Housekeeping Staff Appreciation Is Ongoing
Heather McBride Over the past few weeks the Eastern University community has been much more involved in the lives of our housekeeping staff than normal. This has been due to the change…
December 2014
Adjunct Professors: The Growing Debate
Julia Pulli A growing trend within the world of academia is the additional use of and dependence on adjunct professors. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an adjunct professor as “a teacher ranking next…
Stories of Sinai
Ryan Klein Fr. Justin Sinaites Speaks about St. Catherine’s Monastery At a recent lecture hosted by the (proposed) Institute for Orthodox Thought and Culture, an old monk with a long beard told…
Staff Spotlight: Steve Sanders
Lauren Bujaky Observatory Administrator at Eastern At the risk of sounding like an Eastern University advert, Steve Sanders, resident star nerd and astronomy sage, raves about our school’s community: “The reason why…
Earthkeepers: Eastern’s Environmental Stewards
Nicholas Trombley Genesis 2:15 reads, “The Lord God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it” (NASB). This theme of humanity’s responsibility to…
The “Chapel Sessions”
Eastern’s trio of singers grace Walton chapel “Being at Eastern has shown us how to use gifts effectively and how to be thankful for them. God uses these gifts, and…
“Jesus” Takes Philly by Storm
Tim Bowdoin One of the most unlikely people is sweeping the City of Brotherly Love: former drug addict Michael Grant, also known as Philly Jesus. Who is Philly Jesus? Grant has been…
Christmas Around the World
Leah Wilson It’s the time of year when snow starts falling, people chop down trees in their natural habitats to put in their houses and cover them with lights and children wake…
Prince Street Cafe
Elliot Martin A creative writing piece “The only people for me are the mad ones…” – Jack Kerouac My friends, my brothers: all of us are full of madness. You have seen…
Eastern University Winter Music Festival
Waltonian Eastern University’s Winter Music Festival took place on November 21 and 22. The festival included performances from Eastern’s Wind Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, String Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, MIDI Ensemble, Jazz Band,…