Last Spring, Noëlle Vahanian, a philosophy professor at Lebanon Valley College, published The Rebellious No: Variations on a Secular Theology of Language. As a part of the literary series called “Perspectives in Continental Philosophy” with John D. Caputo as the series editor, this book finds itself among texts written by postmodern theology’s most recognized names, […]
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Recently, the world lost two of its greatest comedians, Robin Williams and Joan Rivers. Both were unique and exceptional talents who brought new life and perspective to the industry and whose influences have continued beyond their deaths. Robin Williams began doing stand-up comedy in the mid-1970s. He travelled to various clubs on the West Coast
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A Creative Writing Piece I went to bed early that night. It had been a long, stressful day. We’d had a fight; she told me that I had never been worthy of her. That she wished she’d never started dating me. I’d failed my second exam for the semester. I had stayed up all night
Fall is the season of fashion weeks, when high-class designers and fashion lovers alike flock to some of the world’s largest cities to see what is new in the world of fashion. But the fashions on the runway are quite ostentatious and are not meant to actually be worn as everyday wear. Rather, they are
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People have the power to positively or negatively transform a person’s life. It seems that the influence on some people’s lives has been more damaging than uplifting, resulting in suicides. There are 4,600 youth suicides each year among those aged 10 to 24, according to Statistic Brain. Young adults can help to prevent teenage suicide
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Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch is Eastern’s latest addition to the biblical studies department. Erudite and compassionate, Burnette-Bletsch feels very welcomed to the Eastern community. The youngest of three girls, she grew up on a tobacco farm in North Carolina with a Southern Baptist family. She is the first person in her family to graduate from college, and
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Less than a month ago, two American journalists were assassinated in Iraq by the Islamist extremist group IS, or the Islamic State, and since then, the ring of the American battle drums have again been beating to the sound of another military intervention in the Middle East. IS’s assassinations and numerous deplorable actions have created
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On August 22nd, Dr. Duffett addressed the faculty and staff at the Fall Gathering concerning the letter he signed (as mentioned in the article “Duffett and Brigham Weigh In On LGBT Conversation”). The text that follows here is a transcript of Duffett’s address. Before we move ahead I want to attend to some past business.
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Eastern’s campus is buzzing with the voices of students, faculty and staff, not to mention posts on social media from alumni, parents and various student groups. This stems from the semester’s hot topic: Dr. Duffett signed a letter on June 25th asking President Barack Obama to exempt religious institutions from a non-discriminatory policy (ENDA) specifically
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