February 2008

It is the week after Valentine’s Day and you just blew your wad on the biggest box of chocolate known to man. How do you keep the love rolling after V-Day? Perhaps an ice skate around the Blue Cross River Rink at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia will do. For the fourteenth year, visitors can enjoy […]

“The Sadie Hawkins Dance, in my khaki pants, there’s nothing better oh, oh, oh, the girls ask the guys, it’s always a surprise, there’s nothing better, baby do you like my sweater?” The hottest event at Eastern this February is straight out of a Relient K song. The Student Government Association’s freshman class, partnering with

Photography is an interesting artistic medium for the main reason that it is easily accessible to nearly anyone. The world has certainly seen an increase in affordable yet high quality digital and film cameras. The features and settings that used to be accessible only to the professionals have been placed into the hands of soccer

To think Christianly about voting, especially in a presidential election year, is a difficult undertaking. Politics has become highly polemical and polarizing in our country. Just listen to talk radio. Read newspaper editorials. Watch cable television. We can easily collapse into party politics, assuming that one party is more (or less) Christian than the other.

No, curling is not what they do at Arby’s to get your curly fries the way you like them, or what’s done to a woman’s hair to get those luscious locks cascading in a glorious whirlpool. Curling is actually a Winter Olympic sport. During the Winter Olympics, you just may have asked yourself while flicking

The New York Giants keep the New England Patriots from earning a perfect season, winning Super Bowl XLII, 17-14.

The primaries for the presidential nominations for both parties require a certain amount of strategy on the part of the delegates. A delegate is a person that the party selects to represent the voters; these delegates attend the national convention where they present the results of the primary from their state. Presidential candidates must focus

Who would ever think that Comedy Central would be a source of news for the younger generation? With all the showings of Super Troopers and the comedic roasts of celebrities, where would the network ever relevantly fit information about the political atmosphere of America? The funny thing is that it has, and not only that,

On February 2, Eastern alumnus and American Idol contestant, Rod Snyder, put on a concert in the Gough Great Room. Snyder was a contestant on American Idol in 2004, the year that Carrie Underwood won. He made it to the semi-final round. “It sounded a bit unpolished, but I liked it,” sophomore Steven Chaffee said.

This year Eastern is saying goodbye to four of its fine arts majors: seniors April Cuthbertson, Michael Skinner, Stephanie Connell and Amanda Crowell. Since arriving as first-years, these students have had a few obstacles to overcome to achieve their final goals in graduating. Describing the level of difficulty of an art class, Crowell said, “Being