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from the desk of Jim Magee, Director of Security

Elizabeth Hager Elizabeth Hager is very optimistic about her job as the new resident director of Gallup Hall. “I have a great RA staff – the best staff and the best-looking staff,” Hager said. “They made it easy on me as a newcomer.” Hager has lots of experience working with people, which will come in

While addressing an audience of about 300 in McInnis auditorium, legendary Philadelphia radio broadcaster Irv Homer suddenly collapsed. On June 24, Homer was scheduled to introduce author G. Edward Griffin for a program by The Big Talker 1210 AM when he suffered a massive heart attack. Standing at the podium, Homer appeared to be in

The ongoing debate about health care reform made headlines once again on Aug. 17 when President Barack Obama announced he was considering dropping his “public option” insurance plan for a compromising nonprofit health cooperative proposal. The government-run public option has been a heated topic between conservatives and liberals over the past months. In CNN’s coverage

“After three years of serving students and shaping leaders who will surely change communities and lives, the Eastern in the City one-year undergraduate program will be closing,” according to the letter that was distributed to the administration, faculty and staff of Eastern in February. EIC was a program under the umbrella of the School for

Guffin apartment transformed into hangout spot

Dr. Stephen Gatlin, professor of history, spent one week of the summer vacationing on the coast of Delaware and the remaining months in a state of deep concentration, tuning out any distractions from the hefty texts in front of him. German nature philosophy and the Beatles kept him occupied, reading 5 lengthy books on the

How do faculty spend their summers?

Take a nice long look – then tell us what you think is going on in this photo. Send your cutline for “Constructo Man” to thewaltonian@gmail.com by Sept. 7. The editorial staff will carefully deliberate over every entry and chose the best one. All entries must include your name and year. The winner will be

When fall athletes returned to campus for preseason 10 days ago, they were given a two-day breather before plunging into multiple-practice days. In previous years, athletes came on Sunday and began practices early Monday morning for a full week of workouts before classes. This year, teams had to wait until Wednesday before they hit the