Oppose gets mixed review
Archive Some religious upbringings teach adolescents the dangers of rap music. Though rap as a genre could never be defined as evil, if it ever were, artist Oppose in his new…
February 2008
Rebuilding New Orleans
At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday Jan. 5, nine Eastern students, including myself, along with one staff member, left the Philadelphia International Airport for New Orleans, La. We were on our…
Ten ideas for your new year
1. Get in shape because you know everyone else is. 2. Read that book you’ve been talking about for the past year. I hear The Kite Runner is still on…
Beyond Borders
On Jan. 5th through the 13th a group of Eastern University students, partnering with the Beyond Borders organization, participated in a missions trip to Haiti. “We had a really amazing…
Women’s basketball player profile: Mandy Kuiken
Growing up in a family with six siblings and playing a sport every season in high school, senior Mandy Kuiken has always engaged in an active lifestyle. It is no…
Mitchell Report adds new dimension to ongoing steroid issue in pro sports
Almost every athlete can be viewed as a hero to someone. That said, what happens when those heros are caught illegally using steroids? Do they still deserve the same amount…
On the Sideline: Football
Football is the most male-dominated professional team sport. The only girls likely to be seen on that turf are either pirouetting, cart-wheeling or providing some other sort of moral support.…
Hackman named as Eastern’s first women’s soccer All-American
After a fall season that saw the women’s soccer team break numerous records and claim their first PAC championship, it is only fitting that junior Ashley Hackman add one final…
Around the World
Moscow, Russia – On Saturday, Jan. 19, General Yuri Baluyevsky, Russia’s military chief of staff, reported that Russia could use its nuclear arsenal in a preventative strike against major threats…
Core courses re-evaluated
The core courses such as INST150 and BIB101 are a part of Eastern that most students take for granted, but the core curriculum review committee has been meeting about possible…