Eastern junoir, communication studies major Cronauer loves to snowboard like White…just for fun. WALTONIAN: What sport are you most looking forward to watching and why? Alyssa: Snowboarding for sure, both because I snowboard and because those events are high-paced and high-risk! WALT: Shaun white won’t be competing in slope- style this season. Health move, […]
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Will these Olympic medalists bring home the gold for team US? Meryl Davis and Charlie White: Figure Skating Davis and White have been skating together since 1997, making the pair the longest-running ice dance team from the US. In 2010, the pair took home an Olympic silver medal and were World Champions in 2011
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Like other Olympic games, security threats are always high, and in this post-9/11 world, the United States becomes increasingly concerned about terrorist activity, especially in the volatile location of Sochi, Russia. As the 2014 Winter Olympic festivities kicked off in Sochi, the U.S. aired their specific concerns with terrorist group activities in the neighboring location
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia will feature some new events and quite a few gold medal hope- fuls. Ski Slopestyle: This longtime X Games staple is making its Olympic debut in Sochi. Skiers must navigate, flipping and leaping, over an adrenaline- packed course of waist-high barriers and precarious ramps. It should have
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The unique fusion of soothing melodic guitars and driving rock rhythms that is Young the Giant brings their style to the city of brotherly love. The band will be headlining a show at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA on Wednesday February 26. Over the past few years, the band has played local shows
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In Hebrew, “qês” means fruit. It also means end. As Amos spoke with the thunder of God’s anger He stood before God and defended the people of Israel. The people had no worries of locusts swarming and devouring everything alive, Or the fire that would burn their throats more than the desert heat ever would.
A few months ago I was looking through old family photos and letters that I had found in my cousin’s barn. These torn and yellowed pieces of history were last looked at 60 years ago when they had been put into storage. The letters were something that caught my eye. My Aunt
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For many students, the proximity of one’s family is a large factor in the decision of where one should attend college. Many students want a college experience that is separate from the influence of their families, so they choose to go to school farther away. Other students, who want to be near their family, may
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Every two years since 1924, around the same time, the winter Olympic Games are held in a large inter- national city. Everyone around the world has Olympic fever. We anticipate the majesty of the opening cere- monies, the diversity of winter events, the athlete’s cra- zy uniforms, and of course, the question of what coun-
On January 15, 2014, Dr. Martha Shalitta passed away at the age of 90. Affectionately called “Martie,” or “Doc,” by her students, Shalitta was an undergraduate professor of psychology at Eastern University. Before arriving to Eastern, Dr. Shalitta had a distinguished educational career, having been an assistant principal at Garnet Valley High School. Dr. Shalitta
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