October 2008

9/28: Mandy Platt – Volleyball Senior co-captain Mandy Platt earned MAC Freedom player of the week honors as she led the Eagles to a solid 3-0 week and an eventual national ranking. The Eagles faced two nationally-ranked teams during the week ending on Sept. 28 but calmly handled the new pressures with 3-1 victories against […]

As a senior in high school, Mike Leitzel had no idea he would be a first-team all-conference player in college – especially as a defender. The junior back has been an offensive player since he began playing soccer in local recreational leagues at the age of 5. Without any club ball experience or offers from

Best FoodSome type of food can be found at almost every Homecoming stand: the real question is which do you want? This year one could feast on cheesesteaks, meatball sandwiches, chicken pot pie or chili. However, the sweet tooth won over most voters, particularly two options new to Homecoming: Compassion International’s cinnamon sugar pretzels and

In the history of Eastern University, the maroon and white have always been represented as Eagles. However, until this time, the Eastern Eagle has been nameless, referred to only as “The Eagle.” Sensing a need for change, the Waltonian, in conjunction with the Athletic Department, held a mascot naming contest. During Homecoming, the public was

The audience sat eagerly anticipating the performance. All fidgeting and soft talking disappeared as soon as the performers came onstage. Singers, dancers, piano players and actors took the stage in turn toentertain the audience who came to Eastern’s Fine Arts Festival. Alumni, faculty and current students created a program of diverse entertainment. The evening began

McInnis Learning Center holds state-of-the-art equipment that rivals what is available to students at Ivy League schools. The Julia Fowler Planetarium, located on the third floor, is a digital planetarium with a SciDome projector. An additional set of stairs leads to the Bradstreet Observatory with two 16-inch diameter Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes and a control

You can have meaningful experiences not only by seeing different sights and places, but also by being involved in different cultures. Traveling to a different country gives you a broader worldview and mindset. Eastern offers students the opportunity to have experiences in other cultures by taking capstone classes. INST 480M is a capstone class that

As I sat in Hainer’s second floor lounge with juniors Katherine and Elizabeth Coulter, I could tell that they were close. They finished each other’s sentences, joked around and laughed a lot. I somewhat embarrassedly asked if they were twins; they replied with a unanimous “yes.” “But I’m eight minutes older,” business management major Katherine

Queen: Kaitlin Shadle Senior Kaitlin Shadle, an elementary education major with a Spanish minor, walked out onto the soccer field with the other senior nominees for Homecoming Court 2008 in a bright red sundress, reflecting the vibrancy of her spirit. Shadle did not expect to be nominated for homecoming court this year. She said she

I am voting for Obama because he will be a president who has the ability to critically think and efficiently govern a nation that has been taking an international and economic nose dive. While McCain may once have been the maverick of the Senate, it is now appallingly clear that he would rather court the