGA office located in the lounge across from the Jammin’ Java. This is