Sports Dictionary
Ray Miketta Determination: 1. The driving force of will. 2. The term that we don’t really understand until we’re faced with it. 3. The term when all seems impossible, scratching and clawing…
March 2016
Dopplegangers of Eastern
Billy Faulkner A doppelgänger is a look-alike or double of a living person, sometimes portrayed as a paranormal phenomenon or as one’s “double-goer” or evil twin. While their status as identical nefarious…
Historic Meeting of East And West
Maddy Lee On Friday, Feb. 19, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill I, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, recently met in Cuba to address the rift between the churches. This is a…
Studying Abroad In Rwanda
Jillian Hoffman Learning To Live A More Humane Life I studied abroad in Rwanda; in the midst of a whirling nation of rich history, lush landscape, traditional lifestyles alongside Western development, outbursts…
Lacrae Performs At Eastern In “Higher Learning” Tour
Anthony Barr Lecrae finished his opening songs and then began to talk. “It’s not about me,” he said. “I’m like the moon: the moon doesn’t have any light in itself, it just…
Esperanza College Hope For The City
“Esperanza” means hope in Spanish, and the opportunities that Esperanza makes possible certainly brings hope to many students and, by extension, the city. Esperanza began with its first class in…
The Active Voice: A Course Review
Jared Maier “There are no observers here…You are an active participant,” Professor Teresa Moyer told me as Active Voice class began. This is basically what it comes down to. Professor Moyer says,…
Justice Scalia Dies at 79
Temitope Oladeji Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia died on Feb. 13 in West Texas. He attended a private party at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, south of Marfa, Tx and died of a…
Should Barry Bonds Be Inducted Into The Hall Of Fame
Josh Velez Hall Of Fame Bound Barry Bonds, the Homerun King, deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Before I get into the discussion of steroids or performance enhancing drugs,…
Chronicles Of A Retired Athlete
Shelly Lister I knew I had really done something special after the third day of practice. We were finishing up our conditioning–a full 20 minutes of sprinting–when Coach started lining up our…