On the Sideline: Football
Archive 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.…
2008
The road to the election: Discussing our politics
In the current campaign climate, we easily forget that voting makes little contribution to our public fabric, a fabric torn by distrust and antipathy that often characterize expansive and heterogeneous…
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…
Writers strike and America cries
The ongoing writers’ strike reveals more than just the stars’ inability to do all the work themselves; it also brings to light America’s sad dependence on entertainment. With very little…
Greatest Snow on Earth falls in McInnis
A Winter Sort of Thing: The Greatest Snow on Earth took place on Jan. 24-27. A circus invaded the McInnis lobby, and snow fell in the auditorium. Music, laughter and…
Oppose gets mixed review
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…
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…